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DROUGHT CONDITIONS
Water restrictions arrive early in Peachland as drought continues
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By Jeff McDonald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
ake a walk in a Peachland forest, or up in the hills and mountains above Peachland, and you won’t see much water in local creeks and streams. Peachland Lake, the town’s primary water source, is at historically low levels, and Stage 3 water use restrictions went into effect last week. And according to Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) water science specialist Sandra Schira, Peachland and the entire Okanagan has received less than average precipitation for years now, a drought situation that worsened this past winter with much less precipitation than normal and a very low snowpack that feeds local watersheds, lakes and streams.
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Photo: Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance
District staff say Peachland Lake, one of the town’s primary water sources, is at historically low levels.
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“Peachland and the Okanagan as a whole has now been in drought for several years. Fall 2022 is when most people started counting it, so several years in a row,” said Schira, who does research and data analysis of Okanagan water and climate trends for the OBWB. “The state that we’re in now across the Okanagan, and I assume this also would apply to Peachland, is that the snowpack was very low at around 56 per cent of normal across the whole valley as of April 1. So it’s quite bad.” The OBWB was formed in 1970 by the Okanagan’s three regional districts to provide leadership on water issues through the valley. Schira said there could be a slight increase in stream levels in the spring as the high alpine snowpack melts. However, that alone won’t ease drought conditions in Okanagan watersheds and won’t compensate for years of below-average rain and snowfall. She said a good winter snowpack is like money in the bank for the ecosystem, and a couple of wet weeks in May or June don’t balance the books.
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