Kelowna Capital News – August 15, 2020
Peachland councillor Terry Condon says the Okanagan Lake flood control benchmarks currently being used aren’t relevant today.
“What we have seen in the last seven or eight years for monitoring the lake level isn’t working,” said Condon at the Peachland council meeting last Tuesday (Aug. 11).
Condon said Peachland can’t continue to watch provincial flood control measures remain unchanged and expect a different result.
“We can’t continue to pay for flood damage, for our community, and for a local and provincial basis, to bear the cost of that,” Condon said.
“It seems to me it would be a smart thing to take a good look at getting the (benchmark levels) right and make sure the lake levels are adjusted appropriately at the pace they need to be adjusted to,” Condon said.
“Given the technology of 2020, I can’t believe this isn’t possible, nor can I believe it is cheaper, in the long run, to continue on as we are rather than looking for better solutions.”