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Beaufort Watershed Stewards oppose water licence application

The group says it is opposing an application while acknowledging it cannot yet determine whether the proposed licence threatens a local aquifer.

The Denman Firestarter · reporting 2024-09-19 · compiled 2026-10-01

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Beaufort Watershed Stewards says it is sending a letter opposing a water licence application to MLA Josie Osborne, according to an article by Mike Mesford in The Islands Grapevine.^[1]

Mesford wrote that the group could not show whether the licence posed a threat to a local aquifer, but also could not show that it did not. He said the group’s opposition was based on a lack of scientific data.^[1]

The article describes work with the University of Victoria and the BC Conservation Foundation, including geophysical surveys and stream-flow measurements in the Rosewall Creek area.^[1]

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