Cowichan River Water Supply
Help Shape Our Water Future
Cowichan Lake Weir Design
The key recommendation of the Water Use Plan is to construct a new weir for Cowichan Lake with an increase of 70 cm of elevation above the existing weir.
Shoreline Assessment
A condition of the recommendation to construct a new weir is that an assessment be done of the potential impact on the lake’s natural boundary due to the additional storage required to meet future needs.
Water Use Plan
The Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD), Cowichan Tribes, the Cowichan Watershed Board, and Catalyst Paper partnered together to initiate a community planning process that explored future water use needs alongside a range of different potential water supply and storage options. The outcome was agreement on a long-term solution to better ensure water resources are sustainable and available to meet the region’s future water use requirements.
