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Even in Canada, where water prices are low, aging infrastructure and rising costs are a problem

Even in Canada, where water prices are low, aging infrastructure and rising costs are a problem

Canadians living in the Great Lakes basin have perhaps become spoiled at the seemingly endless availability of water. In taking it for granted, topics like the material cost of it or the amount listed on someone’s water bill can be seen as immaterial and unnecessary to discuss. But in many respects, water is also a fairly traditional resource commodity, one that governments have invested billions in maintaining. There’s a cost to all this, and not just for the liquid itself.