The Blue Communities Project calls on communities to adopt a water commons framework by:
- Recognizing water as a human right.
- Promoting publicly financed, owned and operated water and waste water services.
- Banning the sale of bottled water in public facilities and at municipal events.
In 2012, members of the Comox Valley Chapter made presentations to the Village of Cumberland, the Town of Comox, the City of Courtenay and the Comox Valley Regional District about the Blue Communities Project.
Cumberland and Comox Councils subsequently passed the first two motions and amended the third to say they would “work toward” phasing out bottled water.
The Chapter continues to work with these municipalities as they move towards achieving this goal. We will be making further presentations to the City of Courtenay and the Regional District encouraging them to become Blue Communities.
Letter to the Editor Comox Valley Echo re: NIC water bottle filling stations
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Let your elected officials know that you would like to see
- more public access to water through drinking fountains and bottle filling stations (like those at remodelled Lewis Centre and North Island College)
- no more sales of bottled water at municipal events
Comox Valley Council of Canadians 