Editor:
I admit I do not have a counter-proposal for more water, but that is perhaps not my job.
So I was horrified to read Mayor Henderson say of his Dusty Road well proposal that “We don’t need studies, we don’t need surveys, we don’t need approvals. We need water and we need it now... In an emergency, you don’t wait for every i to be dotted and t to be crossed. We are not going to put the public at risk. We’ll deal with it in ways that are effective, that maybe are not kind of the status quo.”
The status quo has not served us well, I agree but I feel there is a chance Henderson will put our public health at risk if he takes this impatient approach.
We must take the time to make the right decision and allow full public input on the composition of any “Water Supply Solutions Team” if Henderson goes in that direction. Make sure any conflicting interests are not participating on that team, such as real estate developers, because an alarming amount of development is already overwhelming the water supply we have. Make water quality and quantity alone the centre of new water decisions. Let science lead the way.
Shelagh Nerney, Sechelt
