Two Documents at Sidebar

There are two more documents which are important to any discussion on water in Summerland, the Trout Creek Water Use Agreement and the 2005 Value Engineering Report on possible Water System Upgrades in Summerland. Summerland is finding itself at a point where ANY new development and population growth necessitates additional water as we are currently fully allotted. The critical questions are where will this additional water come from and how will it be paid for. And there is, of course, the reality that all water sources are actually very interconnected. While Okanagan Lake or groundwater may be treated as a separate water source, both are ultimately fed by rain, snow and surface water sources. Declines in one area affect all others.
Research is currently being conducted to address the entire Okanagan Basin as one very interdependent region.