• November 2021 Project Update

    Thank you to the 80 attendees who joined us for a live presentation on November 17, 2021. A recording of the presentation is available below. To help you follow the conversation, more information is available on the Shoreline Assessment page. If you weren’t able to join us in July for the project update, the presentation…

  • Property View Tool

    The key recommendation of the 2018 Water Use Plan for Cowichan Lake and Cowichan River is to construct a new weir with an increase of 70 cm of elevation above the existing weir. In July 2021, the final design of the new weir was completed. A condition of the key recommendation is that an assessment…

  • Final Weir Design

    [Completed 2021] The final design is based on recommendations from the 2018 Cowichan Water Use Plan (WUP), stakeholder engagement, feedback on the preliminary design, Provincial and Federal legislation and industry accepted practices. Fish passage and riparian environment objectives are the priority in the design and the basis for the project funding. This project is managed…