Water users could drain the N.Alouette dry or create conditions that would deplete oxygen levels needed to sustain fish life or allow spawning to occur naturally. Reductions in riparian zone habitat are also potentially threatened. It is imperative that the Provincial Government put a water management plan in place that would govern any drawing of water from this river, and supervise its removal with a modern metering system. In addition, the eyes and ears of adequate government personnel must be ever present to make sure rules for water use are followed, and habitat is not destroyed. A plan such as the one required already exists-it was designed by Geoff Clayton of ARMS and Bruce Hobbs, of the Alouette Valley Association. They've done the leg work, the Water Stewardship Division of the Provincial Ministry of the Environment needs to put it or something similar into place immediately.
