Drinking water at risk in most of Canada

[alp227]

Source: Canadian Press

A new report finds that much of Canada's tap water remains at risk from contamination.

The Ecojustice report says progress in protecting water after the Walkerton disaster in Ontario a decade ago has faded.

The report finds only Ontario among the provinces worthy of an A grade for its water-protection efforts. Nova Scotia received an A minus, with other provinces picking up a B or C grade and the three territories ranging from C to D-.

The report says the federal government comes off worst — picking up an F — for a record that continues to worsen.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/11/15/environment-ecojustice-drinking-water.html

[Scuba]

1. Do I recall that Canada has something like 1/3 of all the fresh water in the world???

[applegrove]

12. Yup. But all those lakes are not so close to big cities. And our big cities are mostly near the US

border. So those lakes are far away.

[DeSwiss]

2. Mmmmm......

...tar sand and fracking juice-flavored water.

- It's all the rage around the world........

K&R

[russspeakeasy]

4. Yup. Next they will be bottling it and selling it as "enhanced".

[Snotcicles]

5. AquaPlus. nt

[tawadi]

3. That is really a shame. eom

[saras]

6. The more of it they pollute, the more money clean water is worth. Capitalism sez: pollute!

[pnwmom]

7. I remember reading that they didn't treat sewage in British Columbia.

Just let it flow into the ocean. They don't have a great environmental record.

[CHIMO]

8. They

Must use levitation to get it over the Rockies!

[pnwmom]

9. Vancouver Island makes plenty of its own sewage.

They don't need to import it over the rockies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria,_British_Columbia

Victoria discharges 129 million litres (4.56 million cu ft)<40> of screened but untreated sewage into the ocean every day. The sewage treatment facilities at Clover and Macaulay points serve most of Victoria. At these facilities, the sewage is screened to exclude objects larger than 6 millimetres (¼ in) prior to release into ocean outfalls.<41> This procedure is heavily criticized,<42><43> and the CRD is currently planning the upgrading of wastewater treatment practices.

[CHIMO]

10. A Quick

Check indicates that BC is more than Vancouver Island!

[pnwmom]

11. True. I didn't mean to imply that none of B.C. treats its sewage. But I was surprised

to hear that there was any city that just funneled everything into the ocean.