{"id":34865,"date":"2025-07-30T17:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/34865\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T17:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:37:10","slug":"stage-4-water-restrictions-coming-to-most-mid-island-communities-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/34865\/","title":{"rendered":"Stage 4 water restrictions coming to most mid-Island communities | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Municipalities of Parksville, Qualicum Beach and Lantzville are included in the restrictions, as are residents in French Creek, Whiskey Creek and Nanoose Bay.<\/p>\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753405088_218_indicator-big.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The City of Nanaimo is remaining under stage two restrictions, which limits watering to certain hours on certain days.<\/p>\n<p>The Town of Qualicum Beach maintains stage one restrictions almost year-round.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from the RDN said the move is a proactive one to ensure water supplies remain and fish habitats are protected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVegetable gardens and fruit trees are exempt from all watering restrictions, even in Stage 4. Drip irrigation is permitted between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. or 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Hand watering of gardens is allowed but must be done using a hand-held container or a hose equipped with a shutoff device.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In line with the restrictions, the City of Parksville also issued a total water ban.<\/p>\n<p>The municipality said in a release they\u2019re under a provincial order to maintain certain water levels in the Englishman River, with water from the Arrowsmith dam used to regulate this flow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe amount of water released from the Arrowsmith dam, along with an analysis of how long we can continue to release water, guides the implementation of conservation levels. This ensures a high-quality water supply for our residents and the necessary water for fire safety as well as in-stream fish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An interactive map of <a href=\"https:\/\/rdn.bc.ca\/watering-restriction-map\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">water restrictions across the Regional District is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our daily news wrap. <a href=\"https:\/\/nanaimonewsnow.com\/news-wrap\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Local news delivered to your email inbox every evening.<\/a> Stay up to date on everything Nanaimo and Oceanside.<\/p>\n<p>info@nanaimonewsnow.com<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nanaimonewsnow\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter (X)<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/nanaimonewsnow.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/everythingnanaimo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Municipalities of Parksville, Qualicum Beach and Lantzville are included in the restrictions, as are residents in French Creek,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,295,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,2465,2466,66,82],"class_list":["post-34865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-environment","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-science","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}