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Finite resource

Though we know some residents will be upset by the new rules surrounding potable water usage in Airdrie, we must admit water is a valuable resource that must be protected.

Though we know some residents will be upset by the new rules surrounding potable water usage in Airdrie, we must admit water is a valuable resource that must be protected. By moving to conserve water usage, this council is doing its part to preserve a healthy future and we applaud that. After all, the slight inconvenience of a water schedule is not that egregious when compared to the health of our planet. “Demands on the planet’s – and Canada’s – fresh water are mounting. Producing more food, generating electricity, fuelling industry, and quenching the thirst of expanding cities are placing increasing pressure on Canada’s rivers. As well, climate change is bringing new problems and future uncertainties in the form of melting glaciers, altered precipitation patterns, and more frequent and intense droughts and floods,” states the World Wildlife Fund in its report on Canada’s rivers. “Despite these significant challenges, Canada, unlike many countries, still has the opportunity to avoid a freshwater crisis,but only if serious and sustained actions are taken to keep the country’s rivers flowing, for nature and for people.” According to WaterAid and Water.org, one in nine people lack access to safe water. That’s 844 million people or almost six times the population of the United States. Twenty per cent of the world’s drinking water comes from Canada, according to Alberta Water Portal Society, and we must realize change has to happen now to preserve that finite resource.





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