Water Stewardship Information Sources
| ID | 1538 |
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| Citation | Rodgers, RR and Kreuder, WL. 1963. Water Supply and Water Use on Penticton and Ellis Creeks. Canada Department of Agriculture. |
| Organization | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada |
| URL | http://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/acat/public/viewReport.do?reportId=15193 |
| Abstract/Description or Keywords | On Penticton and Ellis Creeks most of the high irrigation and municipal demands occur after spring runoff - during the low summer flows. Storage is needed to meet these summer peak demands and to allow for population growth. The question is: how much storage and where? This document reviews the improvement in water supply which could be made from a 10,000 acre-foot reservoir on Penticton Creek. A 4,800 acre-foot reservoir would assure satisfaction of all present irrigation and municipal water demands in a very dry year. If two such very dry years would occur successively, there would be no shortage in water supply providing there were 5,200 acre-feet of storage available. This document then asserts that in order to meet the projected 1980 irrigation and municipal demands in a very dry year, a reservoir below the junction of Penticton and Corporation Creeks with a capacity of 9,800 acre-feet is needed. If two such years should occur successively, storage totalling 13,100 acre-feet would just meet the demand. A "very dry" year is equivalent to the lowest runoff year observed in this area since about 1920. By combining two such years in sequence, a severa condition is obtioned for study purposes. If water supplies are adequate under such conditions, failure under actual future conditions will be unlikely. Similarly, storage needed to meet projected 1990 irrigation and municipal demands in one and two dry years are 11,900 and 18,700 acre-feet respectively. The document's final conclusion is that if the suspended silt problem could be overcome on nearby Ellis Creek and the runoff combined with Penticton Creek above diversions, the storage possibilities are such that a bountiful water supply for the City of Penticton area could be assured. water supply, hydrology |
| Information Type | report |
| Regional Watershed | Okanagan |
| Sub-watershed if known | Penticton Creek, Ellis Creek |
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| Project status | complete |
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