The soil won't retain water and will run off, 'so future storms, for example, can result in a lot of runoff, and landslides or increased sedimentation into the reservoir.'
The view from the McDougall Rim trail above West Kelowna's Rose Valley looks very different post-wildfire.
"The image shows a lot of high severity fire in those areas. If we're talking about hydrology, and we're talking about the Rose Valley watershed, some of those are going to be hydrological impacts," Bourbonnais said in an interview with Castanet. The City of West Kelowna is working to complete the new Rose Valley water treatment plant by the end of the year. As it stands now, drinking water coming from the reservoir is not treated beyond chlorination, meaning residents are already very familiar with water advisories.Bourbonnais says a "really important question" remains what kind of demand the new landscape will put on the new treatment plant.
Looking longer term, Bourbonnais said it is not clear forests will regrow in the watershed due to the high severity of the burn and climate change.
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