Editor:
I’m not flushing my toilet. My vegetable garden is dying. My hair needs washing and my dog needs a bath. I am incensed. The shortsightedness and lack of stewardship shown by the directors of the Sunshine Coast Regional District has put lower Coast residents in an untenable position.
I have recently learned that a great deal of water remains in Chapman Lake. Apparently this water is “inaccessible” because the current design does not allow this water to flow over the dam into the purification facility.
Several years ago the SCRD consulted with a multi-disciplinary engineering firm specializing in water planning and management. This company provided the Regional District with a viable solution and a plan to access this “inaccessible” lake water. This solution had a price tag of a mere $500,000. Unfortunately the directors chose to do nothing, and here we are today paying for their bad decisions.
So, I now drive to the grocery store to buy California vegetables trucked to Vancouver, and ferried to the Sunshine Coast with a 76-cent dollar.
Aileen Balfour, Roberts Creek
