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Nicholson, P.C., O.B.E., Q.C., LL.D.,\nLieutenant-Governor oj the Province of British Columbia.\nMay it please Your Honour:\nHerewith I beg respectfully to submit the Annual Report of the British\nColumbia Water Resources Service of the Department of Lands, Forests, and\nWater Resources for the year ended December 31, 1969.\nRAY WILLISTON,\nMinister of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources.\n Victoria, British Columbia, February 11, 1970.\nThe Honourable Ray Williston,\nMinister of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources,\nVictoria, British Columbia.\nDear Sir,\u2014I have the honour to submit the Annual Report of the British\nColumbia Water Resources Service of the Department of Lands, Forests, and Water\nResources for the 12 months ended December 31, 1969.\nV. RAUDSEPP,\nDeputy Minister of Water Resources.\n CONTENTS\nBritish Columbia Water Resources Service\u2014 PAGE\nReport of the Deputy Minister       9\nWater Rights Branch\u2014\nReport of the Comptroller of Water Rights  15\nWater Licensing Division  17\nDistrict Engineers Division  21\nImprovement Districts Division  29\nPower and Major Licences Division  34\nWater Investigations Branch\u2014\nReport of the Chief Engineer  45\nWater Supply and Investigations Division  50\nHydrology Division  59\nGroundwater Division  65\nBasin Planning and Power Division  71\nARDA Projects Division  74\nProjects Division  79\nRecords Compilation and Reports Section  82\nDraughting Office  83\nPollution Control Board  87\nPollution Control Branch  91\nInspector of Dykes  101\nSouthern Okanagan Lands Project  105\nPersonnel Office  109\nAccounting Division  111\n  McCulloch Reservoir:   Main reservoir in background (Hydraulic Lake),\nMinnow Lake in foreground; Southeast Kelowna Irrigation District.\n BRITISH COLUMBIA WATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nDecember 31, 1969\nV. Raudsepp, Deputy Minister.\nG. E. Simmons, Assistant Deputy Minister.\nA. F. Paget, Consultant.\nF. S. McKinnon, Chairman, Pollution Control Board.\nWATER RIGHTS BRANCH\nH. D. DeBeck, Comptroller of Water Rights.\nA. K. Sutherland, Deputy Comptroller of Water Rights.\nWATER INVESTIGATIONS BRANCH\nB. E. Marr, Chief Engineer.\nT. A. J. Leach, Assistant Chief Engineer.\nPOLLUTION CONTROL BRANCH\nW. N. Venables, Director.\nINSPECTOR OF DYKES OFFICE\nW. R. Meighen, Inspector of Dykes.\nW. S. Iackson, Assistant Inspector of Dykes.\nSOUTHERN OKANAGAN LANDS PROJECT\nL. A. Pinske, Supervisor.\nACCOUNTING DIVISION*\nM. B. Maclean, Departmental Comptroller.\nPERSONNEL OFFICE*\nK. M. Hanson, Personnel Officer.\nMAIL AND FILE ROOMf\nD. S. Preston, In Charge.\nPUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE\nR. A. V. Jenkins.\n* Services shared with Lands Service.\nt Services shared with Lands Service and Forest Service.\n WATER\nRESOURCES\nSERVICE\nV. Raudsepp, P.Eng.\nDeputy Minister of\nWater Resources\nThe Water Resources Service, being one of the three Services of the Department\nof Lands, Forests, and Water Resources, was created in 1962, and Mr. A. F. Paget,\nComptroller of Water Rights, became the first Deputy Minister of the British Columbia Water Resources Service. Mr. Paget, after a distinguished career in British\nColumbia water administration, resigned due to ill health, effective April 1, 1969,\nand was appointed to the position of Consultant.\nThe Water Resources Service is in charge of the management of the British\nColumbia water resources. Under the Department of Lands, Forests, and Water\nResources Act, the Deputy Minister of Water Resources has jurisdiction over all\nmatters pertaining to the water resources of the Province.\nThe Water Resources Service is still undergoing development and expansion.\nIt consists of three main Branches\u2014(1) Water Rights Branch, which administers\nthe control and use of surface water under the authority of the Water Act and supervises generally the administration of improvement districts which have been incorporated under the Water Act. The first Water Act was passed in 1909 after a gradual\nevolution from water-use regulations that originated from the Gold Fields Act of\n1859. (2) Water Investigations Branch, which was formed in 1962, deals with\ntechnical water resources matters which are not directly connected with the administration of the Water Act or with the Pollution Control Act, 1967. (3) Pollution\nControl Branch, which administers the Pollution Control Act, 1967, was added to\nthe Water Resources Service in 1965.\nIn addition to these three Branches, (4) the Pollution Control Board, under its\nChairman, deals with pollution control standards and appeals from the decisions of\nthe Director of the Pollution Control Branch; (5) the Inspector of Dykes is in\ncharge of the Dykes Maintenance Act; (6) the Supervisor of Southern Okanagan\nLands Project; (7) the Personnel Officer; (8) the Departmental Comptroller; and\n(9) the Mail and File Room, are carrying out their respective functions.\nThe spring of 1969 had good snow packs in the lower coastal and southern\nwatersheds and well below-average snow accumulation in the central and northern\nregions. Flooding occurred in many of the smaller valleys in the southern Interior,\nresulting from the combination of heavy snow pack, local storms, and an early\n GG 10\nWATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nperiod of hot weather. The worst such flood was at Trail, where damage exceeded\na million dollars. The Province provided technical and financial assistance to the\nflood victims and the City of Trail.\nAll the Branches and officers of the Water Resources Service experienced\nincreased activities in 1969 as a result of continuous expansion of the economy of\nthe Province. The increased demand for water licences, pollution control permits,\nengineering and administrative advice and supervision, exceeded from time to time\nthe capabilities of individual offices, and backlogs of incomplete assignments or\noutstanding applications showed an increase in all the three Branches. High staff-\nturnover rate in professional and draughting positions was also a factor contributing\nto the increase in unfinished assignments.\nThe Water Rights Branch received a total of 2,244 applications under the\nWater Act, of which some 1,500 were new water-licence applications. A total of\n1,100 new licences were issued in 1969.