This is going to be under water one or two days a year.

In a landlocked province, having an environmental water disaster is something that – now it's happened – we have to look at to prepare for similar events in the future. The commission is designed to help us move ahead and prepare for future environmental emergencies.

We're asking for voluntarily conservation of water and to not plant any new landscaping until the drought passes.

Driving a powerboat is a bit like having one person throw a bucket of water over you while another hits you with a baseball bat.

You have to believe that you are going to succeed with this flight because a water landing would be very dangerous, ... I'm using the same capsule I've used for seven balloon flights, and it's seaworthy.

Our feeling is that I want to warn people before I do it [raise water rates]. It's just good customer service.