There is so much discussion finally occurring about our water resources and the lack thereof.
I came across these three below this morning…
Time to band together to get what we need!

Yours
June

YouTube on Aquifers. I think this is a good one…particularly for teaching!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtIY4FYWJV8


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With the Government of British Columbia recently launching its $100 million Watershed Security Fund, the money for a much-needed 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗿 on the Cowichan River should be a no-brainer.
The problem: A 70-year-old weir on the Cowichan River. It is too low to store enough rain from the rainy season to meet the needs of the community and environment during increasingly dry summers.
The consequence: A “frighteningly low” river unable to support community needs or sustain fish.
The solution: A new, higher weir allowing more water to be captured and stored in the rainy months, which can then be used during the summer.
So what’s holding things up? You guessed it—a 𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 from the province, with community members calling on the province to step up and match promised federal funding.
What about the $100 million provincial Watershed Security Fund, you ask? As it turns out, only the 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 earned from that fund will be spent each year. This amounts to only $5 million annually, which cannot even get a single weir built.
If we want to see real change that benefits British Columbians across the province, we need to see a 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘀.
#HealthyWatersheds #Freshwater #Cowichan #BCPoli
Fin Donnelly Cowichan Watershed Board


This from a Facebook Page on the water conditions in Parksville:

In a chat on the street a PV bylaw officer said that the City is worried that it may run out of water in late August. Our dwindling water supply is in a serious crisis.

If this mayor and councillors approve more million dollar plus homes that,
A. Ordinary Parksville workers cannot afford,
B. Makes the doctor crisis worse,
C. Destroys more urban forest vital to protect what remains of our groundwater, and
D. Adds new hoses sucking from the dwindling supply, then they must be cracked.
We are a community facing a broad set of crises. Approving these developments makes every single problem worse.
Every time I turn on a tap this stares me in the face. The municipal system is designed to ram through these destructive real estate developments. The rules that give various powers to this current mayor and his councillors are structured specifically so that developments like this are virtually always approved.
This state of affairs makes no sense.