BC Hydro cites weather, maintenance shutdown for continuing high water at Buntzen Lake – Tri-Cities Dispatch
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Flooding at Buntzen Lake has forced numerous closures. Dave Robinson Facebook photo Persistent flooding at Buntzen Lake has stretched for more than a Persistent flooding at Buntzen Lake has stretched for more than a month, swallowing beaches, and causing the closure of trails, docks and other amenities.
  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    All that floodwater is drinking water that won’t be available next summer. It’s all draining into the water system now instead of being stored up as snowpack.

    • Sunshine@piefed.caOPEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Good thing we built that LNG export facility in Kitimat and most bc residents want to keep using fossil fuel hookups and ice vehicles 🤪