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   I don't think so . . . .   
   And yet that's the projection for just 25 years from now. . . .  global   
   warming and all it entails.   
   Vancouver could easily become the most *unliveable* city in Canada at that   
   rate.   
      
   Time for some inventions to recycle bathwater and sink water for flushing of   
   toilets and watering of gardens.   
   The era is past for using drinking water for toilet flushing.   
      
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   nationalpost.com  -  | July 3, 2015 |   
      
   Metro Vancouver residents only allowed to sprinkle lawns once a week as   
   officials crack down on water use   
      
      
   Metro Vancouver has issued even more stringent water sprinkling regulations --   
   saying residents can now only water once a week -- and warn there could be a   
   full ban later this month if the hot, dry weather continues.   
      
   Metro CAO Carol Mason said the region's reservoirs at Seymour and Capilano are   
   at 79 per cent as residents continue to use more water than usual for their   
   lawns, gardens and other outdoor chores.   The latest edict means residents   
   will see a reduction in    
   lawn sprinkling from three days a week to just one.  At the same time, there   
   will be limited access for water parks, commercial fountains and municipal   
   parks.   
      
   Metro staff add they will continue to monitor the situation in the next two   
   weeks and will invoke stage three of its water shortage response plan, which   
   could prohibit sprinkling across the region this summer or fall, if the   
   situation continues to worsen.   
     "It's simply a matter of getting the enforcement in place," Mason told the   
   Metro board Friday.  However, she noted there are are provisions for new lawns   
   and those residents dealing with European chafer beetle.   
      
   "The time is right now to make this decision," said North Vancouver City Mayor   
   Darrell Mussatto, chairman of the Metro's utilities committee, noting this has   
   been the hottest May and June on record.   
      
   Water use across the region rose to about 33.5 billion litres in May, about 15   
   per cent higher than the same period last year.  Such levels aren't typically   
   seen until the peak summer months, prompting Metro Vancouver to start an   
   advertising campaign to    
   encourage the public to be more frugal with their water use.  It would take   
   two billion litres of water to fill an area the size of BC Place Stadium.    
   Metro staff noted there have been some issues with automatic sprinklers, and   
   will work to educate    
   residents on how to change their settings.   
      
   In 2003, Metro instituted a region-wide sprinkling ban in early August as a   
   result of low water storage levels in its reservoirs and unusually warm and   
   dry weather.  The situation this year is compounded by the increasing growth   
   in the region.     
      
   A Metro report noted that while the per capita use of water in Metro Vancouver   
   has been dropping over the years, the overall population increase means that   
   use is still up, mainly in suburban areas across the region.   
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