Lower Mainland Water Use Planning

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Water use planning aims to find a sustainable balance between competing uses of water through a consultative planning process designed to consider environmental, social and economic values.

Find more information below on water use planning projects for BC Hydro's hydroelectric facilities located in the Lower Mainland.

Alouette

• Project completed September 1996 before the provincial water use planning guidelines were drafted.
• Executive summary [PDF, 12 Kb] of Consultative Committee Report provides an overview of the water use planning process and outcomes.

Bridge River

• Project initiated June 1999 and completed December 2001.
• Consultative Committee Report and draft Water Use Plan submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in December 2003.
• Executive summary [PDF, 26 Kb] of Consultative Committee Report provides an overview of the water use planning process and outcomes.

Cheakamus

• Consultative Committee concluded discussions April 2002.
• Consultative Committee Report and draft Water Use Plan submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in October 2003.
• Water Use Plan [PDF, 866 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights and implemented in February 2006.
• Executive summary [PDF, 240 Kb] of Consultative Committee Report provides an overview of the water use planning process and outcomes.
• Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 1.4 Mb] (Cheakamus River Juvenile Salmonid Outmigrant Enumeration Monitoring) accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in March 2007.
• 2007 Annual Report [PDF, 137 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in November 2007.

Coquitlam-Buntzen

• Project initiated September 1999 and completed March 2003.
• Consultative Committee Report and draft Water Use Plan submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in August 2003.
• Water Use Plan [PDF, 2.4 Mb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights and implemented in April 2005.
• Executive summary [PDF, 73 Kb] and addendum [PDF, 263 Kb] of Consultative Committee Report provides an overview of the water use planning process and outcomes.
• Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 1.3 Mb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in February 2007.
• Physical Works Terms of Reference [PDF, 412 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in February 2007.
• 2006 Annual Report [PDF, 113 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in May 2006.
• 2007 Annual Report [PDF, 150 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in April 2007.
• 2008 Annual Report  [PDF, 96 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in April 2008.
• Study reports:
  • March 2006 – COQMON #2 [PDF, 290 Kb] – Coquitlam Dam Flow Release Interim Ramping Rate Monitoring.
  • December 2006 – COQMON #5 [PDF, 2.0 Mb] – Periphyton and Benthos Invertebrate Monitoring report 2006.
  • March 2007 – COQMON #6 [PDF, 11.0 Mb] – Temperature Monitoring Lower Coquitlam River Project (Year 1 Report).
  • May 2007 – COQMON #8 [PDF, 3.8 Mb] – Lower Coquitlam River Substrate Quality Assessment (Year 1).
  • June 2007 – COQMON #2 [PDF, 9.7 Mb] – Coquitlam Dam Flow Release Interim Ramping Rate Monitoring (Year 2).
  • June 2007 – COQMON #7 [PDF, 1.9 Mb] – Lower Coquitlam River Fish Productivity Index (Year 1).
  • January 2008 – COQMON #1 [PDF, 3.3 Mb] – Assessment of Fisheries Access to Streams Tributary to Coquitlam Reservoir.
  • January 2008 – COQMON #4 [PDF, 1.9 Mb] – Pink Salmon Passage in Lower Coquitlam River.
  • March 2008 – COQMON #6 [PDF, 1.5 Mb] – Temperature Monitoring Lower Coquitlam River Project (Year 2).
  • March 2008 – COQMON #7 [PDF, 2.0 Mb] – Lower Coquitlam River Fish Productivity Index (Year 2).
  • March 2008 – COQMON #8 [PDF, 2.6 Mb] – Lower Coquitlam River Substrate Quality Assessment (Year 2).

Clowhom

• Project initiated May 2002 and completed May 2003.
• Consultative Committee Report and draft Water Use Plan submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in December 2003.
• Water Use Plan [PDF, 1.8 Mb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights and implemented in April 2005.
• Executive summary [PDF, 218 Kb] of Consultative Committee Report provides an overview of the water use planning process and outcomes.
• Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 2.1 Mb] accepted by the comptroller of Water Rights in October 2005.
• 2006 Annual Report [PDF, 76 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in May 2006.
• 2007 Annual Report [PDF, 92 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in May 2007.
• 2008 Annual Report [PDF, 68 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in May 2008.
• Study reports:
  • January 2007 – COMMON #1 [PDF, 1.7 Mb] – Clowhom Lake Wildlife Census (Year 1).
  • January 2007 – COMMON #2 [PDF, 1.9 Mb] – Fish Productivity Monitoring (Year 1).
  • February 2007 – COMMON #3 [PDF, 858 Kb] – Clowhom Lake Littoral Zone Productivity Study (Year 1).

