Lower Mainland municipalities have imposed water restrictions normal for the summer; will they need to be stepped up as B.C. drought worsens?
of the region’s drinking water system and the need for conservation, while rising, is still not where it is needed.
While it is true that Canada has abundant fresh water resources, there is a need to bust the myth that we have nothing to worry about, he said.He gave the City of Vancouver credit for beginning to examine its aquifers as a potential water resource and one that needs to be protected. He noted that elements such as rain gardens — vegetated depressions that collect rain — can help sustain and replenish aquifers.
While it is expensive to put meters on homes that don’t have them, those types of measures need to be examined to help reduce water use, he said.Daphne Bramham: Metro Vancouver needs more than conservation to solve future water needs
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