By Colleen Kimmett

The NDP scored just slightly better than the BC Liberals on a recent survey asking how each would protect the province's fresh water supply.

Eight environmental organizations asked each of the parties to respond to six questions on drinking water, fish habitat, water allocation rights, conservation and independent power production. The two main parties addressed only some of these concerns, said the survey's authors.

"We have real questions about whether BC's leading political parties are ready to manage our most valuable resource. By their own words, they have shown us that in many ways they don't understand the urgency of the problems we face," stated Ecojustice lawyer Randy Christensen in a press release.