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
• Bridge River
• Cheakamus
• Clowhom
• Coquitlam-Buntzen
• Stave River
• Wahleach

Alouette

• Project completed September 1996 before the provincial water use planning guidelines were drafted.
• Water Use Plan [PDF, 821 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights and implemented in April 2009.
• Executive summary [PDF, 12 Kb] of Consultative Committee Report provides an overview of the water use planning process and outcomes.
• ALUMON#1 – Smolt Enumeration Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 84 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in October 2009.
• ALUMON#2 – Kokanee Out-migration Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 69 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in October 2009.
• ALUMON#3 – Substrate Quality Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 74 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in October 2009.
• ALUMON#4 – Sockeye Adult Enumeration Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 67 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in October 2009.
• ALUMON#5 – Water Temperature Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 86 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in October 2009.
• ALUMON#6 – Kokanee Age Class Structure Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 72 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in October 2009.
• ALUMON#7 – Archaeological Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 246 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in October 2009.
• 2009 Annual Report [PDF, 79 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in October 2009.
• Study reports:
  • January 2009 – ALUMON#1 [PDF, 1.0 Mb] – Smolt Enumeration (Year 1: 2008)
  • March 2009 – ALUMON#3 [PDF, 475 Kb] – Substrate Quality (Year 1: Summer 2008)
  • March 2009 – ALUMON#4 [PDF, 936 Kb] – Sockeye Adult Enumeration (Year 1: 2008)
  • April 2009 – ALUMON#2 [PDF, 1.3 Mb] – Kokanee Out-Migration (Year 1: 2008)
  • June 2009 – ALUMON#5 [PDF, 456 Kb] – Water Temperature (Year 1: 2008)

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.

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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] 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.
• 2008 Annual Report [PDF, 136 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in November 2008.
• Study reports:
  • June 2007 – CMSMON #1a [PDF, 1.2 Mb] – Juvenile Salmonid Outmigration Enumeration Assessment, Spring 2007
  • December 2007 – CMSMON #1b [PDF, 1.1 Mb] – 2007 Cheakamus River Chum Salmon Escapement Monitoring and Mainstem Spawning Groundwater Survey
  • October 2007 – CMSMON #2 [PDF, 1.4 Mb] – Trout Abundance Monitor in the Cheakamus River (Daisy Lake to Cheakamus Canyon) Year One (2007)
  • September 2008 – CMSMON #3 [PDF, 973 Kb] – Cheakamus River Steelhead Adult Abundance, and Juvenile Habitat Use and Abundance Monitoring
  • September 2009 – CMSMON #1a [PDF, 1.6 Mb] – Juvenile Salmonid Outmigration Enumeration Assessment Spring 2008 (Year 2)

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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.
• 2009 Annual Report [PDF, 321 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in May 2009.
• 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).
  • January 2008 – COMMON #1 [PDF, 871 Kb] – Clowhom Lake Wildlife Census (Year 2).
  • March 2008 – COMMON #3 [PDF, 650 Kb] – Clowhom Lake Littoral Zone Productivity Study (Year 2).
  • January 2009 – COMMON #1 [PDF, 392 Kb] – Clowhom Lake Wildlife Census (Year 3).
  • January 2009 – COMMON #2 [PDF, 1.3 Mb] – Fish Productivity Monitoring (Year 2).
  • March 2009 – COMMON #3 [PDF, 913 Kb] – Clowhom Lake Littoral Zone Productivity Study (Year 3).

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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.
• COQMON#1 – Assessment of Fisheries Access to Streams Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 231 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in February 2007.
• COQMON#2 – Coquitlam Dam Flow Release Ramping Interim Rate Development Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 540  Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in February 2007.
  • Addendum 1 – COQMON#2 – Coquitlam Dam Flow Release Ramping Interim Rate Development Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 33 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in March 2009.
• COQMON#3 ­– Lower Coquitlam River Habitat Requirements Study Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 267 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in February 2007.
  • Addendum 1 – COQMON#3 ­– Lower Coquitlam River Habitat Requirements Study Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 33 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in March 2009.
• COQMON#4 – Assessment of Pink Salmon Passage in Lower Coquitlam River Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 354 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in February 2007.
  • Addendum 1 – COQMON#4 – Assessment of Pink Salmon Passage in Lower Coquitlam River Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 33 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in March 2009.
• COQMON#5 – Coquitlam River Periphyton and Benthic Invertebrate Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 485 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in February 2007.
  • Addendum 1 – COQMON#5 – Coquitlam River Periphyton and Benthic Invertebrate Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 35 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in March 2009.
• COQMON#6 ­– Lower Coquitlam River Temperature Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 239 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in February 2007.
  • Addendum 1 – COQMON#6 ­– Lower Coquitlam River Temperature Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 34 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in April 2008.
  • Addendum 2 – COQMON#6 ­– Lower Coquitlam River Temperature Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 33 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in March 2009.
• COQMON#7 – Lower Coquitlam Fish Productivity Index Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 647 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in February 2007.
  • Addendum 1 – COQMON#7 – Lower Coquitlam Fish Productivity Index Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 34 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in March 2009.
• COQMON#8 – Lower Coquitlam River Substrate Quality Assessment Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 259 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in February 2007.
  • Addendum 1 – COQMON#8 – Lower Coquitlam River Substrate Quality Assessment Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 32 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in April 2008.
  • Addendum 2 – COQMON#8 – Lower Coquitlam River Substrate Quality Assessment Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 33 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in March 2009.
• COQWORKS#1 – Modification of Coquitlam Dam Release Facilities Physical Works Terms of Reference [PDF, 166 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in February 2007.
  • Addendum 1 – COQWORKS#1 – Modification of Coquitlam Dam Release Facilities Physical Works Terms of Reference [PDF, 30 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in October 2008. 
• 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.
• 2009 Annual Report [PDF, 134 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in April 2009.
• 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).
  • May 2008 – COQMON #2 [PDF, 1.0 Mb] – Coquitlam Dam Flow Release Interim Ramping Rate (Year 3)
  • April 2009 – COQMON #7 [PDF, 1.9 Mb] – Lower Coquitlam River Fish Productivity Index (Year 3)
  • April 2009 – COQMON #8 [PDF, 2.0 Mb] – Lower Coquitlam River Substrate Quality Assessment (Year 3)
  • April 2009 – COQWORKS #1 [PDF, 1.0 Mb] – Flow Release Valve Modification Final
    

