Charlottetown residents could be penalized for wasting water after the city passed a resolution to make restrictions mandatory.
Mayor Clifford Lee said the city made amendments to water and sewer utility rules and regulations because protecting the water supply was a high priority for council.
“These restriction will help ease the strain on our water supply by increasing public awareness and encouraging conservation,” he said.
Coun. Eddie Rice, chair of the city’s water and sewer utility, said the changes give the utility the tools it needs to ensure compliance with those who waste water.
“Even with the rain we’ve had lately, we all have a responsibility to work together and be mindful of our water usage,” he said.
Vick, the water underground is being destroyed by nitrate pollution from decades of chemical fertilizers being put on farmers' fields. It has gradually seeped down, and now many wells are unusable do to nitrate contamination. The next thing that will destroy our underground water supply will be fracking, a method of natural gas removal that pumps toxic chemicals and other bad things deep into the ground. The oil industry insists this will not harm water supplies, just like the tobacco industry used to insist smoking did no harm.