Water Stewardship Information Sources
| Citation | Hudson, R. 2001. Interpreting turbidity and suspended-sediment measurements in high-energy streams in coastal British Columbia. Forest Research Technical Report TR-008, Vancouver Forest Region. |
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| Organization | FLNRO |
| URL | https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/rco/research/hydroreports/tr008.pdf |
| Abstract/Description or Keywords | An onging program of sediment-budget research commenced in 1991 at Russell Creek, a sub-basin of the Tsitika River watershed on Northeastern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The research involved in-stream measurement of turbidity and suspended sediment concentration (SSC), and subsequent analysis of the data to identify relationships between them. For a given stream there is more than one relationship between turbidity and SSC, representing different sediment production regimes. The report describes methods for predicting changes in sediment production regime, and explains how to use those different relationships to predict the grain-size distribution of suspended sediment in streams. These methods will help hydrologists assess the effects of forestry activities on sediment production in streams and the related implications for fish habitat and drinking-water quality. |
| Information Type | report |
| Regional Watershed | Vancouver Island North |
| Sub-watershed if known | Tsitika, Russell Creek |
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| Project status | complete |
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