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<small><font size="+2"><small>Please forward to lists. we have
little time to respond. The headwaters must be protected from
corporate stealth. The pipeline must be rejected. Norah</small></font></small>
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<h3><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/2011/02/nestle-water-canada-permit-to-take-water/"
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">URGENT
ACTION NEEDED!! Nestle Waters Canada – Permit to
take Water renewal bid. Deadline is March 5, so
please act NOW!</a></h3>
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<p>As many of you may already know, Nestle Waters Canada
has officially applied for a renewal of its permit to
take water in Aberfoyle, this time for an
unprecedented 10 years at up to 3.6 million litres per
day. The deadline for public comments is March 5th -
less than 10 days away - so we're urging you to take
some time right now to submit your comments on this
renewal bid. Scroll down for comment suggestions AND
the direct link to the Ministry of the Environment
comment page. Feel free to include your own comments
too, of course, or simply cut and paste the points you
feel are most crucial. <strong>THE IMPORTANT THING IS
TO ACT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE</strong>, please, as we
must put a stop to this unprecedented 10-year bid by
Nestle - or significantly alter it.</p>
<p>WWW has requested an extension to this deadline
because the proper documents relating to the renewal
bid were late coming to us. We are not sure if we will
be granted the extension, so all comments must be
submitted at the latest by March 5th.</p>
<p>Please check our website <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/"
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca</a> regularly
over the next few days to keep posted on news about
the extension and upcoming events. For now, mark your
calendars for a special Friday March 4th evening
speakers' event at the E-bar (which will include an
opportunity to submit last-minute comments about the
Nestle bid to the MOE) more <span style="font-family:
Verdana,Helvetica,Arial;"></span>details coming
soon. Please also encourage everyone you know to come
out on Saturday March 5th for a whole <strong><em>Community
March</em></strong> from downtown Guelph to the
Nestle Waters plant in Aberfoyle. Come for the whole
march or join in for any part it. All details will be
sent out in another WWW newsletter early next week.</p>
<p>Wellington Water Watchers is also seeking your
support in a number of ways during this important -
and urgent - campaign. First, please<span
style="font-family: Verdana,Helvetica,Arial;"> </span>consider
making a donation to our organization, by clicking
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href="http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/donate/"
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/donate/</a></p>
<p>Second, consider becoming a WWW member (if you aren't
already) - or renewing your membership with us - by
clicking on the following link: <a
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href="http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/home/become-a-member/"
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/home/become-a-member/</a>.</p>
<p>Third, spread this email far and wide.</p>
<p>You can also follow @wwaterwatchers on Twitter or
join our Facebook group to spread the word: <a
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href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_190733987624806&ap=1"
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_190733987624806&ap=1</a>.</p>
<p>Many thanks for your ongoing support and assistance,
helping us to keep our water in the 'shed!</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Mike Nagy and Andre Hueniken,</p>
<p>Wellington Water Watchers Board Members</p>
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<p>Click <strong><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/nestle-waters-canada-permit-to-take-water/"
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">Here</a></strong> for
Wellington Water Watchers press release</p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Nestle Waters
Canada Permit to Take Water</strong></span></p>
<p>Nestle Waters Canada has applied for an unprecedented
10 year permit extension to take 3.6 million litres of
water per day at the Aberfoyle site. We <strong>strongly
oppose</strong> this permit for the reasons stated
in the attached document, <strong><a
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href="http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/letter-to-MOE-revisions-Feb-16-rev1.docx"
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">Wellington
Water Watchers Technical Submission.</a> </strong>Please
feel free to use these comments for your own
submission which can be copied into the following<strong> <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ebr.gov.on.ca/ERS-WEB-External/searchComment.do?actionType=add¬iceId=MTEyMjA2&statusId=MTY4MzIw¬iceHeaderIdString=MTEyMjA2"
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">Ministry
of Environment Comment Link</a></strong>. Or use
the short points listed below to help you make your
case to the Ministry.</p>
<p>Please note we have requested a much needed extension
to this comment period but currently comments must be
in on or before March 5. Your comments are critical
to letting the Ministry of Environment know about your
concerns.</p>
<p>The Wellington Water Watchers is a not-for-profit
organization and your financial support is much
appreciated and funds are needed to support this and
other important campaigns.</p>
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<p>Thank you!</p>
<p><strong>Short Points</strong></p>
<p>Wellington Water Watchers opposes this application
because:<br>
· The amount of groundwater in our Grand River
watershed is not known. Allowing large-volume water
taking is like writing blank cheques on a bank account
with an unknown balance.</p>
<p>· Water is too valuable a resource to be given away –
and that’s virtually what our province does by
charging Nestlé and others a mere $3.71 for every
million litres taken.</p>
<p>· In 2010, Nestlé paid just $2,238 for over 600
million litres of water taken from Mill Creek in
Aberfoyle. This works out to about .0000004 cents per
litre, a far cry from the true value of such a
priceless resource.</p>
<p>· Environmental harm being done. The millions of
litres taken weekly are put into single-use,
disposable plastic bottles. The industry claims 60% of
these bottles are recycled – as what? – but that still
means hundreds of millions every year become litter,
or trash in our landfills. We call this a permit to
pollute.</p>
<p>· There are no water conservation measures built into
this renewal permit. The volume of water taken should
be decreased annually to encourage water conservation.
This is one of the principles of Ontario’s new Water
Opportunities Act.</p>
<p>· We believe that water taking is harming Mill Creek.
There are no brook trout in the stretch of creek that
runs beside the bottling plant, but there are trout in
the rest of the creek. Is so much water being taken
that it is preventing spring water from upwelling into
the stream-bed? Until this is resolved, a
precautionary approach should be taken.</p>
<p>· The applicant has asked for an unprecedented
10-year water-taking permit. Yet we have no idea how
drought or climate change will affect Guelph’s water
supply in years to come. At most, any new permit
should be issued for three years or less.</p>
<p>· Much of the water when bottled leaves the Grand
River watershed. Justice Dennis O’Connor’s report on
the Walkerton tragedy recommended that water be
managed on a watershed basis. Nestlé and others should
be required to use glass, deposit-bearing bottles that
are sold only within the Grand River watershed.<br>
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