Company Planning to Make Best of High Quality Spring Water
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 @ 4:00 AM
Prince George, B.C.- The path to a new water bottling facility in the region, will likely see one more hurdle removed when the Regional District of Fraser Fort George meets tomorrow.
The RDFFG is expected to give final reading tomorrow to the bylaw that clears the way for the development of a water bottling facility by the Soul D’Aqua Water Corporation on a 1.71 hectare parcel subdivided from the Honeymoon Creek highway maintenance property on Highway 97. Normally such a development would have to take place on a lot at least 2 hectares in size.
The company has big plans for the water which it will pull from Bergenstrom Spring. The company has already purchased the former McLeod Lake school which it plans to use as a warehouse facility.
Dean Cherkas, of Soul D’Aqua, says the next step will have the proposal go to the Ministry of Transportation and Highways Office in Dawson Creek “I’m hopeful there aren’t any issues and that we can proceed.”
While Cherkas says the initial market for the water will be customers in the Prince George area, he also sees opportunities in the lower mainland “We are optimistic we could provide some source of water for the 2015 Canada Winter Games, That’s what we are ramping up towards.”
He says two water analysis have been done on the Bergenstrom Spring both have come back indicating this spring is “very pure”.
If all the permits are in place, Cherkas says the company will be busy over the fall and winter “This allows us time to get the financing in place that we would require for capital. Then, in 2013 the first snow free conditions, end of May or early June, is when we could start the actual development on site. There is still an issue of sewer and sewer permitting which Northern Health has to approve so we’re hopeful fall of 2013 you will see Soul D’Aqua bottles on your shelf.”
The capital costs are expected to be in the $1.5 million dollar range.
Comments
I wonder when bottled water will stop being popular? It just seems so silly to pay for water…
maybe if we start paying for the water coming out of the taps, we will respect it more.
This should be very popular in Prince George as the City of Prince George puts the poison fluoride in its water.
I’m in agreement with all the above comments. Good or bad, our tax dollars should not be used to add fluoride to water. PG has great tap water. If someone wants to ingest fluoride they should be able to do it on their own. Can’t believe people pay for water, that’s usually inferior to our tap water, then whine about the price of gas.
Maybe if people had to find their own way to get rid of all the plastic bottles they use for water, it would make them think a bit more. The trouble is they just throw it all in the garbage and forget about it. I guess its about time we start sending 2nd or 3rd grade kids on field trips to the landfills. Seems if we can teach the young, they educate their parents on what is acceptable.
I also think that any and all companies wanting water rights, should only be able to lease them on a five or ten year basis. Then when the crunch comes at least the government (us) can resume control of our water and not have it all sold out to foreign interests.
“I wonder when bottled water will stop being popular? It just seems so silly to pay for water”
Unless of course you live in a location where the water tastes terrible, LOL. I’m used to the Ottawa tap water now but it’s nowhere near as good as the PG tap water. The stuff here is nowhere near as bad as some tap water I’ve had, but I can totally see why bottled water can be such a prized commodity.
I always thought that PG should look at bottling their tap water and selling it. It tastes better than 3/4 of the bottled water that is out there. Of course, they would have to get rid of the fluoride first or it probably wouldn’t be approved for retail sale :)
I’m not so sure we don’t pay for the water that comes from out of our taps, isn’t that what part of our overall municipal taxes are for?
http://www.princegeorgesaferwater.com/
As far as the fluoride in PG tap water goes the above website has more information. I pay twice annually a city utilities bill which is for sewer, water and garbage pickup. I certainly do not get the water for free and I think it should not be intentionally polluted with hydrofluorosilicic acid fluoride, a toxic waste scrubber by-product of the phosphate fertilizer industry. This fluoride is completely different from the natural fluoride which PG water already has in it when it is pumped out of the aquifer. The chemical waste fluoride reacts differently with the organs of the human body. It is an unclean fluoride, polluted with traces of lead, mercury, cadmium and arsenic.
