The agency overseeing oil and gas producers in British Columbia is warning of potential water shortages in 2024.
The B.C. Energy Regulator (BCER), formerly the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission, says persistent drought last summer and fall in the northern part of the province continue to negatively affect streamflows and groundwater, with snowpack levels at last reading only 72 per cent of the historical average.
“The combined impact of these events has created an increased potential for drought conditions in 2024 and another summer of possibly limited water supply in the north,” reads the notice posted Jan 26.
The northeast of the province,