\nTechnical advice on water matters to the general public and communities continued at a high rate through the Victoria and district offices. Supervision of dam\nconstruction and inspection of the existing structures from a public safety point of\nview was intensified.\nThe demand for electric energy in the Province showed in 1969 an over-all\nincrease of approximately 8.8 per cent, based on preliminary hydro and thermal\ngeneral statistics. The British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority experienced\nan annual load growth of 11 to 12 per cent in 1969.\nThe Peace River power development has now five of its ultimate ten units totalling 2.3 million kilowatts installed, bringing the total Provincial hydro-electric installed capacity slightly over 4 million kilowatts. The total thermal capacity is 1.3\nmillion kilowatts, giving an aggregate British Columbia electric generating capacity\nof 5.3 million kilowatts.\nThe developments under the Columbia River Treaty included the continuing\nco-ordination of Libby Reservoir preparation, which activities must be completed by\n1972.  Arrow Lakes dam was officially dedicated as Hugh Keenleyside Dam in June.\nImplementation of the Federal-Provincial Fraser River Flood Control Agreement, which was signed in May, 1968, continued and tenders for the first project\nwill be called in early 1970. A Federal-Provincial agreement for Okanagan Basin\nstudy was signed in October.\nThe Water Investigations Branch continued to be in charge of ARDA water\nprojects programme. The total cost of the approved projects is $26 million, of which\n$20.5 million has actually been expended.\nCo-operation with the University of British Columbia and the B.C. Research\nCouncil was continued with an aim to intensify teaching and interdisciplinary research programmes involving water resources. Hydrological research is also being\ncontinued by the staff members of the Water Investigations Branch and other outside\nconsultants.\nA number of stream-improvement proposals or projects received attention.\nPotential hydro-electric power studies in the northern portion of the Province are\ncontinuing, with an emphasis on the Liard River.\nThe Pollution Control Board completed its air-pollution study and forwarded recommendations to the Cabinet. Effluent treatment standards received\nconsideration.\nThe Pollution Control Branch staff was substantially strengthened and its internal reorganization and interdepartmental lines of communication received further\nrefinement. The Director received 162 applications for pollution control permits and\n WATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nGG 11\nissued 59 permits. Studies are continuing on the existing effluent and waste discharges with an aim to bring these under permit as soon as possible.\nMr. C. J. Keenan, Director of Pollution Control, in charge of the Pollution\nControl Branch, resigned, and was replaced by Mr. W. N. Venables, who had occupied the position of Assistant Director, effective September 1st.\nA more detailed description of activities is given in the reports of separate\nBranches and offices, which follow.\nCONSULTANT\nA. F. Paget, P.Eng., Consultant\nThis office was created on April 1, 1969.\nWork went forward on the Kootenay Lake Board and agreement was reached\nto use a modified formula to compute discharges in future years.\nMeetings were held and agreement was reached to prepare a report to the\nUnited States and Canadian Governments by the Board of Engineers, Columbia\nRiver Treaty, on the operation of the Columbia River Treaty.\nThe Consultant served on a special committee relative to the flood damages\nin Trail caused by creek flooding. Approximately 1 million dollars was raised and\npaid out for individual damages. A report was prepared for the committee by Mr.\nT. H. Oxland, Water Rights District Engineer, setting out the corrective measures\nto prevent further flooding.   This report was given to the Government.\nThe Consultant acted with the Lands Service to see if remedial action could\nbe taken to protect the cliffs around the University of British Columbia.\nMany meetings were held and discussion took place on subjects relating to\npower.\n  WATER\nRIGHTS\nBRANCH\nThe Water Rights Branch is the agency of the Provincial Government which administers\nthe control and use of surface water under the authority of the Water Act.\nThe main principles of the Water Act regarding the use of water are:\u2014\n(1) The property in and the right to the use and flow of all the water at any time in any\nstream in the Province are for all purposes vested in the Crown in right of the Province.   The common-law principle of riparian water right has been abolished.\n(2) Licence-holders have a right to the use of water under the terms and conditions of the\nwater licence issued by the Comptroller of Water Rights. Earlier licences have priority over licences issued later.\n(3) Retention of a water licence is dependent upon the beneficial use of the water, payment\nof the water-licence rentals, and observance of the regulations of the Water Act.\n(4) A water licence is generally made appurtenant to a parcel of land, mine, or undertaking, and it will pass with any conveyance or other disposition thereof.\n(5) If it is necessary that a water licensee construct works on another person's land, he\ncan expropriate the land reasonably required if a voluntary agreement cannot be\nreached. If the works will be on Crown land, the water licensee may acquire a permit\nto occupy Crown land for such purpose.\nThe second major function of the Water Rights Branch is to generally supervise and assist\nthe administration of the improvement districts which have been incorporated under the Water\nAct for irrigation, waterworks, drainage, dyking, street-lighting, fire protection, and several\nother purposes. An improvement district is a self-governing public corporate body administered by elected trustees. The undertaking of an improvement district can be financed by Pro-\nvincially guaranteed debenture issues.\nThe administration of the Water Act is carried out by the Comptroller of Water Rights and\nhis staff, who are located at a headquarters office in Victoria and district offices at Victoria,\nKamloops, Kelowna, Nelson, Prince George, and Mission City.