Waterloo Region is short on water. It’s a cautionary tale for cities across Canada
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The Waterloo Region is short on water. Its recent crisis is a cautionary tale for other cities
PATRICK WHITE AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY NICK IWANYSHYN
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
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The little wetland in the wheat field went silent before it went dry.
It had beckoned flotillas of noisy ducks, swans and turtles for as long as anyone in Sherry Witzel-Prong’s family could recall – a collective memory that stretches back to 1856, when the Witzels arrived here with thousands of other German immigrants. The area felt familiar; the county seat …
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