Welcome! There is a lot of material here, and it is still a bit of a building site (read the construction notes for more on that), but here are some pointers to help you get around.
This site is a public record of water, land use decisions and government on Bowen Island, British Columbia. It is written and kept by one person. Everything here is tied to documents, with dates, provenance (ie where it came from) and where possible a copy you can open and read yourself.
if you read one thing
view from above, part one. One question, traced from a United Nations target for water down to an island asset register that counts 323 culverts and no water at all.
if you want to know what the terms mean
basics holds short reference pieces: what an aquifer is, what an official community plan is, who regulates drinking water, what a bylaw is and who makes it. Each one says where to find the current version.
if you want the recent work
what i did on my summer vacation… sets out the submissions made over the summer of 2026, with the documents. falling leaves… picks up in the autumn, on the draft community plan.
if you want to browse
All posts, newest first. Or by theme: Island water, Process and practice, Beyond, Backstory, Words and ideas. The archive holds the earlier posts, from 2021 and 2024.
how this is written
The note on method sets out where the material comes from and how it is handled. Corrections logs anything that turns out to be wrong, and anything that comes to light later. About is who is keeping the record, written in layers in 2021, 2024 and 2026.