\nWater is a natural resource which often has a controlling influence on economic development of other resources and, therefore, is in competitive demand by the utilizers of other\nresources. Much of the vast industrial expansion presently occurring in this Province is associated with the use of British Columbia water. A large number of communities have been\nincorporated into improvement districts under the Water Act to operate community projects and\nprovide essential amenities.\n GG 14\nWATER RESOURCES SERVICE\n5\n\u00a7\ng\nOO\nQ\n5 ^\nXI 5\nH  o\n9 c\nes   es\na  u\nen  \"u\nSS\n2 8\noa ^\n\u2022gt.\u2014\n25\nS3 Q\nSi.\no a\nes    .\nQ.\n*<\n3\n8\ntx\nit\na\na o ss\nS.2 =\n-3%* \u25a0\n.5g_\ns.g\nPS.\nis\n66\nid Majoi\nDivisioi\nHunt)\nPower ai\nLicences\n(H.M.\n1\n. CQ\n- 2 a\n2 _.\nso .3 S 3      _ ^\nI | 1 I | S\nvement Di\nDivision\n. A. Pollar\n1\n5g\n WATER\nRIGHTS\nBRANCH\nH. D. DeBeck, P.Eng.\nComptroller of Water Rights\nThe Water Rights Branch is responsible for the administration of all use of\nwater in British Columbia under the provisions of the Water Act. For this purpose\na licensing system has been developed over the course of the last century, from its\norigin in the Gold Fields Act of 1859 through a gradual evolution to the first Water\nAct of 1909 and on to the present Water Act. In addition to providing for the\nadministration of water use, the Water Act also provides for the incorporation of\nimprovement districts which provide local services in water-related and other fields.\nThe Water Rights Branch also carries out a great number of engineering studies\non water matters, including water supply, erosion, and flood protection. The capital\nundertakings of improvement districts are given careful scrutiny, both with regard\nto economic feasibility and engineering adequacy, and some engineering services\nare provided to improvement districts and to groups proposing to organize districts\nfor water-supply purposes. During 1969 a large number of water-supply feasibility\nstudies were carried out, and final design and supervision of construction were provided to improvement districts by both headquarters and district engineering staff.\nIn terms of water supply, the year 1969 was noteworthy for serious flooding\nconditions on many of the smaller streams in the southern Interior of the Province.\nThese floods resulted from the combination of a heavy snow pack, local storms, and\nan early period of unusually hot weather. The worst such flood was that on Trail\nCreek, which passes through the City of Trail, where damage to property exceeded\na million dollars. The staff of Water Rights Branch district offices was called upon\nin many instances to investigate causes of floods and recommend measures to guard\nagainst recurrence of flood damage.\nIn the field of water licensing, activity continued at a high level during 1969.\nAlthough the total of new applications received was less than the record of 1,624\nnew applications in 1968, it was still nearly 10 per cent above the total for the\nhighest previous year. Because of a shortage of engineering staff in the district\noffices, which exceeded 25 per cent for most of the year, it was not possible to\ncarry out the necessary field investigations for the flood of applications received\nin 1968 and 1969. As a result, the number of applications outstanding reached\na new high of 2,400 at the end of November. This represents a serious reduction\nin the standard of service to the public and it is to be hoped that the availability of\nstaff in 1970 will be sufficiently improved to permit a substantial reduction in the\nnumber of outstanding applications. Because water licences, once issued, are permanent, all applications are carefully investigated, both on the ground and through\nthe office record system. Since no corners can be cut in carrying out this work, there\nis little flexibility in dealing with an increased work load in this most important phase\nof water resource administration.\n15\n GG  16 WATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nThe Improvement Districts Division continued to be active during the year.\nTen new improvement districts were incorporated and 14 were dissolved, mostly\nfor the purpose of amalgamation with other districts or incorporation as municipalities under the Municipal Act. Boundary extensions were authorized by Order in\nCouncil for many districts. The number of improvement districts in existence at\nthe end of 1969 was 300.\nThe Improvement Districts Division also carried out feasibility studies for a\nnumber of proposed water-supply systems and provided final design and supervision\nof construction for several projects under which improvement district water systems\nare being rehabilitated with the assistance of the Federal and Provincial Governments under the Agricultural Rehabilitation and Development (British Columbia)\nAct. The engineering and economic feasibility of water-supply projects being\nundertaken by improvement districts was also studied by this Division.\nThe Power and Major Licences Division continued to be occupied during the\nyear with work associated with approval of plans and other aspects of the Columbia\nRiver Treaty projects and other major power projects in the Province. Work was\ncompleted during the year on the Arrow Lakes project, which had been declared\noperational late in 1968 and was formally opened on June 9, 1969. Construction\nwork on Mica Dam reached full scale in 1969 and will continue at a high level for\nseveral years. At the Peace River project, units 4 and 5 were placed in service,\nbringing the installation up to half its ultimate capacity, and contracts were let in\n1969 for units 6, 7, and 8. Lake Williston, the reservoir, continued to fill and\nreached elevation 2,143 feet, which is 67 feet below full pool. Filling was slow\nduring 1969 because of a very low inflow and high demand for power. Construction\ncommenced during the year on the Jordan River project, at which the plant is being\nrebuilt for peaking service.\nThe preparation of the Canadian portion of the Libby Reservoir is being\ncarried out by several departments of the Government of British Columbia. The\nWater Resources Service has been assigned a co-ordinating role in this work, both\nwith respect to the departments directly involved and those with interests in the\nresults of the project. Liaison is also carried out with the United States authorities.