WATER NEWS
Boil water advisory issued for White Rock & part of South Surrey
August 21st, 2010Residents of White Rock, BC are being told to boil their water after tests detected a low level of coliform bacteria in the city's water supply. The Fraser Health Authority's David ... More »
Pharmaceuticals – In Your Drinking Water?
The media makes frequent mention, these days, about pharmaceutical drugs showing up in drinking water.
Fortunately, this is not a concern for residents of Metro Vancouver because our water comes from protected mountainous watersheds that are situated above human habitation and activity.
In contrast, the vast majority of municipalities in North America, and around the world, are drawing their water supply from sources that are down stream from all manner of human, agricultural and industrial effluent, which may well include pharmaceutical drugs.