Passing the shovel
Landmark vote by B.C. municipalities and First Nations re bottled water.
Moving across the country is scary, just like learning about threats to the environment is scary.
Residents in the community of Merville, BC have been working to ensure that commercial water bottling won’t threaten groundwater supplies. Now, they're hoping to spark a change province-wide.
Are you a student who will be returning to study full-time in the fall? Apply to our BC Summer Events Coordinator position!
We've teamed up with outdoor outfitter Mustang Survival to launch a new grant supporting water defenders and stewards in BC.
When the news percolated into the community of Merville that a conditional groundwater license had been granted by the Province of BC to allow commercial water bottling from a local aquifer, community members jumped to action.
Yesterday, elected municipal leaders across British Columbia voted in favour of a new Water Governance Model Resolution. This blog post provides more detail on that decision and what passing this resolution will mean for the rest of us.
87% of British Columbians believe the province will face a serious problem if nothing is done to improve the management of water resources in BC.
Earlier this year, Our Water BC conducted a partner-wide survey to find out more about our shared water priorities, capacity challenges and opportunities for powering-up our network as a whole.
