Are you from the U . K . , by any chance ? <| sep |> In the industry we like to call that an incredibly quick assumption . <| sep |> Bottling plant workers are paid less than those other industriesCompletely irrelevant to whether water extracted for bottled water use be banned . We have a minimum wage I can tell you bottling plant workers are being paid at , and almost certainly above that . It shouldn ' t need to be said the government doesn ' t and shouldn ' t tailormake laws based on what each industry pays it ' s employees . Regulations are for keeping people safe , the environment clean , and the economy fair and stable . fewer workers are employed per volume of water usedStill irrelevant to the legality . Also that ' s a good thing because that means the bottled water industry is more efficient than others . Stating the industry is efficient and trying to spin that as a negative is no different than criticizing the tractor for reducing total number of farmers . and the contracts that were set up in Ontario give companies like Nestl absolutely outrageously low costs to operate here . The small fees Nestle pays are not for water but rather administrative costs because water is free for everyone and every business . Whether it ' s agricultural , industrial , or commercial resale every business pays the same fees if they take the same amount of water . The issue arise when the government makes the wrong choice and in situations where water is scarce they don ' t prioritize the use of water by citizens before industry . That problem however is in no way unique to the bottled water industry considering they amount to a paltry percentage of total water used in the province . The latest push by the Ontario government is nothing more than the most recent populist surge coming from an increasingly unpopular party . Bottled water usage is singled out , broadcast loudly and criticized more heavily than other watertaking industries because it ' s an easy target to hit , not because of it ' s environmental impact .