We need to recognize that this Water Use Plan does not address our changing weather patterns or make provisions for that eventuality. This plan's simulation model used snow melt and storm information from the last 67 years. According to Environment Canada statistics, 5 of the warmest winters on record have been in the last 10 years. The last 5 winters have been drier than normal, with the winter of 2004/05 being 20 % drier. Climate change is not a problem of the far off future. Climate change is NOW. This Water Use Plan was necessary and is a start in the right direction; however, our decision makers have a long way to go before they can say that Summerland's water problems are under control.