\nStaff work on this project is being provided by the Power and Major Licences\nDivision.\nBecause of the wide seasonal variation in stream flows in British Columbia,\nthe storage of water is one of the most significant features of water management in\nthe Province. About 600 storage dams are now under licence in British Columbia.\nIn some circumstances, such dams are capable of imposing a severe hazard to life\nand property, particularly in the mountain valleys of British Columbia. For this\nreason a programme of inspection of storage dams is carried on based on the powers\nof the engineer and the Comptroller under the Water Act. This programme is\ndivided between the staff of the district offices and the headquarters staff of the\nPower and Major Licences Division.\nTechnical services were supplied to support the Provincial representative on\nthe Columbia River Treaty Permanent Engineering Board and the Canada-British\nColumbia Columbia River Liaison Committee and its advisory subcommittee.\nThe year 1969 was marked by a large number of staff changes, most of\nwhich involved engineering staff. In the district offices, Mr. R. J. Talbot left his\nposition as District Engineer at Kelowna to become Programme Director for the\nFraser Valley Joint Programme Committee, and was replaced by Mr. E. D. Anthony,\nwho had been Assistant District Engineer at Kamloops. Mr. F. Mueller left his\nposition on the engineering staff of the Mission office and Mr. S. B. Carroll and\n WATER RIGHTS BRANCH GG 17\nMr. W. M. Cheney left the engineering staff of the Kelowna office at the end of\n1969. Engineering staff vacancies in the district offices were filled by Mr. H. Van\nCamp at Kamloops, Mr. J. M. Anderson at Prince George, and Mr. L. R. Lewis\nat Nelson. At the end of the year there were four engineering vacancies in the\ndistrict offices, one more than at the end of 1968.\nIn the Victoria engineering staff, Mr. P. J. Leslie resigned as Chief of the\nImprovement Districts Division and was replaced by Mr. R. A. Pollard, who transferred from Water Investigations Branch; Mr. J. W. Ngai transferred from the\nPower and Major Licences Division to Water Investigations Branch, and Mr. N. I.\nCross resigned from that Division to return to England.\nMr. E. J. Folwell retired as Administrative Officer in the Improvement Districts\nDivision and has not yet been replaced.\nThe activities of the Water Rights Branch for 1969 are recorded in greater\ndetail in the reports of the separate divisions of the Branch in the following pages.\nWATER LICENSING DIVISION\nW. R. Tuthill, Chief of Division\nThe Comptroller of Water Rights administers the Water Act, under which\nrights to the diversion of water within the Province are granted for almost every\nconceivable use. Licences are issued for domestic, waterworks, irrigation, mining,\nindustrial, power, storage, and other purposes. Licences are required, with few\nexceptions, before any person, company, corporation, community, or government\nagency uses water from any surface-water source.\nThe Licensing Division is responsible for the processing of new applications\nfor licences and amendments to existing licences. In order to maintain complete\nrecords, the Division is divided into two offices\u2014the General Office, which handles\nthe clerical aspects of licensing, and the Draughting Office, which handles the mapping requirements. These offices are responsible for maintaining the many files,\nindexes, maps, and other records required for the orderly processing of new and\npending applications and keeping track of the rights granted under existing licences\nand amendments thereto. Close liaison is required with the District Engineers\nDivision and its six district offices, situated at strategic locations in the Province,\nfor field investigations and reports on applications and amendments.\nApplications for water licences were down slightly from the 1968 record.\nHowever, the number of applications pending increased by some 300. The number\nof licences issued remained almost constant.\nSeveral changes in routine were initiated in the General Office to speed up the\napplication procedure. Changes were also made in the Draughting Office in order\nto give additional emphasis to updating of water-rights maps.\nThe main functions and details of activities for 1969 of the General and\nDraughting Offices are contained in their reports, which follow.\nGeneral Office\nAlthough the number of new applications for water licences has fallen off\nsomewhat from the record total for 1968, staff shortage in our district offices have\nreduced the number of reports on applications received by us, and, as a result, the\nnumber of applications pending has increased over the 1968 figure of 2,019.\nThe implication, contained in our 1968 report, that the number of new applications had a bearing on the number of objections received does not appear to be\ncorrect, as with a reduced number of applications we have had an increased number\n2\n GG  18\nWATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nof objections. Many of these objections are to a few very controversial applications\nand it is of interest to note that many objectors are basing their objections on possible\npollution grounds rather than on matters which come under the jurisdiction of the\nComptroller of Water Rights.\nNo particular new trends are discoverable from this year's final figures. Applications for licences to authorize the use of water on subdivisions and for various\nmining purposes continue to arrive at a rate comparable with previous years, and\nliaison is maintained with the Public Utilities Commission and with the Mines\nReclamation Committee where applicable.\nA number of licences for the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area Authority are being processed, and the issue of these in the near future should enable\nthe Authority to make an early start on its conservation projects in the Kootenay\nRiver Valley, near Creston.\nStaff changes in the General Office have been fewer than in recent years, there\nhaving been two staff members promoted and transferred to other sections of the\nBranch, two promotions within the General Office, one transfer from another department, and one resignation. Two new members have joined the staff. The present\nestablishment of the General Office comprises one Clerk 7, two Clerks 5, three\nClerks 4, three Clerks 3, two Clerks 2, two Clerks 1, one Clerk-Stenographer 3, one\nClerk-Stenographer 2, and one Clerk-Typist 2.