British Columbia residents will get a clearer picture today about the status of the drought that has parched much of the province.
Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Minister Bowinn Ma has scheduled a briefing with weather and wildfire experts to provide an overview of the drought situation.
Earlier this week, she urged B.C. residents to take measures to conserve water, including watering lawns sparingly, taking shorter showers and doing only full loads of laundry.
Ma said many communities are already implementing water restrictions, and further measures across larger areas of the province are anticipated.
She said much of B.C. has been in drought conditions since last winter, with B.C.'s northeast, Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island being of most concern.
Premier David Eby and Ma both said this week the situation in B.C. is serious and much of the province has never before experienced the current level of drought this early in the summer.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 13, 2023.
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It takes three to four barrels of water to produce one barrel of bitumen, CBC News reports. Has this government asked the fracking industry to stop wasting water or are the regular people always bear the cost? The volume of freshwater used by the oil and gas industry in 2021 was enough to fill roughly 2,080 olympic size swimming pools. Much of it won't be returned to the natural water cycle, claims a new report….Stefan Labbé.
When will industry do their part to solve the water shortage problem that they created by pumping out climate destroying fossil fuels? When I see industry doing their part then I will consider doing mine otherwise why should I compensate for these greedy spoilers?