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Here's an interesting article from a few years ago that really hit home with a few of us at the OSC. The whole issue of water as a commodity is very interesting. The programs we've run in this area have been popular - it's definitely a topic visitors are interested in.  
http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2002-10-03/news_insight.php
From the article ... "There are a lot of issues that are not being dealt with. The industry is growing by 20 per cent a year, which raises the question of where are all these water sources. Companies like Coke are now plugging into municipal water systems. Who's paying for the deterioration of those systems? And whose interest takes precedence when there's a water shortage? Our money should be
going to providing really good public water systems."

and another article by the NRDC
http://www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/bw/chap2.asp

Thanks for the Taste and Tell idea Cory. I think it would word really well in our Citizen Science area .. 

Sara

P.S. I live in Toronto, and the tap water's tasty. 


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Sara Poirier
Researcher/Programmer
Astronomy & Space Sciences
Ontario Science Centre
Toronto, Ontario
PH 416 696 4590 FX 416 696 3181
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