The Freshwater Stream talks groundwater with David Slade in the Cowichan

February 10, 2022

By: Meghan Rooney

This week, Danielle speaks with David Slade, a water well driller in the Cowichan Valley. As the province’s March 1, 2022 deadline for groundwater license applications fast approaches with poor buy-in, Danielle and David discuss the potential groundwater crisis looming for B.C.’s aquifers.

 

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The Freshwater Stream is a podcast about B.C.’s watersheds and the people who care about them. Find out more and check out season one here. And please, if you like is, rate and subscribe on your favourite podcast playing app!

The Freshwater Stream is a collaboration between Watershed Watch Salmon Society and Canadian Freshwater Alliance.

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The Freshwater Stream talks groundwater with David Slade in the Cowichan

February 10, 2022

By: Meghan Rooney

This week, Danielle speaks with David Slade, a water well driller in the Cowichan Valley. As the province’s March 1, 2022 deadline for groundwater license applications fast approaches with poor buy-in, Danielle and David discuss the potential groundwater crisis looming for B.C.’s aquifers.

 

Listen to “David Slade in the Cowichan Valley” on Spreaker.

 

Listen on  Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Spreaker

The Freshwater Stream is a podcast about B.C.’s watersheds and the people who care about them. Find out more and check out season one here. And please, if you like is, rate and subscribe on your favourite podcast playing app!

The Freshwater Stream is a collaboration between Watershed Watch Salmon Society and Canadian Freshwater Alliance.

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3 Comments

  1. David Grigg February 10, 2022 at 10:22 pm - Reply

    Very informative. Especially on the issue of co management of the watershed. How does the Board allocate water say for agriculture at a time of the year when fish are struggling to get up stream. We need to hear how consensus is reached. How governance actually works in practice.

    • Meghan Rooney March 11, 2022 at 1:55 pm - Reply

      I personally can’t speak to the role played by the Cowichan Water Board specifically, but I will say that there are efforts are underway for improving watershed co-governance and increasing local decision-making power in BC. The province is currently developing a Watershed Security Strategy and Fund for 2023 https://engage.gov.bc.ca/watershedsecurity/process/ The public can provide feedback on it before March 18th at 4pm and CodeBlue BC has set up an emailing tool to facilitate submissions here: https://www.codebluebc.ca/watershed_security_strategy.
      The province and Cowichan Tribes also reached a new agreement today to develop the province’s first Water Sustainability Plan for the Koksilah Watershed which will work to address water use and minimum flows for fish, which is encouraging.

  2. Lorraine Jenkins February 15, 2022 at 8:13 pm - Reply

    I don’t understand why our local farmers have to curtail their water for crops that are needed by our communities when people are allowed to drill wells for watering their lawns , and we have at least two in our area, and water their lawns while the rest of the area is on restrictions… it is crazy….it does not make sense. Our farmers need much more support.

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