The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary is pleased to release the Phase 1 Technical Assessment “State of the Kettle River Watershed”, prepared by Summit Environmental of Vernon. The Report reviews available information and data about surface water, ground water, and aquatic ecosystems in the Kettle River watershed, and provides an in-depth analysis of water supply and demand and low-flow conditions. Additional relevant reports are linked below. Please contact us if you would like your organization or community to have a presentation or discussion about the state of the Kettle River Watershed!
- Phase 1 State of the Watershed Report (pdf, 14 mb)
- Executive summary (pdf, 1.6 mb)
- Ground water licences map (pdf, 23 mb)
- Surface water licences map (pdf, 23 mb)
- Presentation from Summit Environmental on Draft Report (64 slides, 4 mb)
Other Information
Reference Material (Kettle River Watershed)
- Fisheries
- Kettle River Fish Protection Planning – BC Ministry of Forest, Lands and Natural Resource Operations: 2010 results; 2011 results
- Assessment of habitat for Speckled Dace (FLNRO 2012)
- Kettle River Rainbow Trout Assessment and Habitat Restoration (2008)
- Kettle River Watershed Fish Population Trend Monitoring (2014)
- Christina Lake Management Plan “A Community Watershed-Based Plan”
- Groundwater
- Potential Effects of the Cascade Heritage Power Project on the Allocation of Water in the Kettle River Basin (December 2004 – Aqua Factor Consulting Inc.)
- Kettle River Water Licence Report (PDF – April 2012 – Database Query Link)
- Boundary Water Availability Committee Survey on Water Use in the Kettle River Drainage
- Washington State Kettle River phase I study (2004)
- Water Quality Assessment of Myers Creek at Washington-BC Border (1998-2002)
- Water Quality Assessment of the Kettle River at Midway and Carson
- Washington State Department of Ecology 2008 – Kettle River Polluted Waters Listing (codes & information)
Planning Information
- Regional District of Kootenay Boundary web site for the Kettle River Watershed Committee
- Kettle River Watershed Management Plan Terms of Reference (October 2010)
Other watershed information in BC
- Fraser Basin Council – Rethinking Our Water Ways – “A guide to water and watershed planning for BC communities in the face of climate change and other challenges”
- Regional District of North Okanagan – Shuswap River Watershed Sustainability Plan
- Selkirk College Watershed Mapping Application – http://www.sgrc.selkirk.ca/imf5_2/sites/cbt/jsp/launch.jsp