May 1 marks the start of Stage 2 water restrictions in the Metro Vancouver Regional District (MVRD).<\/p>\n
In an effort to conserve water, residents and businesses may not water their lawns until Oct. 15.<\/p>\n
Mark Schwark, director of water and utilities management with the City of Vancouver, says this doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t water any vegetation.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can still water trees, shrubs, and flowers as per provisions within the bylaws and the restrictions,\u201d Schwark explained.<\/p>\n
Amid Stage 2, those plants can be watered on any day from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. if using a sprinkler, and on any day, at any time if using a hand-held hose with an automatic shut-off device, a soaker hose, a water container, or drip irrigation.<\/p>\n
Schwark says city bylaw officers will patrol Vancouver for compliance. Infractions, he says, can result in fines up to $500.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had a very rainy winter, but\u2026 this year\u2019s snowpack is down to 55 per cent versus previous years, and the province is calling for a hotter, drier summer and possible drought conditions. So it\u2019s really important for people to use water wisely.\u201d<\/p>\n
He says it\u2019s possible that the region could advance to Stage 3 or relax into Stage 1 sooner than Oct. 15, depending on conditions.<\/p>\n
\u201cMetro Vancouver will continue to monitor the reservoir levels and will indicate whether we can change our stage watering restrictions in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
Residents, Schwark says, can do their part by following the rules and preserving water for essential use.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really important for people to understand the important use of this really precious resource that we have to last throughout the spring, summer, and into the fall.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 1 marks the start of Stage 2 water restrictions in the Metro Vancouver Regional District (MVRD). In…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-641251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641251","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=641251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}