A Central Alberta company has pleaded guilty for contravening the Water Act.
1656758 Alberta Inc., operating under the firm name and style of Enviro Container and Cleaning Solutions Inc., pleaded guilty on Nov. 26 for contravening the Water Act. The company was sentenced to a fine of $12,000, inclusive of a victim fine surcharge.
The company was using water from an unlicensed water well for washing empty plastic totes at its intermediate bulk container reconditioning and recycling facility in Red Deer County. The water well could not be licensed for a commercial purpose because it drew from multiple aquifers, which resulted in the violation of the Water Act.
As a part of the creative sentencing, $11,500 will go towards supporting the Canada WaterPortal Society to modernize its website and promote information about groundwater, focusing on Alberta and the Red Deer watershed.
