Posted: Apr 08, 2021 7:00 AM AT | Last Updated: April 8
The availability of water for farm irrigation has been a hot issue in Prince Edward Island recently, with a new Water Act about to come into effect on June 16. This photo shows the Dunk River in central P.E.I.(John Robertson/CBC)
P.E.I. s new Water Act won t protect rivers if province still allows pumping during droughts, group says
A P.E.I. water protection group is raising concerns that the Water Act might not improve things if the province goes against its own rules, as it did approving farmers use of surface water for irrigation from the Dunk River during a drought last August.
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