Editor:
Vote for new water now!
Stage 1: ‘Normal,’ time to buy plants, flowers, lawn seed – a local economic gift.
Stage 2: ‘Moderate,’ conserve – I bought a sprinkler system, no wasteful overwatering. Lawns “not permitted” – the death knell for my grass. Insulting veiled threat to abide by the rule or a $300 fine. My naïve thinking I voted a board to deliver year round water that I pay for!
Stage 3: ‘Acute,’ A heartless step in mandatory conservation. Wake up in your beds’ plants 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. only for your hand held drink! You snooze you lose!
Stage 4: ‘Ban on all outdoor water use.’ The door shut for a quality summer outdoors! Goodbye, gardens now lost. Since 2015, 5 of 7 years pushed to the brink. No public awareness – shocking! Our fragile water supply exposed to dangerous threats of fire, hospital needs, and the unthinkable, house taps going dry.
Stop the shameful waste of time, energy, and our dollars spent on the existing system that community needs have outgrown. We have abundant source options – enough or the next 100 years! Vote for candidates of action and a committed to new water. They have a head start with sources ready to go. A concerted board effort to cut red tape can deliver new water. Church Road well, millions spent – fix the supply chain issue. Langdale Well in 2025 – fast track it to 2024! Dusty Road well approve and move on it now. Best of the three wells for water quality, volume and value/CuM. Three wells can meet the needs including peak summer population demands to 2030. Time to plan long term plan – protect our community investments, growth for more generations to come! Let’s vote!
Howard Bishop, Sechelt
