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 Posted 6/18/2008 9:00:00 AM
The debate on who controls water in Alberta is just beginning!
Heading into the hot summer months, water will be on a lot of people's minds. Especially developers who can't just run a pipeline to the nearest river to get water, since southern Alberta river basins were closed. It's expected there will be more closures of river basins, even in what many consider to be the water rich north of the province.
It's on the minds of a commons committee who plan to look into the issue of the oil sands impact on Canada's fresh water supplies. Canada's? Yes that's right. not just in Alberta. The quality of water after the oil sands is finished with it, is on the minds of many people who live downstream, so much so they staged a protest outside of the big petroleum show in Calgary recently.
Water is ...
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Posted 6/4/2008 12:00:00 AM
News of the future! One of the big issues in the next provincial election will be water.
How would you vote on the question today? Which should come first, more big developments like oil sands plants or a halt to more of it, until there is a workable
and clear water management policy in place?
What's better? Alberta as a have all province thanks to oil, over Alberta as a have not province when it comes to water?
This week on The Calgary Files documentary series Blue Gold we look at that very question.
What am I talking about? Is the sky falling. No, not right now. But if the politicians we elect , who by the way manage the water that we own, don' t get it right and soon, all the rain that falls from the sky won' t help us. ( ...
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Posted 5/26/2008 9:00:00 AM
Are you a water saver or a water waster? And why does it matter?
Well for one thing, it costs you money. And you could end up with a fine from a bylaw officer, or even in court!
And you might be wasting water and not even know it. One woman who spent money on water wise appliances and low flow this and that to save money, could not understand why her water bill was so high all the time. She asked a plumber about it. He asked, " Do you let your water run so it can get hot or cold.? " Yes she did. The plumber pointed out the average flow of a kitchen tap is more than six gallons a minute, or between 20 and 25 litres, so stop doing that. She did. Her next water bill was lower. So just like the worn ...
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