Nigel Bankes@NdbYyc1305:
Valuable report but not this statement. “During severe shortages, the government negotiates water sharing agreements with senior licence holders to ensure equitable reductions in usage.” [5]
Not true.
The GoA does NOT negotiate these agmts and these agmts are NOT enforceable.
Tim Goos@goos_tim:
Seems the AG would not make this up …. The GoA must have told them this in interviews I think.
It doesn’t matter what the govt says or does about water or the extreme shortage of it. AER controls it and industry controls AER, so industry controls Alberta’s water, above and below ground. This graph from AER’s 2023-2024 Annual Report is hideous and terrifying:
3225 Temporary water diversion licences granted to corporations (most foreign owned)
313 Water Act term licences issued (likely permanent until the water is gone)
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