Forest fires are raging all across Canada and that is no exaggeration. From Newfoundland, through the Maritimes, in Ontario, across the prairies and on to Vancouver Island. Even Durham Region is threatened with fires burning just north, in the Kawarthas. So it’s getting closer and closer to our local area getting “Mandatory water restrictions”: Beaverton, Cannington, Sunderland, Uxbridge, Port Perry, Orono, Blackstock and Greenbank.
As hydrogeologist, James Partridge of the Regional Municipality of Durham explains, water use restrictions have been necessitated for areas that are dependent on well and ground water. Municipalities such as Pickering and Ajax have not been restricted yet because they depend on large nearby bodies of water. If the drought conditions we are experiencing continue, this situation may change. Maybe it should be invoked now before we are faced with dire conditions, much worse than the current situation.
