'Water, water, everywhere' ...so how best to handle it

摘要

Typically, we are now in an age when we are desperately trying to conserve water. In California, for example, nursery growers are limited in the number of days per month they can irrigate crops. However, 2010 so far seems to have been a cooler, wetteryear than most (at least here on the West Coast). This has had a considerable effect on nursery and bedding sales, such that many businesses cut back on labour hours and have been left with more stock on their hands than they'd wish. But rain can do more than just slow things down. Heavy rain caused a landslide in the important fruit production area of the British Columbia interior, and those farms will not be returning to any kind of production for many years to come. (In that area, normal rainfall between May 15 and June 15 is about 40 mm, but hit 109 mm in the same period this year!) So, what can be done in times of excess water availability?