Lake Cowichan Gazette / James Goldie / Sep. 26, 2016 12:00 p.m. Twenty pumps are now underwater at the weir, installed and ready to go, which leaves one big question: will it be necessary to turn them on? Last week, crews were hard at work installing the equipment that will ensure water flow over the […]
20 pumps going in Lake Cowichan to maintain river level during drought
Carla Wilson, Times Colonist, August 26, 2016 Catalyst Paper is installing a $500,000 pump system in Lake Cowichan to maintain minimum water levels required in the Cowichan River. It’s the first time that the company has turned to pumps. It comes as the lake, which feeds the river, faces what has been deemed the worst […]
Catalyst Focused on Sustaining Cowichan River Flow; Pumping preparations underway
News Release, Catalyst Paper Corp., August 24, 2016 Richmond, (BC) – Catalyst Paper today announced that it is making preparations to pump water from Cowichan Lake into the Cowichan River to maintain minimum flow rates to prevent the river from running dry as a result of the negligible spring snowpack and the dry summer. Given […]
8th Cowichan River Cleanup – 20 & 27 Aug 2016
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Water Act less than it seems
Tanis Gower, Vancouver Sun, June 1, 2016 Will we be sucked dry? This spring, officials in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island had to make some hard decisions about water. Without an early intervention, the Cowichan River was at risk of drying up. An emergency decision was made to start holding back lake water, and […]