[news] Water Rights for Sale in Alberta

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

Perhaps more than anywhere else in Alberta, farmers here know what it means to live with a limited supply of water. Their harsh experiences with the land drew them to the province's fledgling water market -- the first of its kind in Canada.

The market to buy and sell licences to access water has changed their lives, 65-year-old Halvorson says.

  


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