Least of all should it ve added to the drinking and bathing water of PG, the LAST larger city in all of B.C. to do so! A city which will soon open a new cancer clinic, a clinic which may come in handy to treat bone cancers (osteosarcoma) in young males, a well documented occurrence in areas which are fluoridated with this effluent non-pharmaceutical grade fluoride!
98%+ of all of B.C. is already fluoridation free – PG belongs to the unfortunate remaining 2%- which still have to endure this mass medication of the public water supply without it ever having been approved by a democratic referendum!
BTW, just yesterday I observed a water company removing empty purified water fountain containers from the HSCB building! If PG water with its fluoride poison in it is so beneficial and great tasting – shouldn’t ALL the occupants of that building in ALL offices be drinking the tap water???
This issue about flouridated water is getting to be extremely boring. Hasnt anyone noticed that the people who drink the flouidated water, (that includes me) are not complaining.
It seems those who dont drink it complain the most. Ive drank this water ever since its been flouridated, and I feel just fine. So do thousands of other Pr Georgeians. So lets get off the flouridated water kick.
Insofar as this bottling company goes. Seems to me that a few years ago there was a bottling plant for water set up in Sinclar Mills. This water actually won a couple of world prizes in Virginia. At the end of the day it quit producing. Why?
Number one is the cost of transportation, and number two, is that water sells for next to nothing, so its hard to compete with the big boys.
I wish them luck.
With all due respect, the issue is not a kick, it is a health issue, a contributing factor to cancer, kidney, thyroid and bone disease. The issue is that people who manage to avoid drinking fluoridated tap wsater STILL have no choice and have to use it for personal hygiene, such as washing clothing, showering and bathing.
Just because YOU feel fine doesn’t indicate that it is “fine” for people whose health is already challenged, such as those with impaired thyroid or kidney function.
It is also an issue of civil rights and the right of an individual to choose what goes into one’s own body. There is plenty of fluoridated toothpaste on the market for dental hygiene and fluoride can be chosen at the dentist’s office as an optional treatment for teeth.
Many smokers feel ust fine. But, smoking is an identified health hazard. Subjecting others to second smoke is not allowed and no person who does not wish to smoke is forced by others to do so!
You give me one VALID reason why I should tolerate having my tap water fluoridated without my permission and consent when I am convinced by mountains of scientific evidence that the polluted chemical effluent fluoride from the phosphate fertilizer industry does not do any good (compared to other areas which never added this to the water) and all indicationsare tha it is harmful?
What happened to democracy, human rights and civil liberties?
Nobody has ever done any regular tests on MY blood or urine to determine how high the accumulated concentration of fluoride is in MY body!
Have they checked yours? Ask your city councillors if they have a medical certificate which permits them to administer a drug (fluoride has been classified a drug by Health Canada) in an uncontrolled dosis to every city residence via the tap water supply.
98% of B.C. residents are “feeling just fine” without this industrial effluent being added to their water supply! We – the remaining 2% should be treated the same, equally! Do we have unequal rights?
Why are the water purification businesses in PG delivering purified water to thousands of offices and private homes, why is bottled water a big business in PG when the tap water is supposedly just fine, great tasting and totally safe for everyone?
With all due respect, the issue is not a kick, it is a health issue, a contributing factor to cancer, kidney, thyroid and bone disease. The issue is that people who manage to avoid drinking fluoridated tap wsater STILL have no choice and have to use it for personal hygiene, such as washing clothing, showering and bathing.
Just because YOU feel fine doesn’t indicate that it is “fine” for people whose health is already challenged, such as those with impaired thyroid or kidney function.
It is also an issue of civil rights and the right of an individual to choose what goes into one’s own body. There is plenty of fluoridated toothpaste on the market for dental hygiene and fluoride can be chosen at the dentist’s office as an optional treatment for teeth.
Many smokers feel ust fine. But, smoking is an identified health hazard. Subjecting others to second smoke is not allowed and no person who does not wish to smoke is forced by others to do so!
You give me one VALID reason why I should tolerate having my tap water fluoridated without my permission and consent when I am convinced by mountains of scientific evidence that the polluted chemical effluent fluoride from the phosphate fertilizer industry does not do any good (compared to other areas which never added this to the water) and all indicationsare tha it is harmful?
