The Theme for 2015 is: Water and Sustainable Development. How perfect is this year’s United Nations theme for my letter to the Editor? I am like you, I am nobody. The BC Ministry of Energy and Mines may not hear my lone voice. I write to you all, with the hope to inspire political and community action and to encourage community understanding of the precious resource we have at the ready, for our consumption. Quality water is mandatory for survival by all life forms.
Our water is provided to us, some 4000 souls who reside in the Oyster River Watershed. This is my call for each of us to maintain and to improve the quality and quantity of fresh water for today, for this dry summer ahead, and with a commitment to the future generations. There are one billion people today without access to safe water for drinking. I am sure I have 100 reasons to say No to Hillsborough and their proposed coal mine in the Oyster River Watershed. However I will keep it brief, speaking directly to our elected government representatives in Victoria, I say “Do the Right Thing”. And this is my invitation to You all. Come and join me, I believe as a group our voices will be heard. “Do not issue a permit to Hillsborough. please, protect our drinking water.” We have a most valuable resource in our high quality water, managed by the CVRD’s Black Creek Oyster Bay Water System.
Let us protect it and improve it.
G.L. McFarlane, Black Creek, BC
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