Forestry companies cut trees to the banks of rivers. People drain wetlands as if they are a boil on the landscape. All of it threatens the quality of the freshwater supply. Add that to the fact that livestock farming has grown exponentially, vastly expanding the source of toxic bacteria and protozoa, and that water-monitoring systems are plainly not working, and you have the makings of a North Battleford or Walkerton health disaster. This is only an abstract.
Water crisis is national, experts say.
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