Metro Vancouver residents should prepare to move to Stage 3 restrictions sometime in June as the warm and dry weather continues.
Metro Vancouver is already under Stage 2 water restrictions, but residents are being warned that Stage 3 will begin in June.
Residents will receive one week’s notice before a move to Stage 3, when there are additional restrictions on watering trees and gardens, filling pools and hot tubs and washing surfaces, vehicles and boats.
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The move to Stage 3 is tied to a new water supply tunnel through Stanley Park, which will replace an existing water main.
Metro Vancouver says that to facilitate construction, the First Narrows Crossing, one of the region’s key supply pipes from the reservoirs on the North Shore, has been out of service since last fall.
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If water use increases excessively while the crossing is offline, it could decrease water pressure and affect the ability of first responders to use water for emergencies, Metro Vancouver explained.
The goal is not to bring in Stage 3 unless “absolutely necessary,” Metro Vancouver said, but residents and businesses should be prepared.
BC needs to increase the water extraction fees charged to companies like Nestle who bottle Canadian water at the giveaway price of $2.25 per trillion litres.
We have too much water already!! lets waste one of our most precious resources on AI slop ❤️
once again, great planning by Metro Vancouver, to replace a water line in the middle of the high season, Does this mean I get a refund on my water bill, or is it same price less service!!!
get rid of Metro Vancouver!
And who will enforce these restrictions?
As usual, no one will.