The $500 fine council just passed for failure to have save water notices everywhere may help save water in Tofino. Every cash register every set of taps. As could shutting down the water supply of those filling hot tubs or pressure washing while everyone else is taking the Tofino 2 minute wet down turn off suds up and rinse off 2 minute showers. Let those wanting to fill hot tubs and power wash use bottled water or truck it in from Ucluelet if they have any to spare. I’m not sure how a server coming to a restaurant table is supposed to have a save water card on them.
Perhaps they are all going to have to wear a save water shirt? It may be the only way to get the message across.
Twenty plus years since the town shut down for lack of fire protection (insufficient water supply). What has been accomplished....Splitting hairs on the use of water......Actually more like the splitting of the splitting of hairs.....There is only one thing that hasn't been tried. Recent report to DOT indicates there needs to be more study before increasing supply. Yikes! How many times have we heard that before?
Twenty plus years ago I remember a visiting older gentleman tourist, laughing his arse off. The idea that Tofino, in the rainforest, with 120" annual rainfall, has no water. It is the stuff of farce.
The mayors comment: no growth is an option, is something you can surely study study study and study so it looks like you're doing something about water, housing, local economy, the environment, the global warming hoax, but in truth you're not doing anything which is lazy and stupid. It's a pretend decision instead of declaring a moratorium on anything new that uses water and, actually looking at everyone's water bill and determining who uses more than a normal residential house every day all summer. That's not rocket science. if I'm not mistaken there's records of every month of household water consumption the genius in charge of water can look at consumption rates and determine why one House uses 200 gallons a day all month and the VR next-door uses four times that much more or less. The district wants the local residents to preserve water so the tourists can have unlimited water. Does this make sense? Why does not the district spot zone VR's to commercial/residential, charge them 1/2 of a development permit for the costs, and tax accordingly for those properties using them for commercial use? The idea that a residential house can be a mini boutique hotel is pretty cute but fast becoming obsolete with the rest of us who object to the water system abuse.
8:08PM: Oh those evil VR’s are at it again. Maybe we should also abolish all staff accoms too while we’re at it. They have more heads in beds than any STR allows, and they’re also in residential neighbourhoods, so by proxy they use more water. But maybe they don’t use water, I’m not sure.
Let’s not mention the elephant in the room who use 20%+ of the ENTIRE towns daily water usage when processing…but that’s OK. They pay commercial water rates.
Wait, commercial water rates are charged less per cubic meter than residential rates! Figure that one out.
The water situation is a colossal mismanagement from the DoT, border-lining on the criminal.
Let’s not point fingers at the industries operating and keeping our town alive. The DoT has had DECADES to fix this, and they haven’t. There is no excuse anymore.
The saying is "you get what you deserve" for leadership in the community. Don't know if that is true but we got what we got....Little point in slamming the political leadership for being stupid, ineffective, or oblivious, when for all intents current council was in by acclamation.
The last three or four councils have been strong on trendy social issues, which requires little expertise and a lot of opinions. Getting important stuff done requires people who have demonstrated an ability to manage something. As well, getting a grip on a useless burgeoning bureaucracy will be tough. Elections are coming. Who you gonna call......."Ghost Busters?" Someone has to step up.
Yes, it does no good really to just bitch about politics. After many years of what seems like a dysfunctional approach to water usage this forum has seen many suggestions some of which are sensible and sane. Some of them come from a place of knowledge and experience and some come from an idealist Point of view. They are all ignored even if you were to grab a mayor by their lapels and ask them to please listen to you.... They pretend they're listening, scribble on a piece of paper and carry on ignoring any practical solutions to real problems. So this is a forum to air some of those ideas. in politics we get what we elect/pay for...... And all those smart asses who know how to fix everything don't run for political office. if the taps run dry you will read about it first here.
Doers cannot function in politics. They are used of getting shit done. Some have tried but the system is designed to frustrate them so much, that it’s one term and done. Dog fuckers and dreamers flourish, because this has been their MO even before they threw their name in the ring. They actually believe they are getting shit done. This is why those in the political field tend to be career politicians and the more bloated the government gets, the more they rig the system to prevent the doers from doing.
The districts latest water meeting including the chamber of commerce and tourism Tofino is a great Marx Brothers Trio. They will all agree on the great tips they will share with all of us who aren't involved in tourism… Like taking a bath in a bucket, brushing your teeth with beer, peeing outside, etc. For something really different why don't they try looking at alternative water sources for a back up plan? Oh I know! They would have to plan it and get permits and ask their moms if it was OK to do that but by then we will already be out of water or it will be September. You must admit that the district has a great sense of humor.
demanding the resident community drastically reduce its normal household water use so tourists can use as much as they feel like is comparable to demanding we all reduce driving to the grocery store and work in our cars so jet setters and cruise shippers can continue their unlimited consumption lifestyles that are the basis of the tourism industry. other places are opening their eyes to the pernicious effects tourism has upon their housing, environment, resources, community, quality of life, economic independence, culture, health and welfare etc. .
