| Drinking Water Report Slams Feds | 17 October 06 |
 The Sierra Legal Defense Fund (SLDF) released Waterproof 2: Canada's Drinking Water Report Card, its second report on the state of drinking water laws and policies in Canada. The investigative report is the highly anticipated follow-up to Sierra Legal's original Waterproof report which came out in 2001, shortly after the drinking water tragedy in Walkerton, Ontario.Manitoba received a C+ from the SLDF, as compared to a C- in 2001. According to the report, Manitoba still needs to improve treatment standards, contaminant standards and testing standards. SLDF acknowledged that its report only evaluated laws and policies and did not evaluate drinking water source protection noting, "Had we considered this factor [source water protection], our findings would certainly have been more troubling." SLDF is planning to research and produce findings regarding water protection in a future report. View the October 6, 2006 Sierra Legal Defense Fund press release View the Executive Summary of the Sierra Legal Defense Fund report, Waterproof 2: Canada's Drinking Water Report Card (PDF) View the full report, Waterproof 2: Canada's Drinking Water Report Card, from the Sierra Legal Defense Fund (PDF) View the October 5, 2006 Globe and Mail article Sources: Sierra Legal Defense Fund, Globe and Mail |
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