Designated water uses for Smithers Lakes included drinking, recreation, aquatic life, irrigation, livestock and industrial use. Water quality objectives were set in 1985 to protect these designated uses, and this report summarizes levels of attainment in...

Designated water uses for Lakelse Lake include raw drinking water supplies, primary-contact recreation, and aquatic and wildlife use. Water quality objectives set to protect the lake for these designated uses include: fecal coliform concentrations at...

These reports provide background information about the water distribution system in Smithers, discusses standards for drinking water, and reports on water quality, storage facilities, well maintenance, and flushing.

Fresh water shapes British Columbia’s landscapes, communities and economies. But this most precious natural resource faces an increasingly uncertain future: with shifting climate and hydrology, and intense cumulative pressures, British Columbia is entering...

This reference guide has been put together for the Lakelse Watershed Stewards Society and while some aspects will seem quite familiar, other portions may be new material and have relevance to some of the concerns raised by the Lakelse Watershed Stewards...

The Government of Canada (GoC) has committed to establishing a Canada Water Agency (CWA) to partner with provinces, territories, Indigenous communities, local authorities, scientists, and others with the goal of better managing freshwater in Canada....