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Detailed Fish Habitat, Riparian and Channel Assessment for Select Central Bul...
Land use activities have had a significant impact on many of the tributaries within the central Bulkley River watershed. Preliminary air photo analysis has indicated that high value fish habitat has been moderately to severely impacted in a large proportion... -
Watershed Assessment of the Kitseguekla Community Watershed
At the request of Skeena Cellulose Inc. Carnaby Division, a Watershed Assessment of the Kits Creek watershed was conducted by Freshwater Resources of Smithers, B.C. The assessment was conducted because the Kits creek watershed is the Community Watershed for... -
Water Science Series- Screening Tool for Guiding Short-Term Groundwater Curta...
This report describes a spreadsheet-based screening tool to support statutory decision makers and regional water managers for guiding groundwater curtailment and data collection activities. The screening tool is intended as a support tool that the decision... -
Water Science Series - Monthly Water Budgets for Aquifers in the Oliver, B.C....
Preliminary monthly groundwater budgets were developed for seven aquifers in the Oliver Area of British Columbia in order to support groundwater allocation and licensing under the Water Sustainability Act. -
Water Science Series - Monthly Water Budget for the Similkameen Valley
Associated Environmental Consultants Inc. have developed a water budget model for the Similkameen Valley Quifer (Aquifer #259) to support groundwater allocation decisions and to promote water sustainability within the Similkameen River watershed. -
Water Science Series - Monthly Groundwater Budget for the Hopington Aquifer -...
Preliminary monthly groundwater budgets were developed for seven aquifers in the Hopington - Salmon River Area of British Columbia in order to support groundwater allocation and licensing under the Water Sustainability Act. -
Water Science Series - Monthly Groundwater Budget for the Aquifers in the Kel...
This report describes the development of a monthly groundwater budget model for the main aquifers underlying the City of Kelowna, which has experienced significant population growth and expansion in agriculture over the last few decades. -
Water Science Series - Modelling Tools for Estimating Effects of Groundwater ...
This report presents a literature review of surface water - groundwater (SW-GW) interactions, including case studies in BC, and an approach for characterizing SW-GW connectivity based on the BC aquifer classification scheme. It provides an evaluation of... -
Water Science Series - Guidance for Technical Assessment Requirements
The guidance document is for an applicant wishing to establish a new non-domestic groundwater supply. The document provides guidance to the applicant and the professional acting on behalf of the applicant about the requirements of a technical assessment to... -
Water Science Series - Groundwater Quality Survey of Aquifers in Areas of Van...
The study evaluates groundwater quality within wells in the South Wellington, Cassidy and North Oyster areas, south of Nanaimo, Vancouver Island. It includes detailed results and interpretation of geochemical and bacteria water quality sampling, provides... -
Water Science Series - Determining the Likelihood of Hydraulic Connection
The Water Science Series is a technical publication focusing on scientific reports that relate to the understanding and management of B.C.’s water resources. The series communicates scientific knowledge gained through water science programs across B.C.... -
Water Quality Objectives for Bulkley and Morice Rivers (1986)
This report includes an assessment of present water quality, a prediction of future water quality, recommended water uses that should be protected, and recommended monitoring to check whether those objectives are being met and to develop future objectives. -
Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review: Stream Flow, Surface Water Licenses an...
Upper Bulkley fish and aquatic review: stream flow, surface water licenses and groundwater wells. The Upper Bulkley Fish and Aquatic Review Project produced a set of analyses focused on select pressure and quantity indicators as determined by the Wild... -
Skeena-Nass Area Water Quality Assessment and Objectives: Technical Appendix
This report assess present water quality of the mainstem Bulkley and Morice Rivers, to predict future water quality, and to recommend water uses that should be protected, and to recommend provisional water quality objectives to protect those uses. -
Review and Assessment of Water Quality in the Skeena River Watershed, British...
Historical water quality data presented for the Skeena River watershed are divided into nine subsequent sections, corresponding to the nine major watershed reaches. Each section is divided into 6 subsections: hydrology, land use history, water withdrawals,... -
Northwest Water Tool
The Northwest Water Tool was developed for the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations to provide guidance on water availability across northwest BC and to support the decision-making process for water use approvals and licences. The... -
Morice Water Management Area - Multi-Year Operational Plan
This operational plan is the initial product of a partnership between the Office of the Wet’suwet’en and the Province of British Columbia to develop a water monitoring and assessment system for the recently established Morice Water Management Area (MWMA). -
Hydrology Section Report: Skeena Region Low Flow Memorandum
This document contains memoranda concerning estimates of low flows of designated streams in the Skeena Region. The purpose of the low flow estimates is to assess the availability of water to supply current and potential water licenses at designated stream... -
Historical Data Review on the Upper Bulkley River
This report gathers relevant data on water level and flow, along with water use (allocation or licenses), and historical stream hydrological information, and to assist in determining if these factors are contributing to the decline of coho in the system. -
BC Water Resources Atlas
The Water Resources Atlas is an iMapBC application with enhanced query functionality to enable the display of detailed water related data, including watersheds, water quantity and quality monitoring sites, aquifers, water wells and flood protection works.