Alaska was the first jurisdiction in the world to permit commercial export of bulk water and its potential for water export is staggering. According ro AI.1Ska Business lvionthly, in Sitka, a one million gallon tanker could be filled every day and this would still represent less than 10 percent of the region's current water usage. A Canadian company, Global H20 already has a contract to export 18.2 billion gallons of Alaskan glacier water to China, via supertanker. However, the concept of bulk water transport raises a red flag among environmentalists who warn of the environmental repercussions of extracting large quantities of freshwater from irs natural habitat. -l\LA.UDE BARLOW + TONY CLARKE
