If your farm or business used groundwater when the Act took effect in 2016 and never applied by March 1, 2022, here’s where you stand.
If your water well serves only your household, no. If the groundwater does anything else, you likely need a BC water licence. Here’s where the Province draws the line.
Lenders and grant programs now ask about BC groundwater licences, often before the Province does. For rural property owners with a farm or business well, that changes where the risk sits.
Watering cattle on a ranch is an industrial use under BC’s water rules. Here’s why, and why it matters on your application.
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