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Originally Posted by Kizzy

Yes and the school is in that area, anyhoo let's discuss the real issue...

If coca cola produce bottled water, why not malvern bottled water from this natural spring?
Why buy it and close it down?

Well, coca cola doesn't have the best track record with bottled water - remember "dasani"? That was their water brand that:

- Turned out to just be treated London tap water with added minerals,

- Was discovered to be full of carcinogens and subsequently pulled from the UK market

And most importantly,

- was initially marketed using the slogan "bottled spunk". Seriously!

I believe they bought another actual water source to provide bottled water under "Schweppes" (to avoid the bad PR surrounding cola and bottled water) for the 2012 Olympics sooo the obvious answer is that either they bought this one also but shut it down because they discovered that they didn't need that volume of water, OR (also perfectly likely for a dastardly big multinational) they bought it and shut it down simply to eliminate some competition.

Either way, I think the real problem is that the building obviously wasn't well planned in the first place, shouldn't this have been considered? I mean, obviously the spring has been there since long before people started bottling it - so whatever the situation with the water table level in the area, that is how it is naturally supposed to be. The water is supposed to be there - it was being artificially removed. Potentially, that should have been considered when building there in the first place. Although I don't know how old these building are. I don't think they gave these things much consideration in ye olde days.

It sort of reminds me of these little towns and villages built on flood plains, where everyone is horrified when their homes then... Get flooded. I mean, these plains have been flooding periodically for millions of years! Did people think they would stop, just because someone built houses on them? Hmmm. Anyway, enjoy: