Ontario is allowing several bottled water companies to take up to 7.6 million litres of groundwater per day on expired permits, as it gives them time to amend renewal applications in light of new rules. That came after bottled water giant Nestlé purchased a well near Guelph that the small but fast-growing township of Wellington Centre wanted for its future drinking water supply. (Getty Images/Science Photo Library RF)Nine expired water taking permits — which in some cases have been expired for more than a year — from seven bottled water companies, remain in effect until the government rules on their applications. The maximum allowable amounts of those permits is 7.6 million litres per day, or 2.7 billion litres per year. The water bottling companies are committed to meeting all of the new requirements, said the executive director of the Canadian Bottled Water Association.

Source: CBC News November 26, 2017 11:47 UTC