Objectives |
Management Direction/Strategies |
Measures of Success/Targets |
Intent |
1. Improve information about water use and availability |
1.1 Inventory water storage opportunities for domestic, agricultural and industrial development and instream flows |
Water available for development, storage and water licensing opportunities. |
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1.2 Encourage domestic drinking water use licensees to use available internetbased mineral resource information to acquaint themselves of mineral exploration activities in their watersheds |
2. Improve information about water quality, quantity and timing of flow |
2.1 Research management practices to increase water yields from dry ecosystems |
Easily accessible (e.g., website) and accurate water licence, water monitoring, and watershed assessment data. Adequate monitoring of water quality and quantity |
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2.2 Continue existing baseline water quality monitoring |
3. Ensure adequate instream flow requirements for fish, fish habitat and aquatic ecosystems |
3.1 Instream flow requirements established for fish and aquatic ecosystems |
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4. Address existing and potential water use conflicts in all watersheds with shortages |
4.1 In watersheds where there are water shortages, conduct water allocation planning |
Water allocation plans exist for watersheds with existing or potential water use conflicts |
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5. Manage resource development and use activities to maintain ground and surface drinking water sources, including water quality, quantity and timing of flow |
5.1 Resource development plans address water quality, quantity and timing of flow |
100 % |
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5.2 Special care to protect water quality in watersheds with domestic use |
6. Maintain hydrologic stability in all watersheds contributing to fish habitat and licensed domestic water use |
6.1 Encourage licensees to prioritize watersheds requiring assessments |
Hydrologic assessments completed for drainages where there is evidence of destabilization or potential destabilization |
Use tools such as the Lillooet Forest District Watershed Screening Tool (August 2000) |
6.2 Incorporate First Nations traditional use and knowledge in these assessments where available |
6.3 Encourage forest licensees to complete assessments on all prioritized watersheds |
7. Improve communication amongst water users, development proponents, and resource agencies to minimize conflicts about water use and resource development |
7.1 Facilitate sharing of water monitoring and watershed assessment data broadly, including the general public and stakeholder organizations |
Water tenures implemented without conflicts Resource development in watersheds with water tenures |
Easily accessible (e.g., website) and accurate water licence, water monitoring, and watershed assessment data. |