Surely red tape can be cut - it's been declared a National Disaster! What's the point if you can't bypass lengthy bureaucratic procedure, and fasttrack solutions?

And what's the national Dept of Water doing about it? Not a peep from them, and planning is their baby. It's their job to ensure that all parts of the country has access to sufficient water. Ditto the Provincial government. Is this just the City's problem now?? 

It would appear that whereas most of the country's bulk water  is run by Water Boards, the peninsula is not. Is this not the problem? No overall planning by an expert institution?

Now we're subjected to ad hoc decision-making with a novice in the drivers seat which will surely have consequences down the line. This is not the way to do things...