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Cowichan River Water Supply

Help Shape our Water Future

  • Water Supply
  • Weir Design
    • Weir Design Survey Results
  • Preliminary Weir Design
    • December 10 Presentation
  • Shoreline Assessment
  • Water Use Plan
    • WUP Final Report
    • WUP Appendices
  • Leroy’s Corner

Cowichan River Water Supply

Help Shape Our Water Future

Preliminary Weir Design Questions

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.

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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.

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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.

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Contact Information

175 Ingram Street
Duncan V9L 1N8, CA

Kate Miller
kate.miller@cvrd.bc.ca
Phone: 250.746.2509

Leroy Van Wieren
leroy.vanwieren@cvrd.bc.ca
Phone: 250.746.2687
Cell: 250.709.7308

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