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Letters: Share the wealth

I was very pleased to hear the recent announcement of significant water infrastructure funding [“City receives water main funds,” October 5] for the community of Powell River to upgrade delivery of an already abundant supply of clean drinking water.

I was very pleased to hear the recent announcement of significant water infrastructure funding [“City receives water main funds,” October 5] for the community of Powell River to upgrade delivery of an already abundant supply of clean drinking water.

Your neighbours across Malaspina Strait in Gillies Bay are not quite so fortunate. We are dependent, as a local improvement district, to have Powell River Regional District support our grant endeavours.

To date, it seems providing a safe and clean water supply to folks over here is not a priority for the regional district, so our frequent and continuing boil-water advisories continue year after year.

It would be great if our local community jurisdictions could come together to share some of that provincial and federal largesse around, so we all have a safe and adequate supply of water.

Peter Skipper
Gillies Bay Road