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Managing Water Quality in the Columbia Basin: “the Lower Columbia River”

Managing Water Quality in the Columbia Basin: “the Lower Columbia River”. Canadian Columbia River Forum Cranbrook, BC May 30, 2007. Columbia River Basin. Regulatory Framework. B.C. Environmental Management Act

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Managing Water Quality in the Columbia Basin: “the Lower Columbia River”

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  1. Managing Water Quality in the Columbia Basin: “the Lower Columbia River” Canadian Columbia River ForumCranbrook, BCMay 30, 2007

  2. Columbia River Basin

  3. Regulatory Framework • B.C. Environmental Management Act • Regulations: Municipal Sewage, Contaminated Sites, Waste Discharge, Hazardous Waste, etc… • B.C. Water Protection Act • Federal Fisheries Act • B.C. Environmental Assessment Act • Others…

  4. Environmental Monitoring • Federal-Provincial Water Quality Monitoring Program • Site specific water quality objectives

  5. Shared Stewardship • Partnerships and shared stewardship • Columbia River Integrated Environmental Monitoring Program (CRIEMP) • www.criemp.org

  6. Columbia River Basin: “the Lower Columbia River”

  7. Lower Columbia River:Diverse Water Uses

  8. Water Quality • Flow regulation • Industrial operations • Municipal wastewater • NPS • Climate change • Emerging issues

  9. Water Quality: Flow Regulation

  10. Water Quality:Flow Regulation • Recent improvements: • TGP reduction • verified by CRIEMP monitoring • Water Use Planning (BC Hydro) • Required under Water Act

  11. Water Quality:Zellstoff Celgar

  12. Water Quality:Zellstoff Celgar • Modernization project in early 90’s • significant decrease dioxins, furans and other chlorinated substances • Environmental Effects Monitoring • Required under federal Fisheries Act

  13. Water Quality: Teck Cominco Metals

  14. Water Quality:Teck Cominco • Upgrades: • phosphate plant closed • slag discharge eliminated • improvements to Stoney Creek • KIVCET smelter • Human health and ecological risk assessment

  15. Water Quality:Municipal Wastewater

  16. Water Quality:Municipal Wastewater • City of Castlegar • CRIEMP partnership • Regional District of Kootenay Boundary • Liquid Waste Management Planning

  17. Transboundary Water Quality • Lake Roosevelt Forum • Lake Roosevelt Water Quality Council • Transboundary Gas Group • Upper Columbia White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative

  18. Summary • Columbia River: a valuable resource • Protecting water quality: • Regulatory tools • Environmental monitoring • Shared stewardship • Significant improvements in water quality • Emerging issues

  19. Jolene Raggett Environmental Assessment Biologist (250) 354-6389 Jolene.Raggett@gov.bc.ca

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