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

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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Meanwhile BC still lets Nestle pump out billions of gallons for pennies

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Confirm that, please? It seems like they'd need the same licensing.

[–] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (3 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 2 years ago

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

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