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WAITSBURG – Nestlé Natural Resources Manager Bruce Lauerman will discuss the company's exploration of Waitsburg as a potential new site for a water bottling facility at Wednesday's city council meeting. In a statement released Tuesday, Nestle said the facility, which would support the Arrowhead Spring Water and Nestlé Pure Life brands, would provide an estimated 50 jobs at full build-out.

Nestlé estimates their projected water use at 150 million gallons annually, which they say "is a small fraction of Waitsburg's permitted water supply." They would become a water customer of the city,...