Comment
Selling our ground water to for-profit packaging companies is a betrayal of our children and our responsibility to leave the earth in better condition than we got it. As caretakers of some of the biggest reserves of fresh water in the world, it falls to us to behave thoughtfully with this task. There are two primary issues:
1. Sustainability. Water being removed from a watershed or ground water reserves should not exceed the natural cycle that replenishes it. If the levels of ground water fall, then there should be a moratorium on removing any for packaging and shipping out until it recovers.
2. Carbon pollution. Packaging water in small plastic disposable containers for sale, and then transporting it elsewhere for consumption is extremely inefficient, and uses a lot of energy. If water is needed elsewhere - for humanitarian reasons - and we can spare it (see point #1 above), then it should be shipped in bulk, and provided in re-usable containers.
As a Canadian citizen, and a resident of Ontario, I feel we need to be intelligent and thoughtful about how we manage our resources.
Submitted June 18, 2021 3:08 PM
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Triton Water Canada Holdings, Inc. - Permit to take water
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019-3531
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55968
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