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2008
 “Drinking Water Source Protection” – South Side Story June 2008
With summer just around the corner, many Greater Sudburians are gearing up for their favourite summertime water activities. But one thing we most often forget is how our favourite summertime activities such as boating, house renovations, car maintenance and washing may have an impact on our most precious resource… water!
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 “Water in Film” – The Sudbury Star March 13, 2008
In this land of lakes, it’s easy to take water for granted. And we do. Canada is one of the world’s largest consumers of water, and one of its biggest wasters.
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 “SPC Announcement – Source Protection Committee Chair says project will be on time and on Budget” – NorthernLife.ca February 14, 2008
Greater Sudbury is moving on developing strategies to protect municipal drinking water sources. Nels Conroy, Chair of the new Greater Sudbury Source Protection Committee, officially named a 10 person committee to ensure the job of protecting public water supplies is done properly and on time, he said at a press conference at Willet Green Miller Centre Tuesday.
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2007
“Rain, rain don't go away” - Northern Life July 25, 2007
Harvesting rain water by installing rain barrels is an inexpensive way to keep grass green, and vegetables and plants thriving while helping to preserve water supplies for drinking water.
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 “H2Ontario: Protecting Ontario’s Water” – The Globe and Mail June 27, 2007
Ontario’s many watersheds are each self contained and part of an interconnected ecosystem. They carry and contain the life-giving water that we rely on in so many aspects of our lives; everything from cultivating crops to enjoying gardens in our yards, from healthy water to drink to sending healthy water downstream for someone else to drink.
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“Time to look after our water” - Sudbury Star March 24, 2007
Everyday we use it, abuse it, and neglect it. We consume large amounts of it without ever really thinking about its importance or how essential it is to humans and life on Earth. I’m talking about clean and plentiful, life-giving water. Water is our most precious resource and it’s everyone’s responsibility to help keep it clean and plentiful.
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2006
“Protecting Greater Sudbury's Source Water” - Northern Life
Sudbury’s landscape is abundant with many interconnected lakes, steams, rivers and aquifers. When it comes to healthy water, it’s hard to believe that we will ever have any drinking water quality and quantity problems. However, in recent years, outbreaks of waterborne diseases in Walkerton, Ont., have demonstrated how easily water can become contaminated and how damaging the consequences can be.
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“Minister sets out expectations of Clean Water Bill” - Northern Life February 26, 2006
(Promoting proposed Clean Water Act - Minister's visit to Sudbury)
When Ontario’s Environment Minister brings her children to visit family in Greater Sudbury, she wants them to know they are swimming in and drinking safe, clean water. “I married a good old Sudbury boy,” said Laurel Broten, who was in Sudbury Thursday to promote the Clean Water Act she introduced in the Legislature in December.
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“Bill aims to avert future water crisis” - Sudbury Star 2006
(Clean Water Act)
Sudburians are being urged to read, understand and have their say on draft legislation to protect Ontario’s sources of drinking water before it becomes law. The Clean Water Act was introduced Monday for its first reading in the Ontario legislature by Environment Minister Laurel Broten.
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2005 - Archive
“Water, Wells & Wisdom” - Northern Life August 17, 2005
Water, along with air, earth and fire, is one of the four essential elements of life. Yet events like the Walkerton tragedy continue to highlight the fragility of this life-giving elixir. The new Source Water Protection (SWP) project, lead by the Nickel District Conservation Authority (NDCA), is fighting back against the army of contaminants threatening Greater Sudbury’s water sources.
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