CGEN Archive

Waterscape Canada

CGEN's Home Page
  • Home
  • CGEN Newsletter
    • CGEN Minutes
  • EarthLinks
  • EdGEO
    • Bringing Earth Science to Life
    • Putting the Earth into Science
  • FBY
    • FBY-Chapter Previews
    • FBY-Sample Lesson
    • QMA-Apercus des chapitres
  • Geoscape
    • Geoscape Canada >
      • Calgary
      • Fort Fraser
      • Montreal
      • Nanaimo
      • Northwest Territories
      • Ottawa-Gatineau
      • Québec
      • Saskatchewan-North
      • Saskatchewan-South
      • Toronto
      • Vancouver
      • Victoria
      • Whitehorse
    • Géopanorama du Canada
    • Geoscape Posters
    • Geotours
    • Waterscapes >
      • Bowen Island
      • Bow River Basin
      • Gulf Islands
      • Okanagan Basin
  • Geovistas
  • Key Publications
    • Wat On Earth
  • OGGP
  • Contact Us

Waterscape - Gulf Islands

Hydropanoramas
  • Home
  • Location Map
  • Water Storage
  • Seasonal Precipitation
  • Water Conservation
  • Changing Climate
  • Water for Ecosystems
  • Water Underground
  • Protecting Our Water
  • Having enough...
  • Keeping it clean
  • Credits & Citation
  • Poster Downloads

Having enough...

Picture
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
Picture
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 ​
Copyright CGEN 2014-2020
​ Quick Links to Earth Sciences Canada sites
​Earthlinks | WHERE Challenge | Careers in Earth Science |  Four Billion Years and Counting | IYPE | CFES | CGEN | IUGS | GeoVistas | OGGP