Amid California’s years-long drought, Wal-Mart is catching heat for bottling and selling water from Sacramento’s municipal supply.

CBS 13 reports that . From the bottler, the water makes its way into Wal-Mart, where it’s sold under the Great Value brand.

All told, after it passes hands a few times, every dollar out of Sacramento’s water supply ends up as more than $600 for Wal-Mart and the bottling company.

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“Either they were unaware, uninformed or unintentionally did this,” public relations expert Doug Elmets told the station. “It could be all three of those. Whatever it is, it’s a bad move and they need to correct it and they need to do it quickly.”

Why the outrage?

California is four years into a drought that’s led and .

Brown has also called on California’s urban population to cut water use up to 36 percent of 2013 levels.

In response to the CBS 13 report, a Wal-Mart spokesperson said that the company is concerned about how the drought is affecting its customers.“We share those concerns and are tracking it closely,” the spokesperson said. “Our commitment to sustainability includes efforts to minimize water use in our facilities. We have and continue to work with our suppliers to act responsibly while meeting the needs of customers who count on us across California.”

For some perspective, the average . Wal-Mart’s bottler pays less than a dollar for 748 gallons. For the same amount, the average homeowner pays $1.50 — more than 50 percent more.

“It’s certainly leaving a bad taste in everyone’s mouth when you can’t fill up a swimming pool, if you’re building a new home in West Sacramento; you can’t water your lawn if you’re living in this region. And to find out they’re making a huge profit off of this, it’s just not right,” Elmets said.

Last week, Mother Jones reported that for its Ethos bottled water. In response, Starbucks says will move production to a supplier in Pennsylvania over the next six months.

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