\nThe principal activities of the General Office in the 12-month period ended\nDecember 31, 1969, are shown in the following table, together with the same data\nfor the five preceding years:\u2014\n1964\n1965\n1966\n1967\n1968\n1969\nApplications for\u2014\nLicences \t\nRights-of-way\t\nApportionments  \t\nTransfers of appurtenancy\t\n1,119\n207\n47\n72\n306\n40\n1,277\n273\n68\n90\n329\n44\n1,333\n259\n65\n112\n367\n32\n1,386\n271\n82\n92\n317\n37\n1,624\n339\n73\n97\n324\n40\n1,503\n227\n75\n119\n50\n1,791\n2,081\n2,168\n2,185\n2,497\n2,244\n149\n173\n181\n182\n208\n187\n2,274\n258\n2,348\n350\n2,144\n254\n2,884\n267\n2,921\n296\n2,701\n399\nTotals\t\n2,532\n2,698\n2,398\n3,151\n3,217\n3,100\n1,026\n422\n1,034\n415\n1,163\n543\n1,122\n612\n1,127\n405\n1,103\n444\nTotals  \t\n1,448\n1,449\n1,706\n1,734\n1,532\n1,547\n297\n28\n333\n38\n338\n25\n333\n27\n347\n30\n356\n45\nTotals\t\n325\n371\n363\n360\n377\n401\n(!)\n(i)\n(i)\n(!)\n450\n493\n6,092\n6,599\n6,635\n7,430\n8,073\n7,785\n1 No records kept.\nNote.\u2014\u25a0\" Extension of time orders \" have been consolidated with\n1964 to 1966, inclusive.\napplications for change of works,\" for\nAdministrative Draughting Office\nThe Administrative Draughting Office is staffed by a Chief Draughtsman, a\nSupervising Draughtsman, four Draughtsmen 3, three Draughtsmen 1, and three\nclerks. The main functions of this office are checking the legal status and clearing\nof water applications; compiling, revising, and maintaining water-rights maps; preparing plans for water licences; clearing land applications for the Lands Branch;\n WATER RIGHTS BRANCH\nGG 19\nchecking petitions and preparing legal descriptions for improvement districts; and\nattending to requests for maps and various information from our district offices,\nother departments of Government, and the public.\nApplications for water licences and amendments to licences received by the\nLicensing Division are cleared through the Draughting Office, and a complete check\nis made of the legal status of every application received. In most cases this work\nentails a search of records of other departments of Government, such as Land\nRegistry Office, Surveyor of Taxes, Lands Branch, Department of Highways, etc.\nUpon completion of this work, all applications are entered on the water-rights maps\nand in the stream registers, which together form a record of all pertinent data regarding all water licences and applications within the Province.\nThe Draughting Office is responsible for checking all petitions received requesting incorporation into an improvement district. Checking petitions involves searches\nof records of the Land Registry Office and Surveyor of Taxes to obtain correct property descriptions. When the petitions to incorporate an improvement district have\nbeen checked and found correct, a plan showing all lands within the boundaries of\nthe proposed district is drawn up and a legal description defining the boundaries of\nthe district is prepared. During 1969, eight new districts were incorporated and the\nboundaries of 31 districts were amended. Considerable time was also spent by the\nstaff on draughting work for the Improvement District Division and the Power and\nMajor Licences Division.\nThe table and charts which follow illustrate the work which the Draughting\nOffice has handled during the last five years:\u2014\n1965\n1966\n1967\n1968\n1969\nNew water-licence applications cleared and plotted on maps.\n1,184\n1,587\n71\n15\n19\n46\n21\n289\n198\n38\n333\n2,698\n6,475\n2,251\n1,268\n1,920\n40\n8\n9\n52\n46\n368\n176\n25\n337\n2,410\n6,641\n1,493\n1,299\n1,957\n59\n9\n12\n38\n40\n174\n317\n37\n333\n3,151\n5,662\n280\n1,533\n1,640\n26\n6\n16\n59\n29\n158\n320\n26\n347\n3,217\n6,759\n57\n1,448\n1,961\n51\n7\nNew improvement districts described and plans prepared    .\nImprovement districts' descriptions and plans amended \t\nReference maps renewed   , \u2014 \u2014\nExtensions of time, apportionments, transfers of appurtenancy..\n8\n31\n48\n194\n270\n50\n356\n3,100\nLand clearances (purchases, leases, Crown grants, etc.)\u2014\t\n8,623\n35\nTotals \u2014\t\n15,217\n14,793\n14,368\n14,193\n16,182\n GG 20\nWATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nAPPLICATIONS\nRECEIVED\n035 1333\n1277'\nAPPLICATIONS\nOUTSTANDING   as\nMAJOR AMENDMENTS\nTO   LICENCES\no \u2014 <\\irntt<s)co^--coa)\nvO(D(D(DlD(D(D(0(D(0\n0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0\no \u2014 c\\jro\\.Lr>tor-coa.\n<Oli)lDlDlDlD(D(0(_lvD\n0.0.0)0)0)0.0.010.0.\nO \u2014 OJrO\\t\"UlcDi^oOO)\nvX><\u00a3><\u00a3>vX>vX>COtO(\u00a3><OvX>\n0)0)0)0)0)0)0)0)0)0)\n1163\n--M-W.\n1026   4\n\/Tra4\n222       \/\n239 \"\"\u00bb-\u00bbvv\/'l2_8\n187\nCONDITIONAL\nLICENCES\nFINAL   LICENCES\nISSUED\nTOTAL    LICENCES\nISSUED\n WATER RIGHTS BRANCH GG 21\nDISTRICT ENGINEERS DIVISION\nM. L. Zirul, P.Eng., Chief of Division\nFor administrative purposes, the Province of British Columbia is divided into\n27 water districts. Water Rights Branch district offices, each in the charge of a\nDistrict Engineer, are located at Kamloops, Kelowna, Mission City, Nelson, Prince\nGeorge, and Victoria, each district office being responsible for administration of the\nWater Act within a number of water districts. The accompanying map sheet shows\nwater district boundaries and areas administered by district offices.\nThe effort to cope with the increasing number of applications for water licences\nrequiring investigation and reporting on has continued, although all district offices\nexcept Prince George have lost ground in this respect. The effort has been hampered\nin most cases by our inability to hold staff at the Assistant District Engineers' level\n(Engineer 3) in the face of the more favourable salaries being offered in the private\nsector. A considerable amount of District Engineers' time was required also in the\ninvestigation and reporting on local floods which occurred in the south-central and\nsoutheasterly parts of the Province as a result of rapid runoff of the above-average\nwinter's snow pack and storm conditions experienced in some areas. In particular,\nthe District Engineer at Nelson was involved in the investigation of conditions leading to the disastrous flood which occurred in Trail on April 24th, and prepared a\nreport containing a preliminary design of works recommended to provide adequate\ncapacity for Trail Creek flood flows and to eliminate the probability of occurrence of\nfuture flooding from this source. He also prepared a report recommending construction of works designed to reduce future flooding in the Kimberley area.