Municipalities now can veto water taking permits for amounts above 379,000 litres a day and that’s a victory, Save Our Water officials say. But still concerning is that a business can take any amount below the threshold without municipal approval. And they can appeal zoning decisions to LPAT “and their decision will be binding,” said McCaw. The recent sale of Nestlé’s North American water bottling operations to One Rock Capital Partners and Metropoulos & Co. is no cause for celebration, McCaw added. “The issues are the same,” she said listing the environmental footprint of the operation, pollution from plastic bottles, as well as the threat to the local water supply, as key concerns.