Musings... Water Restrictions

July 15, 2015

We live in a rain forest but there hasn't been much rain for the last 2.5 months.  After a winter that had very little snow fall on the mountains.  It is dry all over the province.  There are forest fires all over the place.  Now there is a water restriction.

Water restrictions mean:
- you can't wash your car
- you can only water your grass once per week
- there is no water in the wading pool at Balaclava Park
- the water at the water parks is turned OFF

Water restrictions are not much fun for kids in the middle of a hot summer.  No sprinklers, no water parks, no fun.  Luckily, there are lots of swimming pools and there is still lots of water at the beach too.  This mom is happy enough NOT to wash the car.  However, NOT watering the lawn is a bit stressful.  Not that this mom lusts after a lush, green lawn; this mom simply worries for the newly planted and still very patchy clover lawn.

Not everyone is good about following water restrictions.  We've seen people:
- washing a boat
- power washing a building
- power washing a sidewalk
- watering their lawn outside of water restrictions

Normally, everyone hopes for a hot, dry summer.  But this year, everyone hopes for rain.  At least for a few days.  We complain about the rain the most of the year, but (living in a rain forest) we all secretly love it...

~mom