\nThe District Engineers' reports indicate that good water-supply conditions prevailed generally throughout the Province, with adequate flows being maintained in\nmost streams, with very few exceptions, well into the normally dry season. This did\nhave the effect of greatly reducing conflicts over water use normally demanding\nattention by the district offices and allowed them to direct the effort of available staff\nto more constructive endeavour.\nThe District Engineers serve on the Technical Advisory Committees of the\nregional districts contained within their administrative areas. They are also called\nupon to advise and assist the staffs of other departments of Government in problems\ninvolving stream flows or water supply. They are involved in supplying field assistance in the way of recording water levels in observation wells and sampling snow\ncourses for the Groundwater and Hydrology Divisions of the Water Investigations\nBranch, and have undertaken various phases of projects being carried out by our\nImprovement Districts Engineering Division.\nAs in the past, the district offices have produced a limited number of water\nsupply feasibility studies, including design of waterworks for various groups or\nexisting improvement districts within their areas and they have organized and supervised the construction of river-bank protection or flood-prevention work in several\ninstances where governmental assistance has been given owners in the carrying out\nof projects.\nThe following table summarizes the state of the water-licence application situation at the respective district offices at the end of the report period and records the\nactivity connected with amendment of existing licences and new water licences\nadded to their files:\u2014\n GG 22\nWATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nSummary of Water-licence Application Situation and Licence Amendments Reported\non by District Offices for Period November 1, 1968, to October 31, 1969\nDistrict Offices\nKamloops\nKelowna\nMission\nCity\nNelson\nPrince\nGeorge\nVictoria\nTotal\nApplications for water licences\u2014\u25a0\nOn hand, November 1, 1968 _\t\nReceived during year_\t\nCancelled or abandoned _\t\n284\n337\n31\n187\n403\n4\n34\n14\n28\n28\n6\n0\n369\n53\n172\n230\n55\n149\n198\n7\n134\n27\n25\n32\n9\n3\n225\n105\n121\n252\n30\n172\n171\n6\n71\n13\n20\n0\n0\n19\n178\n141\n291\n239\n28\n152\n350\n15\n73\n15\n27\n36\n0\n0\n151\n102\n121\n144\n26\n154\n85\n3\n34\n4\n5\n2\n5\n2\n120\n35\n65\n222\n14\n199\n74\n2\n16\n7\n16\n6\n44\n0\n139\n30\n1,054\n1,424\n184\n1,013\nOn hand, October 31, 1969 -\t\nApplications for approvals under Water\nAct, section 7, reported on\t\n1,281\n37\n360\nWater-licence amendment reports\u2014\n80\n121\n104\nExtension of time \u2014 ..\t\nOther \t\nNew conditional water licences entered....\n64\n24\n1,182\n466\nThe\n I |\t\nseparate reports of the respective District Engineers follow\nKamloops District Office\nD. E. Smuin, P.Eng., District Engineer.\nThe Kamloops District Office administers the Water Act in the Kamloops,\nAshcroft, Cariboo, and Nicola Water Districts within the Fraser River drainage\nbasin in the south-central part of the Province, an area comprising some 50,000\nsquare miles.\nWater supply and the demand therefor varies considerably within the four\ndistricts administered. In some areas the available flow in many streams has been\nfully appropriated for established use, and additional development is hindered by\nlack of further readily available water. On the other hand, in some sparsely settled\nareas, particularly in the Chilcotin area, there is still a surplus of this vital resource.\nDuring the report year, despite a severe staff shortage, many water-use problems received attention. The weather was favourable in that rainfall was sufficient in\nmost areas for good crop production, although some sections of the Cariboo experienced excessive moisture, particularly during hay-cutting periods.\nShortage of staff was a continuing condition which worsened in 1969 as both\nAssistant District Engineers' positions were vacant from May to September, the\nperiod of the year when most problems requiring investigation occur. District technical staff was utilized whenever it was possible to do so but, needless to say, many\ncontroversies received only minimal attention.\nAfter the very successful accomplishments by this office in 1968, it is disheartening to note the ground lost during 1969 as a result of the severe shortage of staff.\nDuring the year the Kamloops office lost the services of Assistant District\nEngineer E. D. Anthony, who was promoted to the position of District Engineer at\nKelowna. Engineering Aide R. W. McPetrie resigned to accept other employment.\nMr. H. Van Camp joined the staff to fill one of the two Assistant District Engineer\nvacancies and Mr. J. E. Fetters joined as engineering assistant.\n WATER RIGHTS BRANCH\nGG 23\nEngineering Investigations and Projects\nPrepared a report on probable effects of a proposed channel improvement in the\nlower Salmon River.\nCarried out supervision of construction of Smith and Yook Lake dams.\nSupervised the construction of channel improvements in Peterson Creek at\nKamloops.\nSupervised the excavation, by the water-users community, of the outlet channel\nfrom Monte Lake.\nInspected the site of a recurring drainage problem at the outlet of Moutell\nCreek, Salmon Arm area.\nPrepared a report on the possible diversion from Walloper Creek to augment\nirrigation water supplies in the Knutsford area.\nAssisted personnel of the Pollution Control Branch in connection with their\nCanim Lake pollution study.\nPrepared a feasibility report for Hillcrest Waterworks District to determine the\neconomic feasibility of developing groundwater to augment their present surface\nsupply.\nInspected obstruction of Williams Lake River caused by the collapse of a\nrailway culvert, and made suggestions to alleviate basement flooding caused by high\nwater levels in Williams Lake.\nInspected and ordered removal of causeway remnants in flood channel of\nNorth Thompson River.