Groundwater use causing tensions in Cowichan Valley

[@lostmoose9994]

The problem is the old growth forest which vanished (This being said, I am not anti logging) Check out how moist the ground is where still some old growth forest exists. Its like a sponge

[@danger1240]

Blows my mind that we live in a province where it rains for half the year yet somehow we run out of water. Just pure incompetence on behalf of the government. Build bigger reservoirs.

[@pyros4333]

They are just restricting water to have a level of control and profit. "Pay money to use ground water" Sounds about right.

[@alelectric2767]

How do you know what they’re saying is 100% true?

[@rockyjohnson9243]

Seems like they need to make a bigger water reservoir up there to store all that rain we get all year round. If at some point we don't have enough fresh water then we need to look at the ocean and turning that water into fresh stuff and sending up a pipeline like veins through out our countries. However projects like that will cost dump trucks of money and massive energy. Maybe once we master fusion projects like that will be possible.

[@qarljohnson4971]

BC gov't has gone WAAY over the line on this issue. By going after small scale users of groundwater, the province is prepping the total control of Canadian ground waters by big corporations.

[@moosehead1183]

Is he the same hydrologist that said there was lots of water for a subdivision off Creighton Rd that has no water every summer??

[@mikewei8447]

I don't think so?

[@rickboer7715]

We had huge heavy duty plastic barrels on our farm to water our flowers You HAVE to be adaptable

[@sunitadwarka347]

Problem of cold dessert and hot dessert can be sloved using same systems. Jay Bharat.

[@leeannjohnson809]

The drought of 2023 follows more frequent droughts of previous summers. The total annual rainfall is less consistent or comes in deluges instead of steady dripping. The climate crisis is now showing itself although it began probably with the industrial revolution in the 1800s. We can expect much of the interior land in BC to become grassland as forests burn and there is not enough water to allow them to regrow. The glaciers are disappearing so summer melt water feeding rivers will decrease. The sea levels will rise as the fresh water at both North and South poles is melting faster than predicted. Comments base on past conditions are not particularly relevant for the future.

[@waynemillard7426]

They should have registered when they had the chance, instead of trying to fy under the radar. Now they've been caught out. Too bad, too sad.

[@pyros4333]

There shouldn't be a registry. Water is a public resource and should be free to use. Why put it behind licensing and restrictions if you're not trying to profit and control from it?

[@pyros4333]

@@craigmilton9892 why do you assume there's a conspiracy lol? The resource will remain usable because they need to use it.... it's not that hard to understand right? If you're using water to drink you probably treat that water well.... Why stop people using it already and force them to jump through hoops to prevent them from using it now?

[@carmenlajoie2719]

What has 🇨🇳 done to solve this? CGTN The Point-Hub-Heat, documentaries are amazing...President Xi team is mostly Engineers, Farmers.....