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Lower Mainland’s water supply could be challenged if weather patterns persist: hydrologist

Longer, hotter, drier summers are becoming the norm in recent years

March 17, 2023  By Ground Water Canada


Vancouver – If extreme weather patterns continue to plague the Lower Mainland, residents could be in store for more cloudy water coming for their taps for decades to come, a local field hydrologist warns. He says long, hot and dry summers are becoming more common, and warming temperatures are apt to produce less snow from snow packs to fill reservoirs. Coupled with heat domes and atmospheric rivers, water supply becomes more of a challenge. Vancouver is Awesome report | READ MORE


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