Harrowsmith – June 2019

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ENVIRONMENT

I

t’s a water world across Canada in the

springtime, and everyone is talking about

it. The snow is melting and the maple sap is

running in late March; then April showers bring

May flowers; and by early June in the Rocky

Mountains, ice packs have released trickles

that become rivulets that gain momentum over

cascading waterfalls that reach the river valley

as muddy torrents. Seasonal flood waters spread

for kilometres across the Prairies, and basement

sump pumps hum day and night.

Water quality and water quantity are under threat.

TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY PHIL NORTON