{"id":2737,"date":"2023-03-20T12:40:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T19:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peachlandwpa.org\/?page_id=2737"},"modified":"2023-12-19T14:42:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T22:42:22","slug":"urban-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/peachlandwpa.org\/watershed-threats\/urban-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Like most other jurisdictions, the District of Peachland wants to grow. There are numerous plans to build more housing developments, which require additional infrastructure.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This term is used generically in most discussions of urban development, but it means connecting new homes with electricity, sewer service and WATER.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our water supply is not infinite, and industrial commercial logging has changed the water cycle regime over the years, which has been exacerbated by climate change. The source of Peachland&#8217;s water is slowly becoming unreliable, as winter droughts and wildfires become more frequent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The big question is do we have enough water to support all these new homes. There is no definitive answer. A plethora of consultants reports, commissioned by the District of Peachland over the years, each with varying terms of reference and objectives, contradict each other, provide dubious engineering &#8220;solutions&#8221; or perhaps generated the conclusions the proponents wanted to hear.  <a href=\"https:\/\/peachlandwpa.org\/healthy-watershed-committee-hwc-report-july-2022-do-we-have-enough-water\/\"><strong>Read our timeline article here -Good till the Last Drop<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peachland will not be the first community to have severe water shortages &#8211; but if we manage modest growth, acknowledging that there are limiting factors to the population, we might be successful at avoiding the worst fate. However, we believe it is a folly to continue to allow unbridled development without concrete data that supports water availability and protection for an intact watershed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/peachlandwpa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC1620-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peachlandwpa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC1620-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peachlandwpa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC1620-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peachlandwpa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC1620-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/peachlandwpa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC1620-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/peachlandwpa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC1620-2048x1364.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Peachland&#8217;s reservoir did not reach it&#8217;s full capacity in 2022, as a result of a change in timing of water flow, complicated by clear cut&#8217;s and drought<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like most other jurisdictions, the District of Peachland wants to grow. 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