It placed a moratorium on all new bottling permits from groundwater sources until Jan. 1, 2019. And it increased the fees it was charging bottlers for this precious resource to $503.71 per million litres from the measly $3.71 it had been charging. That makes no sense at all when water is such a precious resource and not as renewable as people once thought. The priority for water-taking permits should be drinking water for people in nearby communities, followed by farming needs. The expansion or renewal of bottling permits for water to be trucked off to who-knows-where should be considered only if research proves it will not endanger local water supplies.

Source: thestar November 19, 2019 21:00 UTC