Global News
Metro Vancouver residents are being urged to cut back on water use as drought-like conditions continue to persist well into the fall season.
In a Thursday media release, Metro Vancouver Water Committee chair Malcolm Brodie said people were using about 20 per cent more water right now than they typically do this time of year.
“Our reservoir levels are lower than we typically see for this time of year, and this higher-than-expected water usage is leading to ongoing drawdown of our water storage reservoirs,” he said.
According to Metro Vancouver, the region’s watersheds have received just 50 millimetres of rain since the start of August, an eighth of the 400 millimetres that fall on average between Aug. 1 and the middle of October. …