Efforts to be water wise appear to be paying off with Metro Vancouver reporting decreasing water usage and the likelihood we won't have to go to Stage 4 water restrictions.
That's good news and shows what we can do with knowledge, effort — and the threat of a fine. Indeed, a new video shows that water conservation is still important in a rain forest because most of the rain falls in the winter and summers are becoming increasingly dry.
Admittedly, the downside is brown lawns, dusty cars and concerns about keeping street trees and gardens moist. No doubt we will have to look at new measures for water conservation in the future as well as ways to use grey-water or rain collection systems if we want to keep our lawns and gardens.
We hope that with innovation, more solutions will be forthcoming and we can have what we want, nice yards and adequate water resources for years to come.
