Band hopes to tap U.S. water market

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The Sawridge Indian band is looking at exporting Canadian water to Santa Barbara, Calif. The Slave Lake band has submitted one of eight proposals the city is considering in search of an alternative source of fresh water for three to 10 years, starting in the spring of 1991. Mike McKinney, executive director of Slave Lakes's Sawridge Group, said a British Columbia company that's majority-owned by the band has been talking to Santa Barbars. The band's company, Glacier Bay Exploration, has a bottling operation and a license to export water.