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WEST VANCOUVER YMCA employees Gina Allan (right) and Jennifer McMahon demonstrate a

move — the Turkey Trot — which they hope North Shore residents wilt quickly catch on to.
O e ur e y TO The two are actually promoting The Y's first annual 3 km fun run scheduled for Friday. The

run (or 1.5 km watk) kicks off at John Lawson Park at 9 a.m. Entry is free.

ater levels low

DESPITE the Lower °
Mainianw's recent coor. FLEQvy rains needed to top up local reservoirs
damper weather, water

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levels in the North Shore's we're not getting any significant sequently ran into the reserveies ding that the GVWD is requesting — ding water sales to Wwo companies.
Capilano and Seymour res- inflow into. the reservoir,’ he while they were still full and the Lower Mainland residents to use The municipality, he said. is
ervoirs have hit a record | said. excess Water simply went over water sparingly. also buying more water from the

low. Capilano Lake is currently 35 dam spillways. Meanwhile, West Vancouver GVW).
feet below the reservoir’s  pre- Morse added that the reservoiis District has extended its sprinkling West Vancouver has opened

By Elizabeth Collings summer norm, while Seymour need several dass of heavy rain te revalations umtil the end of Oc- valves to divert extra water from
News Reporter Lake is down 30 feet Crom its full raise their dwindling levels. tober. the GVWD ssstem, pulling the
level. “The first smattering of rain According to) district, engineer GVW water further west to

Greater Vancouver Water By compiurison, during the pretty well gets soaked up by the | Paul Lee. the water devel at Eagle Telegraph Vrail in Eagle Harbour.
District chief engineer John Morse chronie water shortages of F987, eround: because it's so dry’ he Lake. which serves the western The diversion serves an estra
said Tuesday that levels in the the Capilano and Seymour lakes said. “TP we don't get any signifi- part of West Vancouver. is sub 200 160 houses. leaving Eagle Lake to
reservoirs recently, dropped below were 38 and 34 feet below their eant rain between new and the ditys ahead of the 1987 crisis when serve residents from Celeuraph
the previous low-level mark set in’ June levels, respectively. beginning of November we'll be sprinkling was banned throughout Trail to Horseshoe Bay.
1987. Morse said warm. rainy weather quite concerned. We need niin the munigipaliry. Tee said (he warnings issued bs

Water supplies in the two reser. this year in May and June melted now." bee said West Vaneeuser the municipality for sprinkling vi-
soirs, fle said, are four to five feet mountain snow packs chat nor. And although consumption of R ed to keep Eaele dake trond olations lad also helped curb de-
helow the 1987 levels. mally flow into the reservoirs dure water has fallen, che demand on falling to 1987 levels by instituting mand on the water supply, but he

oWe're watching the situation ing the summer and earty fall, the water supply has not vet faifea several measures te protect the said residents should still be
carefully, This long. dry spell — The melted snow. he said, con. to winter levels, Marse said, ad- water supply. inchidinge suspen. careful with water consumption,