Upstream water retention is an idea worth thinking about.
Water
There Is No Water Shortage
“There is no shortage of water. Amounts available vary regionally and change over time as precipitation amounts vary. Demand also changes with increases in population and economic development. Crude estimates indicate water use per person is 15 liters in undeveloped countries and approximately 900 liters in developed countries. Throughout history humans have developed remarkable techniques and technologies to deal with these issues. Few of these attempted to reduce demand, most worked to increase supply.”
Scare Campaigns to the Contrary, Canada Won’t Run Out of Water: Rational argument not emotional appeals should shape policy discourse on water
Scare campaigns to the contrary, Canada is not going to run out of water.
Throw Cold Water on Bulk-Water Export Opposition
“A recent special report on water in The Economist offered a provocative comment: “The trouble with water is that it’s all politics, no economics.” How else to explain why a pro-free-trade government in one of the world’s most water-endowed countries would seek to ban bulk water exports?”
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How to Turn Free Citizens Into Compliant Serfs
Free citizens have minds of their own and want to pursue their lives as they see fit. This is inconvenient for the elites, who wish to be in charge of everyone’s lives so that they can show their superiority and gain benefit for themselves and their friends. So the...
Demographia International Housing Affordability – 2023 Edition Released
Demographia International Housing Affordability rates middle-income housing affordability in 94 major housing markets in eight nations: Australia, Canada, China, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. This edition covers the third...
Water Exports
This backgrounder explores the idea of a water pipeline from the mouth of the Nelson River in Manitoba to the fast growing Southwestern United States.
Why Water is Becoming the New Oil
It appears that water is about to become commoditized and be traded as a futures contract along with pork bellies, oranges or lumber. This will make water a geopolitical issue. If Great Lakes water is shipped to irrigate the U.S. Midwest, will Canada get half its value?
Private Filtration Plant Could Have Prevented Vancouver Water Woes: Proponents
Vancouver's current water woes could have been avoided had the region stuck to its plan a few years ago to have private contractors build and operate a filtration system, some private water companies say. Instead, construction was delayed because area politicians...
Frequently Asked Questions About Water/Wastewater Privatization
Privatized water and wastewater systems have excellent track records for maintaining environmental and health standards.
Manitoba’s Water Protection Act
Everybody wants to restore the health of Lake Winnipeg, but the province’s means of doing that is flawed. It may not solve the problem even as it imposes heavy costs on the agricultural sector.
Dr. Andrew Sharpley, soil scientist, et al.
Are experts and regulators on the same track when it comes to writing laws for water protection? Side-by-side interviews indicate a problem.
Phosphorus and the Law
We’ve got to fix Lake Winnipeg. But how we do that makes all the difference.
Geoffrey Segal, Director of Government Reform, Reason Foundation
Frontier Centre:You have described the contracting out of government services as a rapidly growing phenomenon. Is it still? Geoffrey Segal: Well, rapidly is a very subjective term and it really is relative to past experience. When we look specifically at the United...
Bhopal, Ontario
Five years after contaminated water killed seven people and sickened 2,300 in Walkerton, Ont., the causes of the tragedy are widely understood