Stave River

• Project completed November 1999.
• Consultative Committee Report and draft Water Use Plan submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in November 1999.
• Water Use Plan [PDF, 2.2 Mb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights and implemented in May 2004.
• Executive summary [PDF, 38 Kb] of Consultative Committee Report and an article [PDF, 18 Kb] written by Charlotte Bemister provides an overview of the water use planning process and outcomes.
• Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 503 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in June 2005.
• 2006 Annual Report [PDF, 4.1 Mb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in July 2006.
• Monitoring Programs Annual Report: 2007 [PDF, 111 Kb]
• 2008 Annual Report [PDF, 86 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in July 2008.
• Study reports:
  • March 2006 – SFLMON #3 [PDF, 2.5 Mb] – Abundance and Biomass of Fish in Stave Reservoir during Fall 2005.
  • April 2006 – SFLMON #1 & 2 [PDF, 638 Kb] – Report on the 2005 Stave Reservoir Pelagic Monitor and Littoral Productivity Assessment.
  • July 2006 – SFLMON #9 [PDF, 921 Kb] – Turbidity Levels in Hayward Lake Reservoir (Year 1).
  • February 2007 – SFLMON #3 [PDF, 1.4 Mb] – Abundance and Biomass of Fish in Stave Reservoir.
  • March 2007 – SFLMON #5 [PDF, 818 Kb] – Stave River Risk of Adult Stranding Monitor.
  • June 2007 – SFLMON #1 & 2 [PDF, 451 Kb] – Report on the 2006 Stave Reservoir Pelagic Monitor and Littoral Productivity Assessment (Year 2).
  • June 2007 – SFLMON #9 [PDF, 2.2 Mb] – Turbidity Levels in Hayward Lake Reservoir, Year 2.
  • May 2008 – SFLMON #1 & 2 [PDF, 472 Kb] – Report on the 2007 Stave Reservoir Pelagic Monitor and Littoral Productivity Assessment, Year 3.
  • March 2008 – SLFMON #3 [PDF, 1.1 Mb] – Abundance and Biomass of Fish in Stave Reservoir, Year 3.
  • June 2008 – SLFMON #9 [PDF, 1.6 Mb] – Turbidity Levels in Hayward Lake Reservoir, Year 3.

Wahleach

• Project initiated September 2000 and completed October 2002.
• Consultative Committee Report and draft Water Use Plan submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in December 2003.
• Water Use Plan [PDF, 2.2 Mb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights and implemented in January 2005.
• Executive summary [PDF, 23 Kb] of Consultative Committee Report provides an overview of the water use planning process and outcomes.
• Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 777 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in September 2005.
• Physical Works Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 772 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in October 2005.
• 2006 Annual Report [PDF, 390 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in April 2006.
• Fertilization Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 872 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in June 2006.
• Physical Works Terms of Reference Lower Wahleach Creek Channel Enhancement Project [PDF, 1.4 Mb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in August 2006.
• 2007 Annual Report [PDF, 116 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in February 2007.
• 2008 Annual Report [PDF, 101 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in February 2008.
• Study reports:
  • April 2006 – WAHMON #3 [PDF, 2.5 Mb] – Herrling Island Chum Spawning Success Monitor.
  • December 2006 – Lower Jones Creek Channel Stability Assessment [PDF, 2.0 Mb]
  • January 2007 – WAHMON #1 [PDF, 1.1 Mb] – Lower Jones Creek Fish Productivity Indices.
  • September 2007 – WAHMON #3 [PDF, 2.8 Mb] – Herrling Island Chum Spawning Success Monitor.
  • January 2008 – WAHMON #1 [PDF, 2.6 Mb] – Lower Jones Creek Fish Productivity Indices.