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A decision on Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) takeover of the Hopkins Landing water system is more than a year away, according to a staff report on its Oct. 26 committee of the whole agenda.
Water meter installation starts for stressed Chapman water system on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast.
On Aug. 24, the province moved the Sunshine Coast to a drought level 5 rating, indicating that adverse impacts from the extended dry weather are “almost certain." Without significant rainfall, Stage 4 restrictions would need to be considered in early September.
Rainfall measured at Chapman Lake on Aug 8 and 9 totalled 26 mm. That had “a positive impact” for the Chapman Water System according to Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) utility manager Shane Walkey in his Aug 10 water update.
The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) has declared Stage 3 (acute) restrictions.