据外媒报道，近日加拿大卑诗省政府出台法规，2016年起瓶装水公司从本省抽取地下水需付费，每百万升地下水仅付费2.25元。
然而这个水费价格，引发批评。省新民主党评论员贺柏特（Spencer Chandra Herbert）指责说，省府地下水费政策，看起来对个人“漫天要价”，而对私营公司则“实际上为零”。
部分原文报道如下：
B.C.'s Water Sustainability Act （WSA）， which comes into effect next January and replaces the province's century-old water legislation, has been heralded as a major step forward. But politicians and experts are raising doubts over whether the newly announced water fees may be too low to cover the cost of the program, asking if the act simply won't be implemented properly, or if taxpayers could end up picking up the bill.
Last month, the government unveiled the new water pricing structure, which will include, for the first time in B.C.'s history, groundwater being regulated and subject to fees and rentals.
Critics said that, while it's a step in the right direction, the prices are still not close to capturing the resource's value.
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<http://www.theprovince.com/news/Companies+will+have+groundwater+enough/10791356/story.html>
<http://www.theprovince.com/news/Outrage+boils+over+government+plans+sell+groundwater+million+litres/10865416/story.html>
日期：2015-03-18
