Security Needs to Be Higher Financial Priority: BC Watershed Security Coalition - Parksville Qualicum News
The coalition says a rate increase could raise $75 million to $100 million for water management projects with little impact on industrial profits.
- The Watershed Security Coalition proposed raising British Columbia's industrial water rates to generate $75 million to $100 million for drought management projects. Coree Tull, the coalition chair, said the increase would have minimal impact on industrial profit margins.
- Tull described the provincial response to drought as "ad hoc," reactive rather than proactive, as the Okanagan watershed enters its fourth consecutive year of high-level drought. A lack of financial commitment has forced the coalition to seek alternative funding sources.
- Industrial water rates in the province currently stand at $2.25 per million litres, among the lowest in the country. Tull noted Quebec recently increased its rate to $155 per million litres, demonstrating the disparity.
- Collaborative water management projects in The Okanagan and Cowichan on Vancouver Island, involving First Nations and local sectors, have demonstrated effective results. These models are cited as examples other jurisdictions should replicate.
- While the province has tools to modernize water management for the 21st century, Tull said it has not delivered on commitments or made funding a priority. Investing now will mitigate greater climate crisis costs ahead.
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Security needs to be higher financial priority: BC Watershed Security Coalition
There is a lack of financial commitment to a strategic approach from the provincial government to help communities counter the drought conditions experienced across B.C., said the chair of the BC Watershed Security Coalition. Coree Tull said as the Okanagan watershed enters its fourth consecutive year of high-level drought rating, the provincial response has largely been what she calls “ad hoc,” reactive rather than pro-active to the climate cha…
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