I am opposed to the renewal…

I am opposed to the renewal of the Permits to Take Water No. 1381-95ATPY and No. 3716-8UZMCU, requested by Triton Water Canada Holdings Inc.

Commercial bottled water is unnecessary, irresponsible, and wasteful. Groundwater resources are finite and vulnerable. Droughts, climate change, and over-extraction continue to impact our limited water sources.

Water is a human need, a commons, and a public trust — to be shared, protected, and carefully managed by all who live around it. Water must not be treated as a commodity and sold to the highest bidders.

Since 2016, there has been a 25% decline in water taken from the Puslinch well under permit 1381-95ATPY. Bottled water permits should be phased out in Ontario. This should start with a five-year phaseout of the permit for Triton’s Puslinch well.

There is no reason whatsoever to renew permit No. 3716-8UZMCU for Triton’s Erin well, which only used 6% of the permit capacity last year. This application should be rejected entirely. It would be especially irresponsible to renew the permit for an unprecedented ten years.