The $500 fine council just passed for failure to have save water notices everywhere may help save water in Tofino. Every cash register every set of taps. As could shutting down the water supply of those filling hot tubs or pressure washing while everyone else is taking the Tofino 2 minute wet down turn off suds up and rinse off 2 minute showers. Let those wanting to fill hot tubs and power wash use bottled water or truck it in from Ucluelet if they have any to spare.
ReplyDeleteI’m not sure how a server coming to a restaurant table is supposed to have a save water card on them.
Perhaps they are all going to have to wear a save water shirt? It may be the only way to get the message across.
Twenty plus years since the town shut down for lack of fire protection (insufficient water supply). What has been accomplished....Splitting hairs on the use of water......Actually more like the splitting of the splitting of hairs.....There is only one thing that hasn't been tried. Recent report to DOT indicates there needs to be more study before increasing supply. Yikes! How many times have we heard that before?
ReplyDeleteTwenty plus years ago I remember a visiting older gentleman tourist, laughing his arse off. The idea that Tofino, in the rainforest, with 120" annual rainfall, has no water. It is the stuff of farce.
The mayors comment: no growth is an option, is something you can surely study study study and study so it looks like you're doing something about water, housing, local economy, the environment, the global warming hoax, but in truth you're not doing anything which is lazy and stupid. It's a pretend decision instead of declaring a moratorium on anything new that uses water and, actually looking at everyone's water bill and determining who uses more than a normal residential house every day all summer. That's not rocket science. if I'm not mistaken there's records of every month of household water consumption
ReplyDeletethe genius in charge of water can look at consumption rates and determine why one House uses 200 gallons a day all month and the VR next-door uses four times that much more or less. The district wants the local residents to preserve water so the tourists can have unlimited water. Does this make sense? Why does not the district spot zone VR's to commercial/residential, charge them 1/2 of a development permit for the costs, and tax accordingly for those properties using them for commercial use? The idea that a residential house can be a mini boutique hotel is pretty cute but fast becoming obsolete with the rest of us who object to the water system abuse.
8:08PM: Oh those evil VR’s are at it again. Maybe we should also abolish all staff accoms too while we’re at it. They have more heads in beds than any STR allows, and they’re also in residential neighbourhoods, so by proxy they use more water. But maybe they don’t use water, I’m not sure.
ReplyDeleteLet’s not mention the elephant in the room who use 20%+ of the ENTIRE towns daily water usage when processing…but that’s OK. They pay commercial water rates.
Wait, commercial water rates are charged less per cubic meter than residential rates! Figure that one out.
The water situation is a colossal mismanagement from the DoT, border-lining on the criminal.
Let’s not point fingers at the industries operating and keeping our town alive. The DoT has had DECADES to fix this, and they haven’t. There is no excuse anymore.
The saying is "you get what you deserve" for leadership in the community. Don't know if that is true but we got what we got....Little point in slamming the political leadership for being stupid, ineffective, or oblivious, when for all intents current council was in by acclamation.
ReplyDeleteThe last three or four councils have been strong on trendy social issues, which requires little expertise and a lot of opinions. Getting important stuff done requires people who have demonstrated an ability to manage something. As well, getting a grip on a useless burgeoning bureaucracy will be tough. Elections are coming. Who you gonna call......."Ghost Busters?"
Someone has to step up.
Yes, it does no good really to just bitch about politics. After many years of what seems like a dysfunctional approach to water usage this forum has seen many suggestions some of which are sensible and sane. Some of them come from a place of knowledge and experience and some come from an idealist Point of view. They are all ignored even if you were to grab a mayor by their lapels and ask them to please listen to you.... They pretend they're listening, scribble on a piece of paper and carry on ignoring any practical solutions to real problems. So this is a forum to air some of those ideas.
ReplyDeletein politics we get what we elect/pay for...... And all those smart asses who know how to fix everything don't run for political office. if the taps run dry you will read about it first here.
Doers cannot function in politics. They are used of getting shit done. Some have tried but the system is designed to frustrate them so much, that it’s one term and done. Dog fuckers and dreamers flourish, because this has been their MO even before they threw their name in the ring. They actually believe they are getting shit done. This is why those in the political field tend to be career politicians and the more bloated the government gets, the more they rig the system to prevent the doers from doing.
ReplyDeleteCouncil more concerned with rainbow sidewalks than water for the people.
ReplyDeleteThe districts latest water meeting including the chamber of commerce and tourism Tofino is a great Marx Brothers Trio. They will all agree on the great tips they will share with all of us who aren't involved in tourism… Like taking a bath in a bucket, brushing your teeth with beer, peeing outside, etc. For something really different why don't they try looking at alternative water sources for a back up plan? Oh I know! They would have to plan it and get permits and ask their moms if it was OK to do that but by then we will already be out of water or it will be September. You must admit that the district has a great sense of humor.
ReplyDeletedemanding the resident community drastically reduce its normal household water use so tourists can use as much as they feel like is comparable to demanding we all reduce driving to the grocery store and work in our cars so jet setters and cruise shippers can continue their unlimited consumption lifestyles that are the basis of the tourism industry. other places are opening their eyes to the pernicious effects tourism has upon their housing, environment, resources, community, quality of life, economic independence, culture, health and welfare etc.
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