Article content Amid severe drought and wildfires across the province, the area has received some much needed rain these past few days. The town of Valleyview implemented the 2024 water shortage plan on May 1. The plan reduces risks associated with droughts, which came with a few conditions.
for a list of these. “These measures are being implemented now due to the province’s concerns about Alberta’s current drought conditions and the town of Valleyview’s concerns about water quantities and source water accessibility in the future,” read the MD of Greenview’s website. CAO Ben Berlinguette said the rainfall is very exciting.
“We have several different rain gauges throughout the community. They’re all showing above five and a half inches. If we could have another beautiful rainfall, not a downpour like the one we had in the last week and a half, accumulated rain, where it doesn’t muddy the river–we believe there’ll be major changes to our water shortage plan by the middle June.
” Berlinguette said it’s likely they’ll start with a system based on house number, odd or even, where residents will get to water flowers and gardens. They’ll see how things are going by the end of June. “Then we’ll go back to allowing watering grass and washing your vehicle in the driveway, and so forth.
We’re looking forward to the change.” and over the weekend at the time of publishing..
