Alouette Water Use Plan
The Water Use Plan (WUP) for the Alouette facility was completed in 1996 (updated in 2009) and was developed through a multi-year consultative process.
- Alouette 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 [PDF, 5.3 MB] provides an overview of the water use planning process and outcomes for Alouette.
The final step is to review how things are going through a Water Use Plan Order Review which was done concurrently with a review of the Fisheries Act Authorization (FAA).
Learn more about why we have Water Use Plans and the Order Review process.
The outcomes of the review are an application for WUP Order amendment under the Water Sustainability Act and an application to amend the FAA under the Fisheries Act.
What's new?
BC Hydro has completed engagement on its Alouette-Stave-Ruskin Water Use Plan Order Review and Application for Fisheries Act Authorization amendment.
Since 2021, the review brought together a Committee of First Nations, regulators, local government and key stakeholders to review our existing operations, identify operationally related issues, and collaboratively develop a set of recommendations to support BC Hydro's regulatory applications to the Comptroller of Water Rights and Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO).
In January 2025, the Committee reached consensus on a set of recommendations for operational adjustments, operating priorities, monitoring, and mitigation. We believe the recommendations being put forward will provide the best balance of benefits across the interests raised during the review. Specifically, the recommended operational adjustments are expected to provide benefits for fish and fish habitat, improve protection of cultural heritage resources, and provide operational flexibility to respond to changing climate conditions.
In early December 2025, we submitted our regulatory application to the Comptroller for their review and decision.
What's next?
Please check back in early 2026 to see our Stakeholder Engagement Summary, which will provide an overview of engagement activities that took place as part of the review.
We plan to submit a Fisheries Act Authorization amendment to DFO in spring 2026.
Water Use Plan Order and Order Review
- The Alouette River Monitoring Program Synthesis Report [PDF, 1.8 MB] provides a summary of the monitoring programs undertaken for the Order and their outcomes.
- Alouette WUP Order [PDF]
- Public information meeting presentation [PDF, 2.8 MB] – September 14, 2021
- Public open house presentation [PDF, 1.3 MB] – November 3, 2025
Provincial and Program Information
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| ALUMON-1 Smolt Enumeration |
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| ALUMON-2 Kokanee Out-migration |
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| ALUMON-3 Substrate Quality |
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| ALUMON-4 Sockeye Adult Enumeration |
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| ALUMON-5 Water Temperature |
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| ALUMON-6 Kokanee Age Structure Analysis |
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| ALUMON-7 Archaeological Monitoring |
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