DEER PARK SPRING WATER CONSIDERING ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY FOR A SPRING WATER BOTTLING PLANT

A Rockbridge area location could result in hundreds of quality jobs and hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual tax revenue.

The Rockbridge Partnership today announced that the Deer Park Spring Water Company is obtaining an 18-month option on lands in the vicinity of Big Spring at exit 50 of Interstate 64 in order to assess its potential as a water source for bottled spring water.

Deer Park will be engaged in extensive scientific and hydrologic studies during the option period in order to assess the quantity and quality of the waters at Big Spring as well as the hydrology of this section of Rockbridge County, explained company spokesperson Jane Lazgin. If Deer Park concludes that Big Spring can supply the quality and quantity of spring water needed to service our growing customer base without any adverse effects to the local environment, the Rockbridge area will become a candidate site for a spring water bottling facility.

Deer Park Spring Water Company, founded in 1873, is a division of Nestle Waters North America Inc. (formerly The Perrier Group), the number one bottled water company in North America. Nestle Waters, based in Greenwich, CT, is the bottled water division of food and beverage company, Nestle, S. A.

It says good things about a community when a leading international company says it may invest $100,000,000 in your community, said The Rockbridge Partnership, Executive Director of The Rockbridge Partnership. A spring water bottling plant will have the potential to create hundreds of quality jobs and contribute hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual tax revenues to the County.