"Needs further study" is a common phrase, and one that now carries a lot of weight in Mount Shasta.
That's where Crystal Geyser intends to open a water bottling plant, of many local residents.
A federal agency that had granted millions of dollars to the city to help open the plant just cancelled the grant, citing the need for further environmental study. Vicki Gold of the group Water Flows Free of Mt. Shasta visits with the latest on the debate over the water plant.