Editor:
We have the option of perceiving our costly and frustrating experience of water shortage this year as an opportunity. Many of us have individually used it as such in researching and testing the use of gray water on gardens and landscapes and in other considerate and inventive ways.
Local government has now got the message that the status quo won’t do. Provision of water is perhaps the primary reason it exists. Our infrastructure and supply was adequate for a long time but isn’t now. It is as simple as that and much more clearly so as a result of this summer’s experience. We now have a far more detailed, personal and nuanced understanding of the scope of our reliance.
Public reaction, including the anger, has been admirable, as has the press response and that of individuals and most recently of regional government staff.
Those we elected to four-year terms last November to serve directly or as municipal appointees on the regional board (SCRD) now have something to sink their teeth into. Public reaction to this year’s experience should be all they need to maintain focus.
They should relish it as their opportunity to rise to the occasion.
John Marian, Halfmoon Bay
