BRITISH COLUMBIA SNOWPACK LEVELS ARE IN THE RED ZONE: “Floods directly impact a few, droughts impact everyone. When there is no water, there is no water until it rains again. For the past decade, the situation has been touch and go almost every year,” stated Kim Stephens of the Partnership for Water Sustainability in British Columbia
“Climate change has aggravated an existing vulnerability related to seasonal supply of water in British Columbia. Over time, and as the population has grown, the safety factor has been shrinking. While it rains a lot, we do not have an abundance of supply when demand is greatest. In 2015, Western North America clearly crossed an invisible threshold into a different hydrometeorological regime. Low snowpack and lingering impacts from on-going drought in recent years are pointing towards elevated drought hazards for this upcoming spring and summer,” stated Kim Stephens.