Commercial bottled water is…

Commercial bottled water is unnecessary, irresponsible, and wasteful. Groundwater resources are finite and vulnerable.

Right now, most of southern Ontario – including Wellington County – is under a Stage 1 drought advisory, having received less than half of the rain expected in May. Groundwater resources are finite and vulnerable. And it’s time to stop handing out permits that allow them to be extracted and sold. 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.

It is time to stop handing out permits that allow the extraction and sale of vulnerable groundwater.