The proposal says that municipal approval of a water taking for the purpose of bottling will help further protect water resources. How specifically is this achieved? A municipal decision is expected to be based on factors other than science-based ones.
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I urge the Ontario government to pass the amendment to give municipalities more say in whether or not their water is taken for bottling purposes. I also would encourage a stipulation that any bottling processes are secondary to the needs of the community, especially in emergency situations.
Sites of human settlement have always been chosen, in part, for their access to water. No one could have foreseen the modern capability to remove huge amounts of water for use elsewhere.
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The mining of groundwater should be discouraged where it is not necessary for health reasons, competes with more productive uses or impinges on the ability of the resource’s ability to be replaced.
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A big thanks to the province for this important step of introducing a 'municipal veto', this is wonderful news. However, the threshold of 379,000 litres is unacceptable.
Water us our most precious resource so care must be taken on how much we take so there is enough for the future. Putting water in plastic bottles must be banned now.
I was pleased to hear that on Friday, October 9, Jeff Yurek attended a (physically distanced) meeting in the CW Council chambers. As a member of Save Our Water in Centre Wellington, I am against the permit that allows water bottlers to extract and export water out of our region.
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I agree with the municipality having the veto over water taking , but believe we should also have the right to change the 379,000 litres per day.... that is far too high!!!!!
I am grateful and agree with the municipal veto, but, this 379,000 litres per day threshold is unacceptable!
Municipalities should have veto power over all new permits (large or small)!
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municipalities should have veto power over all new permits – big or small – including those taking less than 379,000 litres per day for water bottling.
Thank you for the opportunity for communities to veto new permits to take water for water bottling. This is so essential and important to give the municipalities the final say. Please though ~ reduce the 379,000 threshold for the veto.
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I support the proposal that requires municipal support and gives municipalities veto power because it is the municipalities that will be directly and significantly affected by withdrawing of water from local groundwater supplies.
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It is my opinion that municipalities should have veto power over all new permits – big or small – including those taking less than 379,000 litres per day for water bottling.
I agree with the municipal veto, but this 379,000-litre threshold is unacceptable.
I agree with the municipal veto, but the 379,000 L/day threshold is far too high. A water bottler should be required to get support of a host municipality for any amount of water taking.
While I agree with the municipal veto, the 379,000-litre threshold is unacceptable. It is too easy to skirt around, and Nestle will certainly has the resources to do just that. This is OUR water supply - and it should be protected.
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municipalities should have veto power over all new permits – big or small.
I agree with the municipal veto, but this 379,000-litre threshold is unacceptable.
I am completely in support of your proposed requirement for water bottling companies to receive the support of host communities before being allowed to apply for water bottling permits.
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I live in Elora Ontario.
I agree with the municipal veto, but this 379,000-litre threshold is unacceptable.
The threshold is simply too high.
In fact, any amount of new water taking for water bottling is unacceptable let alone 379,000 litres every day.
Please amend this latest legislation.
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