Prolonged and intense drought conditions are forcing the Sunshine Coast’s largest water system to impose its highest-level restrictions on water use starting Friday.
Stage 4 water restrictions will prohibit outdoor use of drinking water for more than 20,000 residents in communities including Sechelt, Robert’s Creek and Halfmoon Bay until further notice.
Keats Island’s approximately 80 residents are also under the same restrictions.
That means no watering gardens or plants, using sprinklers or washing vehicles or homes.
“You can’t wash the saltwater off your boat if you’re using it, you can’t fill up your hot tubs, your pools, no outside use at all,” said Leonard Lee, board chair of the Sunshine Coast Regional District, on Friday.
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