The Vosges prefecture announced on Thursday it has issued an order authorising Nestlé Waters to carry out five new exploratory boreholes at Vittel and They-sous-Monfort in eastern France. The aim is to search for Hépar natural mineral water. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A spokesperson for the Swiss food giant told Agence France-Presse that “exploration is an integral part of being an ore carrier”. The aim of this first phase is to analyse the geology of the soil and understand the terrain. These studies “take time”, a spokesperson for the Swiss food giant told Agence France-Presse Nestlé Waters had to suspend two of the six boreholes used to produce Hépar water in 2023 due to the vagaries of the weather. The decree, consulted by AFP, stipulates that “the installation must be commissioned, the works constructed, the work carried out and the activity (...) exercised within a period of 3 years”. Nestlé Waters has been facing setbacks since the beginning ...
