Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Cortes Island is experiencing a wetter than normal Spring this year, but

Some of Cortes Island’s shallow well owners experience water shortages every summer, and scientists appear to agree that there will be more severe shortages in the future.

This is a global problem and there appear to be many causes: the depletion of forest coverage, growth of human infrastructure, natural drought cycles and on top of all that, the transition to a warmer global temperature.

Interviews with John Preston, Red Williams, Miranda Cross, Dr. Ashley Jollymore, Dr. Diana Allen and Dr Bethany Coulthard.