Access information about natural water availability, existing water users, and monitoring data using easy to use, map based tools.

Pilot Water Allocation Tool

The Pilot Water Allocation Tool (PWAT) is a point-and-click tool that helps scientists, industry explorers, communities and government decision-makers to understand accurate, real-time information about water resources in British Columbia. The PWAT supports the Blueberry River First Nations Implementation Agreement and is currently only available for the Blueberry River, Upper Beatton River, and Lower Sikanni Chief River water management basins in northeast BC.

Water Portal

The BC Water Portal was developed for the BC Ministry of Forests and the BC Energy Regulator to be a map-based water information tool designed to provide public access to a wide range of water-related data and information in British Columbia. The data is displayed with flexible charts and analytical tools to help users understand and use the data.

Kootenay-Boundary Water Tool

The Kootenay-Boundary Water Tool provides information on natural water supply, existing water rights, and environmental flow needs of rivers, lakes and streams in southeastern British Columbia.

Northeast Water Tool (NEWT)

The Northeast Water Tool (NEWT) is the BC Energy Regulator's newly updated award-winning hydrology decision support tool for northeast BC. It includes information on natural water supply, existing water rights, and environmental flow needs of rivers, lakes and streams.

Cariboo Water Tool

The Cariboo Water Tool is a leading edge, GIS-based program developed for the Ministry of Forests to support decision-making on water-use planning and approvals. It provides environmental monitoring data and watershed reports from a single map-based interface.

Northwest Water Tool

The Northwest Water Tool was developed for the Ministry of Forests to provide guidance on water availability across northwest BC and to support the decision-making process for water use approvals and licences.

Omineca Water Tool

The Omineca Water Tool was developed for the Ministry of Forests to provide guidance on water availability across north central BC and to support the decision-making process for water use approvals and licences.