Waterscape - Gulf Islands

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Having enough...

Doing it right. Maximum storage of winter rains

• Households harvest rainwater
  
• Ditches connect to infiltration ponds, not streams
  
• Forests promote infiltration
  

Doing it wrong. Wasted opportunities

• Little water infiltrates below cleared land
  
• Homes do not harvest rainwater
  
• Ditches transfer water to streams and sea
  

So how do islanders increase their water supplies?

• We increase groundwater storage by maintaining our forest lands. And we harvest rainwater from our rooftops.
  

Waterscapes:

• Bowen Island 
• Bow River Basin
• Gulf Islands
• Okanagan Basin ​