Rainwater Management in the 21st Century: A Perspective on Overcoming Fear and Doubt in British Columbia, and Moving from Awareness to Action
During the period 2000-2001, the mantra in British Columbia was “overcoming fear and doubt” in order to move ahead with projects such as the East Clayton in the City of Surrey, and UniverCity on Burnaby Mountain in the City of Burnaby. it was Patrick Condon of UBC who said: ‘If we fail, it will be a generation before anyone will even have the opportunity to try again; so we must not fail’. Hard-fought successes have ultimately made it possible to change land development practices to capture rain where it falls.