What happened to democracy, human rights and civil liberties?
Nobody has ever done any regular tests on MY blood or urine to determine how high the accumulated concentration of fluoride is in MY body!
Have they checked yours? Ask your city councillors if they have a medical certificate which permits them to administer a drug (fluoride has been classified a drug by Health Canada) in an uncontrolled dosis to every city residence via the tap water supply.
98% of B.C. residents are “feeling just fine” without this industrial effluent being added to their water supply! We – the remaining 2% should be treated the same, equally! Do we have unequal rights?
Why are the water purification businesses in PG delivering purified water to thousands of offices and private homes, why is bottled water a big business in PG when the tap water is supposedly just fine, great tasting and totally safe for everyone?
Lol Palopu, fluoride is a hardening agent you, should really research this stuff. You might feel fine now but when the doctor tells you have hardening of the arteries or your hip broke because you have brittle bones you might think back and go, those bastards for medicating me without my conscent. You can’t get away from being medicated by simply not drinking the water. Every time you bathe or take a shower you are absorbing this crap through your skin. The City will save money by stopping the program and all you have to do is brush with fluoridated tooth paste to have healthy teeth. Even your dentist will tell you that consuming fluoride is not good for you so dont swallow that tooth paste.
Hm. The CDC (Centers or Disease Control and Prevention) considers fluoridation of water to be one of the top 10 public health achievements of the 20th century.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4841a1.htm
Plastic bottles: Give more said “The trouble is they just throw it all in the garbage and forget about it”
I agree that is a problem, Give, and it puzzles me that so many people don’t return those water bottles for a refund on the deposit. We just keep them in a box and stop by a recycling depot every couple of months. Takes about 10.5 minutes of our time.
Give more said: I also think that any and all companies wanting water rights, should only be able to lease them on a five or ten year basis. Then when the crunch comes at least the government (us) can resume control of our water and not have it all sold out to foreign interests.
Absolutely, limit water licenses to fixed terms, and NEVER, under any circumstances, allow foreign ownership of water rights and the companies or ranches that hold them.
metalman.
Hm. The CDC! The same people who heartily endorsed as being totally safe: DDT, asbestos, lead in paint and gasoline, tobacco smoking, mercury fillings in teeth…the list goes on! Good Luck to you in relying on them for the safety of the daily fix of fluoride in your water. I want my water to be fluoride free! What you do with yours is your business! If you are a non-smoker, are smokers forcing you to smoke against your will?
The city tries to force me to accept fluoridated water as safe, when I already know it isn’t it!
Countries which fluoridate water (all English speaking, strangely enough):
Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, United States, Canada – to varying degrees of course! Canada is moving towards eliminating this useless practice, only about half of Canada is fluoridated.
Countries which DO NOT fluoridate:
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and many others.
Does that make you wonder why they are not fluoridating their water, never have or have stopped years ago? Are they too stupid to enjoy one of the top 10 health achievements of the 20th century – or are they smarter and more careful than us and more respectful of human personal freedoms and civil rights?
It doesn’t make you stop and ask some questions?
No? I thought so!
Given the choice between the CDC and a vocal minority, I’ll go wih the CDC.
Btw, I’ll bet if the CDC were anti-fluoride, you’d be trumpeting their virtues from the highest mountains.
BTW, I have spent years of time, research, money and effort on this fluoridation matter, so your remark ia useless and completely irrevelant to my quest to get water free from intentional medication. I have no prescription from my doctor teling me how much water I should drink every day!
I would smply applaud them for finally doing what is right, which is advocating for fluoride free water! I would forgive them their previous errors. Anybody can make a mistake, over and over, including people in the highest position of decision making, especially if admitting a mistake could lead to a flood of lawsuits.
However, thank you for allowing me to post more rebuttals by continously ignoring the valid points I am making, compelling me to elaborate some more!
I wonder what your interest is in questioning my demand for safe water and my persoal right to the same? It’s not any different than you trying to force me to breathe intentionally dirtied air when clean air is available.
