Vancouver Island 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 on Vancouver Island.

Ash River

• Project initiated September 2000 and completed June 2002.
• Consultative Committee Report and draft Water Use Plan submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in October 2003.
• Water Use Plan [PDF, 1.6 Mb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights and implemented in October 2004.
• Executive summary [PDF, 36 Kb] of Consultative Committee Report provides an overview of the water use planning process and outcomes.
• Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 255 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in June 2005.
• 2006 Annual Report [PDF, 99 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in October 2006.
• 2007 Annual Report [PDF, 161 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in October 2007.
• Study reports:
  • October 2006 – Adult Fish Passage at Dickson Falls (Year 1) [PDF, 1.7 Mb]
  • April 2007 – Assessment of Adult Fish Passage at Dickson Falls during Pulse Flow Releases from Elsie Lake Dam (Year 2) [PDF, 3.2 Mb]
  • June 2007 – Elsie Reservoir Archaeological Investigations (Year 1) [PDF, 18 Kb]
  • April 2008 – Assessment of Adult Fish Passage at Dickson Falls during Pulse Flow Releases from Elsie Lake Dam (Year 3) [PDF, 3.1 Mb]

Campbell River

• 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 2004.
• Executive summary [PDF, 121 Kb] of Consultative Committee Report provides an overview of the water use planning process and outcomes.

Jordan River

• Project initiated April 2000 and completed November 2001.
• Consultative Committee Report and draft Water Use Plan submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in April 2002.
• Water Use Plan [PDF, 2.2 Mb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights and implemented in July 2004.
• Executive summary [PDF, 39 Kb] of Consultative Committee Report provides an overview of the water use planning process and outcomes.
• Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 1.2 Mb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in June 2005.
• Physical Works Terms of Reference [PDF, 164 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in September 2006.
• 2006 Annual Report [PDF, 510 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in December 2006.
• 2007 Annual Report [PDF, 123 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in December 2007.
• Study reports:
  • January 2006 – Diversion Reservoir Fish Indexing [PDF, 669 Kb].
  • March 2006 – Fish Index: Lower Jordan River [PDF, 1.2 Mb].
  • May 2006 – Lower Jordan River Salmon Spawning Assessment and Enumeration [PDF, 1.0 Mb].
  • September 2006 – Monitoring Surfing Quality below the Jordan River Generating Station [PDF, 398 Kb].
  • October 2006 – Lower Jordan River Inflow Monitoring [PDF, 1.7 Mb].
  • March 2007 – JORMON#4 [PDF, 9.7 Mb] – Diversion Reservoir Fish Indexing (Year 2).
  • December 2007 – JORMON#2 [PDF, 6.4 Mb] – Lower Jordan River Fish Index Study (Year 2).
  • December 2007 – JORMON#5 [PDF, 551 Kb] – Monitoring Surfing Quality below the Jordan River Generating Station (Year 2).

Puntledge River

• Project initiated June 2001 and completed June 2003.
• Consultative Committee Report and draft Water Use Plan submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in December 2003.
• Water Use Plan [PDF, 1.7 Mb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights and implemented in January 2005.
• Executive summary [PDF, 124 Kb] of Consultative Committee Report provides an overview of the water use planning process and outcomes.
• Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 564 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in September 2005 and March 2006.
• 2006 Annual Report [PDF, 193 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in July 2006.
• Puntledge Annual Report: 2007 [PDF, 157 Kb].
• 2008 Annual Report [PDF, 132 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in July 2008.
• Study reports:
  • September 2006 – Puntledge River Kayak Pulse Flow Cost Benefit Assessment [PDF, 143 Kb].
  • Puntledge Incubation Study Report [PDF, 1.6 Mb].
  • Puntledge River Steelhead Production Monitoring Study 2006 [PDF, 9.4 Mb].
  • August 2007 – Puntledge River Kayak Pulse Flow Cost Benefit Assessment [PDF, 213 Kb].
  • February 2008 – Puntledge River Adult Fish Passage during Pulse Flow Releases (Year 1) [PDF, 738 Kb].
  • March 2008 – Effects of Pulse Flows and Ramping Rates on Fish Stranding in the Lower Puntledge River, 2006 to 2008 [PDF, 8.0 Mb].
  • April 2008 – Puntledge River Steelhead Production Monitoring Study 2007 [PDF, 5.9 Mb].