In my last post, I described how water restrictions mandating hand watering only can lead to fewer trees and plants, which in turn will cause our temperatures to increase.
At stage 4 of the GVRD water restrictions we will not be able to water any plants using treated drinking water, including vegetable gardens. http://vancouver.ca/files/cov/water-use-plan.pdf
Again, the short sightedness of this plan is puzzling. If we must allow our vegetable gardens to wither, the consequence will be buying more imported food. Imported food requires more expended resources in our environment: commercial levels of watering; transportation costs; possible loss of nutrient value in the food through storage, etc.
Here is a link to an excellent video on how bringing trees to the desert, actually moderates the climate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1rKDXuZ8C0. In the GVRD, we seem to be aiming to do the reverse procedure.
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