Vancouver Island Water Use Planning
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
- Addendum 1 to ASHMON#1 [PDF, 36 Kb] Assessment of Adult Fish Passage at Dickson Falls during Pulse Flow Releases from Elsie Lake Dam sent to the Comptroller of Water Rights in May 2007
- 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
- 2008 Annual Report [PDF, 103 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in October 2008
- 2009 Annual Report [PDF, 71 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in October 2009.
- Study reports:
- October 2006 – ASHMON-1 [PDF, 1.7 Mb] – Adult Fish Passage at Dickson Falls (Year 1)
- April 2007 – ASHMON-1 [PDF, 3.2 Mb] – Assessment of Adult Fish Passage at Dickson Falls during Pulse Flow Releases from Elsie Lake Dam (Year 2)
- June 2007 – ASHMON-2 [PDF, 18 Kb] – Elsie Reservoir Archaeological Investigations (Year 1)
- April 2008 – ASHMON-1 [PDF, 3.1 Mb] – Assessment of Adult Fish Passage at Dickson Falls during Pulse Flow Releases from Elsie Lake Dam (Year 3)
- March 2009 – ASHMON-1 [PDF, 3.5 Mb] – Assessment of Adult Fish Passage at Dickson Falls during Pulse Flow Releases from Elsie Lake Dam (Year 4)
- March 2009 – ASHMON-2 [PDF, 22 Kb] – Elsie Reservoir Archaeological Investigations (Year 2)
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
- Addendum 1 to JORMON#1 Lower Jordan River Inflow Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 173 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in May 2007
- Addendum 2 to JORMON#1 Lower Jordan River Inflow Monitoring Program Terms of Reference [PDF, 49 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in April 2008
- Physical Works Terms of Reference [PDF, 164 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in September 2006
- Addendum 1 to JORWORKS#1 Water Release Mechanism at Elliott Dam [PDF, 48 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in October 2007
- 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
- 2008 Annual Report [PDF, 124 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in December 2008
- Study reports:
- January 2006 – JORMON#4 [PDF, 669] – Diversion Reservoir Fish Indexing (Year 1)
- March 2006 – JORMON#2 [PDF, 1.2 Mb] – Fish Index: Lower Jordan River (Year 1)
- May 2006 – JORMON#3 [PDF, 1.0 Mb] – Lower Jordan River Salmon Spawning Assessment and Enumeration (Year 1)
- September 2006 – JORMON#5 [PDF, 398 Kb] – Monitoring Surfing Quality below the Jordan River Generating Station (Year 1)
- October 2006 – JORMON#1 [PDF, 1.7 Mb] – Lower Jordan River Inflow Monitoring (Year 1)
- March 2007 – JORMON#4 [PDF, 6.4 Mb] – Diversion Reservoir Fish Indexing (Year 2)
- May 2007 – JORMON#3 [PDF, 3.9 Mb] – Jordan Salmon Spawning Assessment/Enumeration (Year 2)
- December 2007 – JORMON#2 [PDF, 9.7 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)
- January 2008 – JORMON#4 [PDF, 471 Kb] – Diversion Reservoir Fish Indexing (Year 3)
- December 2008 – JORMON#1 [PDF, 3.0 Mb] – Lower Jordan River Inflow Monitoring (Year 2)
- December 2008 – JORMON#2 [PDF, 7.4 Mb] – Lower Jordan River Fish Index Study (Year 3)
- December 2008 – JORMON#5 [PDF, 652 Kb] – Monitoring Surfing Quality below the Jordan River Generating Station (Year 3)
- December 2008 – JORWORKS#1 [PDF, 59 Kb] – Elliott Dam Fish Water Release – Engineering Completion Report JOR06MTC 103
- March 2009 – JORMON#3 [PDF, 2.6 Mb] – Lower Jordan River Salmon Spawning Assessment and Enumeration (Year 3)
- March 2009 – JORMON#4 [PDF, 582 Kb] – Diversion Reservoir Fish Indexing (Year 4)
- May 2009 – JORMON#1 [PDF, 2.7 Mb] – Lower Jordan River Inflow Monitoring (Year 3)
- July 2009 – JORMON#2 [PDF, 3.8 Mb] – Lower Jordan River Fish Index Study (Year 4)
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
- PUNMON-1 Addendum 1 Assessment of Adult Fish Passage during Pulse Flow Releases [PDF, 33 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in May 2007
- PUNMON-4 Addendum 1 Evaluating Effects of Ramping Rates on Fish Stranding in Puntledge River (Reach C) [PDF, 31 Kb] accepted by the Comptroller of Water Rights in January 2008
- 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
- 2009 Annual Report [PDF, 131 Kb] submitted to the Comptroller of Water Rights in July 2009.
- Study reports:
- September 2006 – PUNMON-5 [PDF, 143 Kb] – Puntledge River Kayak Pulse Flow Cost Benefit Assessment
- January 2007 – PUNMON-3 [PDF, 9.4 Mb] – Puntledge River Steelhead Production Monitoring Study 2006
- June 2007 – PUNMON-2 [PDF, 1.6 Mb] – Puntledge Incubation Study Report
- August 2007 – PUNMON-5 [PDF, 213 Kb] – Puntledge River Kayak Pulse Flow Cost Benefit Assessment
- February 2008 – PUNMON-1 [PDF, 738 Kb] – Puntledge River Adult Fish Passage during Pulse Flow Releases (Year 1)
- March 2008 – PUNMON-4 [PDF, 8.0 Mb] – Effects of Pulse Flows and Ramping Rates on Fish Stranding in the Lower Puntledge River, 2006 to 2008
- April 2008 – PUNMON-3 [PDF, 5.9 Mb] – Puntledge River Steelhead Production Monitoring Study 2007
- August 2008 – PUNMON-5 [PDF, 177 Kb] – Puntledge River Kayak Pulse Flow Cost Benefit Assessment
- September 2008 –PUNMON-2 [PDF, 2.9 Mb] – Puntledge River Egg Incubation Assessment
- February 2009 – PUNMON-1 [PDF, 2.0 Mb] – Adult Fish Passage During Pulse Flow Releases (Year 2)
- March 2009 – PUNMON-3 [PDF, 3.1 Mb] – Puntledge River Steelhead Production Monitoring (Year 3)
Last Modified: Oct 19, 2009