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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.
• 2006 Annual Report [PDF, 4.1 Mb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in July 2006.
• Monitoring Program Terms of Reference (Rev 1) [PDF, 529 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in February 2007.
• Addendum 1 to SFLMON#3 Fish Biomass Assessment [PDF, 32 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in October 2007.
• Addendum 1 to SFLMON#4 Limited Block Load as Deterrent to Spawning [PDF, 36 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in October 2007.
• Monitoring Programs Annual Report: 2007 [PDF, 111 Kb]
• 2008 Annual Report [PDF, 86 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in July 2008.
• 2009 Annual Report [PDF, 172 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in July 2009.
• 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.
  • November 2008 – SFLMON #4 [PDF, 671 Kb] – Limited Block Loading as Deterrent to Spawning Monitor, Year 1.
  • January 2009 – SFLMON #7 [PDF, 602 Kb] – Diel Pattern of Fry Out-migration, Year 1.
  • February 2009 – SFLMON #3 [PDF, 712 Kb] – Abundance and Biomass of Fish in Stave Reservoir, Year 4.
  • May 2009 – SFLMON #1 & 2 [PDF, 600 Kb] – Report on the 2008 Stave Reservoir Pelagic Monitor and Littoral Productivity Assessment, Year 4.
  • June 2009 – SFLMON #9 [PDF, 1.9 Mb] – Turbidity Levels in Hayward Lake Reservoir, Year 4.
  • August 2009 – SFLMON #7 [PDF, 2.6 Mb] – Diel Pattern of Fry Out-migration, Year 2.
    

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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.
• WAHWORKS#1 Boulder Creek Flow Bypass Facility Rehabilitation [PDF, 838 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in October 2005.
• Addendum 1 to WAHWORKS#1 Boulder Creek Flow Bypass Facility Rehabilitation [PDF, 15 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in July 2007.
• WAHWORKS#2 Wahleach Reservoir Fertilization Program [PDF, 139 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in October 2005.
• WAHWORKS#2 Wahleach Reservoir Fertilization Program - Rev 1 [PDF, 58 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in June 2006.
• Addendum 1 to WAHWORKS#2 Wahleach Reservoir Fertilization Program [PDF, 64 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in November 2008.
• WAHWORKS#3 Lower Wahleach Creek Channel Enhancement Project [PDF, 163 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in August 2006.
• 2006 Annual Report [PDF, 390 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in April 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.
• 2009 Annual Report [PDF, 115 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in February 2009.
• Study reports:
  • April 2006 – WAHMON #3 [PDF, 2.5 Mb] – Herrling Island Chum Spawning Success Monitor.
  • October 2006 – WAHWORKS #3 [PDF, 8.4 Mb] – Lower Wahleach (Jones) Creek Channel Enhancement Project.
  • 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.
  • October 2007 – WAHWORKS #1 [PDF, 3.2 Mb] – Boulder Creek Diversion Rehabilitation – Final.
  • January 2008 – WAHMON #1 [PDF, 2.6 Mb] – Lower Jones Creek Fish Productivity Indices.
  • August 2008 – WAHWORKS #2 [PDF, 1.3 Mb] –  Wahleach Reservoir Fertilization Program
  • September 2008 – WAHMON #3 [PDF, 3.1 Mb] Herling Island Chum Spawning Success Monitor (Year 3: 2007 to 2008).
  • November 2008 – WAHMON #1 [PDF, 1.2 Mb] Lower Jones Creek Fish Productivity Indices (Year 3: 2007 to 2008).
  • December 2008 – WAHMON #2 [PDF, 10.8 Mb] Lower Jones Creek Channel Stability Assessment (Years 2 and 3: 2006 to 2008).
    

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