Opinion

Editor: Re: “Massive water nearby” and “Why water meters?” (Letters, Aug.

Editor: The current crisis with our water supplies has focused attention on what, if any, are the limits to growth in our communities.

Editor: The regional district said that water meters will reduce water usage. I’m not sure how much more we can reduce. I think that most Coasters are well aware of the potential water shortage every summer.

Editor: I find it quite ironic that some people in Mayor Milne’s election camp used the slogan “flush the John” and yet he is one of the players that have put us in the position where we are now advised not to flush the john.

Dear Mayor Milne and Councillors: The proposed $5.2-million metering plan will not solve our water supply problem.

Editor: “User pay” is always an easy answer: toll roads, gasoline tax, water meters – in the hoary rubric of “supply and demand.” Raise the price and they will use less.

Editor: I am responding to the recent article regarding the beautiful garden/farm on Pratt Road in Gibsons (“Food producers fear loss of livelihood,” Aug. 21).

Editor: As former water planner with the SCRD (2000-2002) I’d like to respond to recent statements in the Coast Reporter. The SCRD did not get us to Stage 4. We did. Each of us demands the free flow of water from our taps.

Editor: Re: “SCRD got us to Stage 4” (Editorial, Aug. 21). Any seasoned manager worth his salt – including an editor – understands the adage, “you cannot manage unless you can measure.

Editor: Successive regional district boards and the infrastructure services department of the SCRD have glommed on to the idea that water meters are the easiest way to deal with water consumption, partly because funding for this project can be applie