![]() ![]() "There is water here. it's really getting the infrastructure and the systems and the politics involved with all of that moving." I wouldn't say I'm in a state of fear," said Margot Hallman, who has lived in Sechelt for seven years. We are proactive, we are trying to plan for it. ![]() That's little comfort, according to people strolling the waterfront this week in Sechelt. "We empathize with the concerns … the drought that persisted last year was hard on many communities." Climate change occurring faster than predicted In a statement to CBC News, the ministry said that it's "attentive" to the effects of lost forest cover on groundwater and watersheds, factoring that into forestry permitting. It's also issued a water licence for the Church Road Well Field pumping station. (Yvette Brend/CBC)ī.C.'s Ministry of Forests responded to White's letter, saying it's working with the SCRD on "serious" drought issues, as well as a plan to allow additional water to be drawn from Chapman Lake and Edwards Lake within Tetrahedron Provincial Park, to ease ongoing shortages. The plant is expected to add up to five million litres of water per day into the Chapman Water System. One of the switches at the Church Road Well Field plant. "Our annual water restrictions have only just begun and many Coast residents are genuinely stressed by the prospect of our community running out of water this summer," White wrote to Premier David Eby, several cabinet ministers, First Nations and municipal leaders on May 31. This month, the mayor of the town of Gibsons, Silas White, sent a letter urging the province to take action to relieve drought anxiety. On May 1, the region put water restrictions in place. It's one of many efforts to offset drought. Water shortages in the province's Sunshine Coast district, located on the southern mainland coast of British Columbia, have people rushing to install rain collection systems and cash in on rebates of up to $1,000 offered by the region for installing rain storage tanks. "But you are never going to be upset if you have too much water." Mayor urges faster action to offset drought For what she's trying to do, this tank is probably overkill," Gord Sloan said. This client just has potted plants and she loves them. "There certainly isn't enough water for people to keep their gardens. People are frustrated after two years of water restrictions - and no solution to the area's chronic droughts and fragile water supply, a growing problem in many parts of Canada. The brothers' year-old business, RainCatchers, is booming as more hot, dry weather arrives after a parched spring in a region dogged by drought for the past few years. The new owner of this massive metal tank hopes rain will fill it with enough to supply months of water for plants. Sunshine Coast brothers Gord and Geoff Sloan wrestle a 9,000-litre water tank - the size of a small car - into position behind a rural home in Sechelt, B.C., until the empty metal cavern tips into place with a resounding boom. ![]()
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