That was weird--the cursor didn't show up in the text box and I didn't click submit. Mudcat Hiccup!

I was going to say this conflict is being replicated in any number of places, especially in Ontario where water quality is a big issue since the Walkerton disaster (polluted water killed seven people).

Notably the village of Sydenham which is installing a really expensive water-and-sewer system which householders are going to be assessed $15-20k each for.

And Lanark village, just down the road here, has big issues too. Cause they waited too long to install a proper municipal water system and the whole village is full of contaminated wells and (contaminating) private septic systems.

Water may indeed be one of the big-deal issues of the 21st century. Kind of ironic. You'd think plumbing would be figured out by now, and basically it is. Just not how to pay for it.

W-O