The company has vowed to only wash the exterior of buses for "exceptional circumstances." TransLink maintains more than 500 buses, the media release indicated, and this translates to 30,000 litres of water conserved each day.
The good news is that a upper trough developing in the Gulf of Alaska is expected to usher in cooler temperatures and bring much needed rain to southern B.C. by early next week. This could bring some relief to the wildfire situation, however, the risk remains elevated as toasty weather continues to dominate the short term forecast.