LeakBird

(April 30, 2009, Aguanomics)
I hope that Maude Barlow tells her fellow citizens THIS fact: Cheap water leads to more demand (Canadians have the highest per capita consumption of water in the world.)
Bottom Line: We cannot manage water if we don’t know how much we use or how much that use costs (economically or environmentally).
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(April 22, 2009, GlobeAndMail)
“We have to say kudos to the province for recognizing our rivers face challenges from withdrawal,” he says. But it also brings challenges for towns like his that rely on rivers for water. For most of the last decade, Okotoks has been Canada’s second fastest-growing municipality and expects to add another 9,000 [...]

(March 7, 2009, CBCNews)
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities has asked Canadian cities and towns to phase out the sale and purchase of bottled water on municipal property.
The federation board of directors passed the anti-bottle resolution at a meeting in Victoria on Saturday.
The move carries no legal weight and aims simply to encourage municipalities to speak [...]

(Feb. 4, 2009, The Recorder And Times)

It’s going to cost the average Brockville homeowner $21.33 more this year to wash the dishes and flush the toilet.
Director of finance Donna Cyr outlined what amounts to about a four per cent increase to the combined water rate and sewage surcharge Monday night at council’s fourth of [...]

(Jan. 20, 2009, JCFloridan)
A new water bottling plant in Marianna should be in full production some time next month, according to T.J. East, the plant manager for Ice River Springs’ local operation.
The Canada-based company will be drawing water from White Springs in Liberty County’s Bristol community, and Gainer Springs in Bay County’s Fountain community, [...]