Water Stewardship Information Sources
| ID | 486 |
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| Citation | Dobson Engineering Ltd. 2004. Water Supply and Hydrology Study: McCulloch Reservoir Water Supply Area (Year 2 - 2004 Report). Prepared for the South East Kelowna Irrigation District. |
| Organization | SEKID |
| URL | http://www.sekid.ca/pdf/reports/Dobson%20WaterSupply2004Final.pdf |
| Abstract/Description or Keywords | Water Survey of Canada (WSC) operated hydrometric stations at several locations in the water supply area over the period 1973 to 1984 including station 08NM210 - Pooley Creek Above Pooley Ditch (active 1973, 1974, & 1976-1979), and station 08NM212 - Stirling Creek Diversion to McCulloch Reservoir (active 1977-1979 and 1984). Based on the 1979 Ministry of Environment report, Pooley Creek contributes the largest proportion of run-off to the McCulloch reservoir, and nearly 40% of the mean annual runoff for the Hydraulic Creek drainage area was derived from the areas draining to both the Pooley Creek and Stirling Creek diversions. Based on this information, the first priority was to re-establish these two hydrometric stations (completed in October 2003). Additional new hydrometric stations were established in April 2004 to quantify the water yield from both Canyon Creek and the upper Hydraulic Creek supply areas (refer to Appendix A - Map). The purpose of re-establishing the hydrometric gauging stations is to provide the District with current data on the spring, summer and fall runoff from the watersheds upstream from the storage reservoirs. This data will be used to compute unit area runoff values that will be compared to those values computed in the previous reports. It is important for the District to know if these unit runoff values have changed. If they have changed then they may impact the ability of the District to meet its supply obligations in the future. Accurate estimates of unit runoff values will require several years of data. Because of the importance of this data, one of the objectives of the project is identify which stations are of greatest value and what are the best locations for the stations to meet the District's needs. monitoring, streamflow, water supply, water quantity, water yield, reservoir, monitoring |
| Information Type | report |
| Regional Watershed | Okanagan |
| Sub-watershed if known | Pooley Creek, Stirling Creek, Canyon Creek, Hydraulic Creek |
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| Project status | complete |
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