China’s largest beverage company, Nongfu Spring, has bought a site in Nashua, New Hampshire, next to the Pennichuck water system.
The firm, owned by China’s richest man, Zhong Shanshan, will have access to the local water for its plant, NewsNation reported last month.
This has caused alarm among locals and politicians, who say most people in Nashua are unaware of the sale.
Newsweek has contacted Nongfu Spring via email for comment.
The news comes at a time of growing concern and pushback in the United States over purchases of land and infrastructure by buyers from China, America’s main strategic rival.
The property sits near infrastructure critical to Nashua’s drinking water system. While Nongfu Spring has not yet outlined plans for extraction or bottling, its ownership and the company’s global strategy—focused heavily on exporting bottled water—have drawn scrutiny.
“Being tied into our Pennichuck water system and taking millions of gallons a day of drinking water from the citizens of Nashua is very concerning,” local resident Bob Lozeau told NewsNation.
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