Catalyst Weekly Lake and River Levels Update – April 23 Subject: Weekly Update (April 23 2020) Good day, Conditions are currently in good order with a controlled 25 cubic meters per second (cms) flow from the lake. The lake level appears to have stopped going down with the flow reductions from last week. On Wednesday […]
Work begins on new weir for Cowichan Lake, Cowichan Valley Citizen
Work begins on new weir for Cowichan Lake A contract has been awarded to Stantec Engineering Services to do designs, engineering and studies Andrea Rondeau Apr. 22, 2020 12:00 p.m. Work to bring a new weir to Cowichan Lake to control water flows into the Cowichan River has started. “On behalf of the project partners, […]
CoVid Update; Song link – Little Drop of Water
Hi everyone. Like all of you, we are very concerned about the CoVid pandemic and working hard to flatten the curve and reduce its impacts. For this reason, all in-person meetings and events of the CWB are cancelled for the short term, but we remain on the job from our home offices so don’t hesitate […]
Partnership supports management of Koksilah Watershed
BC Gov News. Feb 7 2020 A new government-to-government partnership will help ensure long-term water sustainability in the Koksilah Watershed south of Duncan and explore the benefits of a water sustainability plan for the area. Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, met with Chief William Seymour of Cowichan Tribes […]
Drought-ravaged Koksilah River on Vancouver Island to get monitoring wells
Water restrictions were implemented in August 2019 after water levels dipped to extremely low levels CBC News · Posted: Jan 20, 2020 9:30 PM PT | Last Updated: January 20 The province is setting up observation wells to monitor groundwater levels in the Koksilah watershed on Vancouver Island. The Koksilah river system, nestled in the […]