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What's a 'water basin'? Why aren't watering restrictions more severe when my region is facing extreme drought conditions? CBC News spoke with a River Forecast Centre hydrologist to shed some light on the latest drought.
Urgent action is needed as high to extreme drought hits two-thirds of British Columbia’s rivers, says minister.
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Provincial government working municipalities and First Nations to ramp up water restrictions for person use, and may bring in temporary orders that could affect industries
Kamloops received just one-third of the rain it usually sees in the month of June
The report by hydrologist Jonathan Boyd says most of B.C. has received rainfall over the past year between 40 per cent and 85 per cent of annual average precipitation.