Dear Editor:
Re: Work Starts on Second Narrows Water Tunnel (Feb. 16 news story).
Given the explosive growth of huge residential developments throughout Metro Vancouver, it should come as no surprise that a new five-metre water tunnel is to be built.
What is a surprise is the apparent lack of planning and development of additional reservoirs to store the over-abundance of rainfall as to supply current and future needs of the region. Current practice seems to be the implementation of earlier and stricter water consumption regulation and perhaps a reliance on low-flush toilets.
Let’s pray that we’ll have enough water to supply hydrants during our dry seasons for those communities that border or contain forests within their bounds.
I wonder if there’s a political damn-the-dams attitude at play.
Don Weber
West Vancouver
Editor’s note: Metro Vancouver’s latest drinking water management plan states that by making greater use of the storage capacity of the Coquitlam reservoir, our current sources of water offer a secure water supply that will meet our needs for the next 30 or so years. Read about the Lower Mainland’s three watershed reservoirs at metrovancouver.org/welovewater/water-source/where-our-water-comes-from/Pages/default.aspx.
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