Published On: July 1st, 2013
The WSP’s Ben Parfitt authored an op-ed about the critical need for the Province of British Columbia to monitor and publicly report data on groundwater withdrawals. Currently, B.C. has no comprehensive groundwater regulation, and major water users, including Nestlé Waters Canada, are not required to obtain a permit or report their water withdrawals.
To read the op-ed online, please visit
Vancouver Sun, July 29th, 2013
The Province, August 2nd, 2013
Chilliwack Times, August 6th, 2013
Campbell River Mirror, August 8th, 2013
Times Colonist, August 28th, 2013
Water withdrawal stats run dry (Vancouver Sun, July 29)(PDF, 140 KB)
B.C. is doing a lousy job of keeping track of our precious fresh water (The Province, August 2) (PDF, 505 KB)
Who’s watching our water? (Chilliwack Times, August 6) (PDF, 64 KB)
Let’s not rely on Nestle about water stats (Campbell River Mirror, August 8) (PDF, 105 KB)
Province is failing to protect water supplies (Times Colonist, August 28) (PDF, 68 KB)
