Voters to decide zoning proposal’s fate

We can vote to zone out...

Flathead County voters will decide whether to expand a zoning district in an agricultural area near Creston, after a petition secured enough signatures by Tuesday to place the question on a future county-wide election ballot.

The proposal is identical to one that was unanimously struck down by the Flathead County commissioners last year, and is being advanced by a group of landowners and volunteers concerned with the potential impacts of a planned water-bottling plant that would fall within the boundaries of the proposed Egan Slough Zoning District expansion.


http://www.dailyinterlake.com/article/20170629/ARTICLE/170629824

How Ontario Canada handles their water bottlers

The Ontario government has made it official by announcing fees for bottlers of water will jump from $3.71 for a million litres of groundwater taken to $503.71 per million litres, later this summer.

“This increased fee, along with the other measures we’ve taken, will help increase groundwater protection and scientific understanding of how to best manage this vital resource,” Environment and Climate Change Minister Glen Murray said in a statement Thursday.

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https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2017/06/08/fees-for-bottlers-of-water-jump-from-371-to-50371.html