groundwater licensing

B.C. groundwater licensing delays abound, 7 years after requirement was introduced

B.C. groundwater licensing delays abound, 7 years after requirement was introduced

In July, three years after Cowichan Valley farmer Katy Ehrlich applied to get her farm's well licensed, provincial officials visited her farm. "They had an order with them that said that we had to stop diverting groundwater for commercial purposes. And we were like shocked," said Ehrlich, who had thought everything was fine with her application for a non-domestic groundwater licence, a requirement under the B.C. Water Sustainability Act (WSA).