\nConducted an investigation of water use by Brenda Mines and silting of water\nresulting from construction of tailings-dam, in co-operation with staff of Kelowna\nDistrict Office.\nKelowna District Office\nE. D. Anthony, P.Eng., District Engineer\nThe Kelowna District Office administers the Water Act in the Fairview, Grand\nForks, Princeton, Revelstoke, and Vernon Water Districts, which comprise the\nKettle, Similkameen, and Okanagan drainage basins, the Shuswap River drainage\nbasin above Sicamous, and the portion of the Columb'a River basin from its confluence with the Canoe River down to the north end of the Upper Arrow Lake.\nWhile an average snow pack and normal soil-moisture contents indicated an\nanticipated average spring run-off, heavy rainfalls and mild temperatures during the\nmelt period resulted in near record peak flow in many of the streams in the northern\nportion of the Okanagan basin. Flooding occurred around Kalamalka and Swan\nLakes and along Vernon and BX Creeks. High flows in Duteau Creek flooded\nportions of Lumby. Studies are now under way to determine a more accurate\nmethod of forecasting run-off in the Kalamalka Lake and BX Creek watersheds.\nAlthough the spring run-off approached record proportions, there were no\nreports of damage caused by failure of any licensed storage structures. An unlicensed storage dam failed near Rutland in May, causing considerable damage.\nIn September, a tailing-pond failed, causing damage in the City of Greenwood. It\nis proposed, next summer, to update our data on licensed storage structures in order\nto assess more accurately the safety of these works.\nThe majority of the storage reservoirs were filled to capacity by the above-\naverage spring run-off. Okanagan Lake peaked at 1,123.56 feet G.S.C. datum on\nJune 12, 1969, bringing the lake level to within 0.23 feet of full allowable storage.\nAmple storage water and normal summer precipitation resulted in very few complaints of water shortages being received.\n GG 24\nWATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nIn April, 1969, Mr. R. J. Talbot, P.Eng., District Engineer, accepted a position\nwith the Fraser River Flood Control Programme and was replaced by Mr. E. D.\nAnthony, P.Eng.\nDespite numerous changes in staff, a record number of final-licence reports was\nsubmitted and 204 water-licence applications were processed.\nWith the continued development in the district, the problems involved in water\nresources development become more complex. The number of requests to attend\nmeetings of regional district planning boards, improvement districts, and the general\npublic increased markedly during the past year.\nA summary of the water-licence applications processed by this office during\nthe past 10 years is shown in the following table:\u2014\nYear\nApplications\nReceived\nReports\nSubmitted\nCancelled\nor Abandoned\nTotal\nI960      \t\n193\n168\n115\n211\n192\n187\n196\n209\n229\n230\n141\n146\n153\n177\n193\n145\n165\n156\n209\n149\n22\n13\n31\n18\n46\n13\n35\n27\n24\n55\n163\n1961\t\n159\n1962   -\n174\n1963    -\n195\n1964        \t\n239\n1965 \u2014                    \t\n158\n1966 \t\n200\n1967                    \t\n183\n1968           . _..\t\n233\n1969\t\n204\nEngineering Investigations and Projects\nSupervised the reconstruction of the irrigation system of the Wood Lake Irrigation District.\nPrepared a feasibility study of the installation of a domestic-water system for\nthe Brash Creek Local Improvement Area of the Regional District of North\nOkanagan.\nPrepared a report on the use of Lambly Creek water by Lakeview Irrigation\nDistrict.\nPrepared a report on the availability of unrecorded water in the Kalamalka\nLake watershed and the effect of the proposed industrial development at Winfield on\nthe water availability.\nPrepared a cost estimate of proposed channel improvements to Boundary Creek\nfor erosion and flood control.\nPrepared a cost estimate of proposed drainage works in the Ambrosi Subdivision for the Regional District of Central Okanagan.\nMission City District Office\nE. G. Harrison, P.Eng., District Engineer\nThe Mission District Office assists the Comptroller of Water Rights in the\nadministration of the Water Act in the Vancouver and New Westminster Water\nDistricts, an area of approximately 40,000 square miles in southwestern British\nColumbia. Most attention is required in a 1,000-square-mile portion of the Lower\nFraser Valley and Sechelt-Powell River areas.\nFortunately, water during the year was in good supply and only a few complaints of shortage required attention. This made it possible to devote more time to\nthe inspection of applications for water licences. The increase in population, as well\nas the general expansion and development within the two water districts, have been\nreflected in an increased demand for water, and again this year a record number of\n WATER RIGHTS BRANCH\nGG 25\napplications for water licences was received, along with a proportional number of\nobjections thereto, all of which required investigation. The increase in number of\napplications for amendments to water licences also continued this year. An above-\naverage number of applications for apportionments and transfers of appurtenancy\nwere received as changes were made in land use or as land was subdivided.\nThere has also been an increase in the number of complaints, both from individuals and groups or organizations, regarding the use of chemicals for spraying\nroad and transmission-line rights-of-way, and in the use of pesticides which may\naffect streams. Complaints have also been received in connection with gravel-\nwashing operations and similar works near streams, which interfere with or destroy\nfish and waterfowl. Many investigations and discussions with interested individuals\nand groups have taken place in attempting to resolve some of those problems at a\nlocal level.