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Daphne Bramham: How dry we are — and how wasteful
Desert cities like Las Vegas are facing some hard questions, and we’re not much help BY DAPHNE BRAMHAM, VANCOUVER SUN There’s a kind of apocalyptic madness in the....
Portland to drain 38 million gallons of city water after teen urinated in reservoir
BY STEVEN DUBOIS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS APRIL 16, 2014 The Mount Tabor #1 reservoir in Portland will be drained due to contamination. PORTLAND, Ore. -....
Infrastructure plan much ado about too little, cities say
By Susana Mas, CBC News Posted: Mar 27, 2014 The federal government is coming under increasing scrutiny over the amount of money it has budgeted for infrastructure spending, as local and provincial....
B.C. environmental groups in court to argue against water use for fracking
BY STEVEN CHUA, THE CANADIAN PRESS MARCH 16, 2014 VANCOUVER — A coalition of environmental groups will be in a Vancouver court Monday arguing against the use of....
Battle lines being drawn in diplomatic water wars
B.C. seeks to maintain 50-year-old Columbia River Treaty against U.S. interest to claw back payments BY DERRICK PENNER, VANCOUVER SUN VANCOUVER -- B.C. will take a stand on....
New legislation introduced to replace B.C.’s 105-year-old Water Act
BY DAN FUMANO, THE PROVINCE The B.C. government has taken another step towards updating its century-old water legislation. Tuesday morning in the legislature, Environment Minister Mary Polak introduced....
Investigation finds unsafe bridges on forestry roads
Forest Practices Board, March 5, 2014 NEWS RELEASE VICTORIA – An investigation of 216 bridges constructed throughout the province in the last three years has found numerous non-compliances....
90% of British Columbians believe water our most precious resource: Poll
BY DAN FUMANO, THE PROVINCE FEBRUARY 26, 2014 Is water more valuable than gas? More than 90 per cent of British Columbians surveyed for a poll released Wednesday....