North Pender LTC Special Meeting Minutes

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North Pender Island Local Trust Committee 
Special Business Meeting 
March 11, 2023 ADOPTED Page 1 of 7 pages 
 
North Pender Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Special Meeting 
 
Date:  
Location:  
March 11, 2023 
Anglican Parish Hall 
4703 Canal Road, RR 1, North Pender Island BC 
 
Members Present: David Maude, Chair 
 Deb Morrison, Trustee 
 Aaron Campbell, Trustee 
  
Staff Present: Kim Stockdill, Island Planner 
 Brad Smith, Island Planner 
 Narissa Chadwick, Island Planner 
William Shulba, Senior Freshwater Specialist 
Sarah Shugar, Recorder 
  
Others Present: Approximately 18 members of the public 
These minutes follow  the order of the  agenda although the sequence may have  varied.  The  electronic 
meeting was live-streamed and recorded. 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
Chair Maude called the meeting to order at 1:02 p.m.  He acknowledged that the meeting was 
being held in traditional territory of the Coast Salish First Nations. 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
By general consent, the agenda was approved as presented. 
3. BUSINESS ITEMS 
3.1 Groundwater Sustainability Implementation Project 
 Freshwater Specialist Shulba and Planner Chadwick presented an overview of the 
Groundwater Sustainability Implementation Project. 
The following questions and answers were recorded: 
Q:  What tools were used? 
A:  A contractor used registered wells and drillers log data to assign geological terms and 
identify the fracture depth of wells.  Water use is the unknown factor.  We can use 
proxies such as looking at registered wells and assigning 600 litres per day and we can 
extrapolate the data. 
A D O P T E D 

 
North Pender Island Local Trust Committee 
Special Business Meeting 
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Q:  Do we have monitoring wells on Pender Island?  
A:  The Province has a Groundwater Observation Network and there are two wells that 
are actively monitored on Pender Island.  W. Shulba oversees a community wells 
monitoring program on Salt Spring Island.  The Province keeps a long-term record and 
includes long-term climate patterns.  
Q:  Would it be possible for property owners to be able to participate in a well 
monitoring program or could the LTC require well monitoring on Pender Island? 
A:  The most economical way to monitor a well is to install a data monitor to a new well, 
although the majority of newer wells can be retrofitted for well monitoring.  The issue is 
what to do with the data.  It is an emerging science and there are more tools available. 
Q:  How do tidal impacts fit into groundwater well monitoring? 
A:  The movement of water through a fracture is maximum 100 meters per year.  An 
aquifer is a hydraulic system and the tides impact the pressure, although the exchange 
of water is slow. 
Q:  There is a land parcel that has almost all of the trees removed and now water is 
springing out of the rock.  Should we be trying to capture that water? 
A:  Trees act as pumps and bring water into them and soils are degraded duri

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