The Canadian town of Tiny has the world’s purest water. A gravel mining operation could ruin it

The people of Tiny and neighboring First Nations are fighting the expansion of the quarry pits to keep their water pristine

Some of cleanest water in the world fell to the ground about 70 years ago, passing through smoggy skies that stuffed the droplets full of ash, soot, vehicle exhaust, chemicals and heavy metals.

It percolated through gravel, glacial silt and permeable rock and eventually gushed from a hose and into a pitcher held by Bonnie Pauze.