Do you sell chemical fluoride, the non-pharmaceutical kind, not the pharmaceutical grade which comes in toothpaste?
“However, thank you for allowing me to post more rebuttals by continously ignoring the valid points I am making, compelling me to elaborate some more!”
You say like that like you wouldn’t be doing it anyway.
I suspect deep down you don’t want anyone to post anything that would differ from your ‘research’, but feel free to use any excuse that makes you comfortable.
In any case, from what I can tell, the fluoride issue at best is not conclusive from a scientific standpoint and pretty much a non-issue.
So why then are communities stopping this insane practice JohnnyB? I bet you follow the Canada food guy too which is another pile of BS!
PG: “I wonder what your interest is in questioning my demand for safe water and my persoal right to the same? It’s not any different than you trying to force me to breathe intentionally dirtied air when clean air is available.”
Your question assumes that you are right without a doubt. And there is plenty of doubt, at least from a scientific standpoint.
PG: “Do you sell chemical fluoride, the non-pharmaceutical kind, not the pharmaceutical grade which comes in toothpaste?”
No. I’m not sure why you would think that I do.
NoWay: “So why then are communities stopping this insane practice JohnnyB?”
I don’t know. Decisions are made for a multitude of reasons, many based on false information and logic.
So why not err on the side of caution? The City/Tax payer will save the money which can be wasted by City Hall in other areas and those who choose to consume fluoride can go buy fluoride pills. Science not false information is why these places are stopping the mass medication JohnnyB the proof is there and doctors/dentists are behind the science.
Yes science and dentists agree that fluoride on your teeth can prevent tooth decay. The key here is fluoride ON your teeth not in your body prevents tooth decay. Your dentist/hygenist will tell you to spit out your fluoride treatment. I wonder why?
JohnnyBelt:”I don’t know. Decisions are made for a multitude of reasons, many based on false information and logic.”
Now we are finally getting somewhere! I assert that your decision that fluoridation must prevail is based on false information and faulty logic!
Perhaps the latest Harvard University study that endorses scientific research which shows that a permanent lowering of the I.Q. of children is caused by fluoridated water will impress you? It’s Harvard, a well respected institution, after all!
Ingesting fluoride into the digestive system of a human body does NOTHING to prevent cavities, but it is detrimental to your organs! The only way to get fluoride to the surface of your teeth is by brushing with fluoridated toothpaste and by fluoride surface treatments done by a dentist!
People who choose to use fluoridated toothpaste and fluoride dentist treatments have the freedom to make a choice!
People who get only fluoridated city water to their house have NO choice, they must bathe with it and the skin (being the largest organ of the body) absorbs it!
NoWay:”NoWay: “So why then are communities stopping this insane practice JohnnyB?”
It’s because they examined the scientific evidence and decided that it is not worth to keep fluoridating and expose people to harm.
To say otherwise is intimating that 98% of the population (which is free from fluoridation) is stupid!
Again, your assumpton that you are right beyond a doubt is faulty right from the start.
If you won’t at least admit that the fluoridation issue (one way or the other) is scientifically inconclusive, you are beyond hope.
The one that is beyond hope JohnnyB is trusting the CDC when evidence shows that consuming fluoride isnt good for you. I know Harvard research papers might be a tough read but you should give it a try.
Who has been hospitalized/treated for sickness in this town due to the fluoride in the water? Any documented cases?
No? Didn’t think so.
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/fluoridated-water
“In the 1940s, scientists discovered that people who lived where drinking water supplies had naturally occurring fluoride levels of approximately 1 part fluoride per million parts water or greater (>1.0 ppm) had fewer dental caries (cavities) than people who lived where fluoride levels in drinking water were lower. Many more recent studies have supported this finding (1).”
Naturally occurring.
Did everyone get that? Just in case…
NATURALLY OCCURRING.
I wonder if the flouride conspiracists are willing to lobby for the removal of natural occurring flouride from water supplies, too.
Our milk also has vitamin D added to assist in absorbing calcium, maybe
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