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“You shade the plant that you're growing with a partially transparent solar cell. It provides a little microclimate underneath it, so it conserves water, and then you get more growth,” Pearce explained. Vertical or movable solar panel options allow for plants like corn or wheat to grow high or for tractors to manoeuvre around crops, Pearce added. Outside of fields, solar panels can also be attached to greenhouses roofs or potentially even floated on bodies of water.
Residents in Chippewas of the Thames First Nation near London, Ont., as well as a number of people and businesses in Munsee-Delaware Nation, continue to be under a boil advisory that’s been in effect since last month. The precautionary boil water advisory was first issued on Dec. 14, 2021, and asked residents to conserve their water usage. On Thursday, officials with Chippewas of the Thames announced the advisory is being extended “until further notice” and will impact all of its residents, along with “29 properties and 6 commercial businesses” in Munsee-Delaware.
The water plant in Gametì, N.W.T., is down until at least Tuesday afternoon when a technician is scheduled to come and fix it. Chief Doreen Arrowmaker said the residents of the community of about 280 have been advised to conserve water until at least then. According to Arrowmaker, the community's senior administrative officer posted on the community's Facebook page that staff completed all mandated checks with the relevant guidance from water plant inspectors but the problem wasn't solved. "In the meantime, please save your water as there will be no regular/call-out water deliveries until late tomorrow afternoon/evening," the post reads.
It is disturbing to hear the genuine public concern over high-capacity wells being deliberately misinterpreted as “urban versus rural” and as an attack against farmers. The Environmental Coalition of Prince Edward Island has been working for years to usher in a new era of water protection and conservation, and never once have we opposed farmers. Farmers are important to the economic and social health of the province.
