VESTRA teamed with PMC to prepare CEQA and National Envirnomental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation for the proposed Nestle North America Bottling Plant in McCloud. The controversial EIR/EA project proposed to divert 1,600 feet per year (or 1,250 gpm) from springs in the vicinity of McCloud.

In addition, the proposed project would involve construction of a one- million-square-foot bottling plant at the historic McCloud Sawmill site. The project proposed to remove many of the historic buildings at the site, which provide a valuable cultural asset to the community. The bottling plant proposes to discharge in excess of 60,000 gallons per day of wastewater into on-site treatment ponds. Pipelines to transport water to the plant are located on lands managed by the US Forest Service. Traffic, water use and quality, and cultural and biological resources are driving the controversy in the region.

VESTRA was responsible for the evaluation of water-quality and surface-hydrology issues. VESTRA has completed the water consumption and depletion analysis, stormwater impact analysis, and a detailed evaluation of potential processwater impacts relating to groundwater quality degradation and attenuation analysis. The water completion analysis included a watershed level analysis of historical changes in hydrology on Mount Shasta and potential impacts on natural spring withdrawal as well as borehole installation on the mountain. VESTRA worked closely with PMC to address issues and impacts as well as attended and presented at numerous public meetings.