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Water Underground

Our deep storage: water underground
How groundwater works
A) How a well works
B) How over-pumping can impact neighbours and streams
C) Saltwater intrusion

Is it true that the groundwater flows underground from Mount Baker or Vancouver Island? 

• That's just a myth. Our groundwater comes from island rainfall that percolates down into the rock.
  

Waterscapes:

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