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‘Train Wreck’ Feared as BC Water Use Rules Begin to Bite | The Tyee (thetyee.ca)

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[–] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Currently, companies such as Nestlé are able to access water from B.C. for free. Regulations set to be in place starting in 2016 will see Nestlé charged $2.25 to bottle a million litres of water.

Source (CBC.ca, 2015): https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/nestl%C3%A9-should-not-be-charged-more-for-b-c-water-urges-former-mla-judi-tyabji-1.3149676

[–] NathanielThomas@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

$2.25 for a million litres of water is the most criminal fucking thing I've read in a long time

[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait... Why? Isn't water more expensive for residential use than that?

[–] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Residential water is certainly more expensive than that, not to mention the issues with plastic water bottle waste that Nestle creates. Why is is this way? Big companies get special treatment compared to ordinary citizens all the time, but that's as much of the 'why' as I can really explain