As recommended by Golder Associates in their recent public presentation on Salt Spring Island (November 23, 2018) “Groundwater Budget Analysis for Aquifers on Salt Spring Island, BC”: analyses, conclusions, decision-making and planning for freshwater sustainability on Salt Spring Island could really benefit from groundwater level monitoring and study of groundwater-surface interactions which have previously been sparse and under-studied.
During the two-year project by Golder Associates for both the provincial Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy (ENV) and the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development (FLNR), a project was launched through a coordinated approach at SSIWPA and is co-lead by Islands Trust and FLNR: The SSI Groundwater Wells Monitoring Pilot Project.
Click the link at the project title above to see the updated information about this important pilot to collect and analyze 12 months of data and potential to continue as a community groundwater monitoring network to complement the Provincial Groundwater Observation Wells monitoring network.