\nPersonnel changes and a continued shortage of staff has had an effect on production during the year. Normally there are six full-time employees on the Mission\nDistrict Office staff, comprising a District Engineer, Assistant District Engineer,\ntechnician, two engineering aides, and a clerk-stenographer. No replacements have\nso far been obtained for the Assistant District Engineer and two engineering aides\nwho resigned during the summer, consequently the office has been operating at reduced strength. Until recently it has been possible to cope with the routine office\nbusiness which has been continually increasing since the office was established in\n1.961, but recently investigations of applications for water licences, final-licence\nsurveys, and other matters have unavoidably fallen behind. Participation in the\ntechnical planning committee meetings of regional districts and attention to the\nincreased numbers of requests from ratepayers' groups, small municipalities, improvement districts, and others for assistance in improving waterworks systems and\nother works has made additional demands on the office.\nEngineering Investigations and Projects\nAssisted Lindell Beach Residents' Association with design and construction of\nnew water intake in Spring Creek.\nInvestigated and advised residents at Irvines Landing regarding water supply.\nAssisted Town of Hope in completing construction of dykes on Coquihalla\nRiver.\nAdvised Blue Water Park Improvement District regarding extension of water\nsystem.\nNelson District Office\nT. H. Oxland, P.Eng., District Engineer\nThe Nelson, Kaslo, Cranbrook, Fernie, and Golden Water Districts, which\ncontain some 26,000 square miles in the southeast corner of British Columbia, are\nadministered by the Water Rights District Office at Nelson. This office is presently\nstaffed by a District Engineer, two Assistant Engineers, a technician, and a clerk-\nstenographer, all permanent employees. During the summer, two survey assistants\nwere employed to help with final-licence surveys and with field work for miscellaneous engineering studies.\nThe work this year has been dominated by the investigation of flooding and\nerosion problems which resulted from the high-volume run-off from the record snow\npack which occurred in the southwest section of the district. The major flood in\nTrail Creek in April this year, which caused heavy damage within the City of Trail,\nresulted primarily from heavy rain on a melting snow pack.   In Kimberley, the same\n GG 26 WATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nrain-storm caused flooding in residential areas adjacent to the city. In the Creston\narea, normally intermittent watercourses caused local flooding of orchard areas. In\nthe Castlegar area, slides in several small mountain creeks damaged property and\nblocked the main highway. Reports on these floods have been prepared and implementation of flood-control works is presently under study by the parties concerned.\nA cool, wet spring and summer followed the extremely cold winter, with the\nresult that good stream-flow was maintained during most of the year. The number\nof water-use complaints, therefore, were minimal as compared to flood, erosion, and\npollution complaints.\nThe request for assistance from improvement districts and water-users communities decreased this year, and the backlog of outstanding reports requiring\nattention has been reduced to one. The feasibility report for the Mirror Lake area\nwas abandoned after water users evidenced a lack of interest in formation of an\nimprovement district.\nThe Technical Planning Committee meetings for the three regional districts\nwithin the Nelson District were attended throughout the year.\nThe applications for water licences received continues to outnumber the reports\nsubmitted for applications inspected. The staff time involved in inspecting flooding\nproblems and preparation of reports, particularly in the preparation of the report\ncovering the Trail Creek flood at Trail, was the chief cause for lower output in\nother directions this year. The applications for water licences, particularly in the\nsettled areas, also requires more staff time, since extensive investigation is necessary\nwhen many of the suitable water sources are already fully committed under existing licences.\nEngineering Investigations and Projects\nOnly one feasibility report initiated last year remains to be completed, that is\nthe report for the Oasis Improvement District. Feasibility reports for water supply\nwere completed for the Ootischenia Improvement District, the Slocan Park Improvement District, and Ainsworth Townsite.\nA report was prepared for the Trail Flood Disaster Committee which contained\nrecommendations for flood control on Trail Creek within the municipal boundaries\nof both Trail and Warfield.\nA report was also prepared on the flooding that occurred at Kimberley.\nTwo domestic-water storage dams for the City of Trail were inspected and\nrecommendations for the operation of these storages were worked out with the city.\nConstruction of a temporary spillway for the Violin Lake dam was also approved.\nIn addition to the above, 30 flood and erosion problems, most of which were\nwithin the Creston, Trail, and Castlegar areas, received attention in varying degree,\ndepending upon their severity.\nSeventeen pollution problems were investigated in the West Kootenay area.\nThe major cause of these problems was faulty construction of logging-roads, which\ninterfered with normal drainage patterns.\nNine complaints of unauthorized diversion of streams and seven water-sharing\ncomplaints were also investigated.\nRehabilitation of the borrow area for the High Arrow Dam and the control of\ndrainage through this area was undertaken by British Columbia Hydro during the\nearly fall. This work was based on proposals agreed upon during meetings of the\nDistrict Engineer with officials of British Columbia Hydro this year.\nOne river-bank protection project to arrest erosion on the Elk River near Hos-\nmer was completed this year, in co-operation with the Water Investigations Branch.\n WATER RIGHTS BRANCH GG 27\nPrince George District Office\nC. E. Wilson, P.Eng., District Engineer\nThe Prince George, Quesnel, Peace River, Liard, Atlin, Fort Fraser, Hazelton,\nand Prince Rupert Water Districts, which contain approximately two-thirds of the\narea of British Columbia, are administered by the Prince George District Office. The\nstaff is made up of a District Engineer, an Assistant District Engineer, an engineering\ntechnician, and a clerk-stenographer. Normally one student is employed during the\nsummer to assist in the draughting and survey duties of the office. However, this\npast year the position of Assistant District Engineer was vacant. An additional\nstudent was hired to allow use of the engineering technician for more pressing\nmatters.\nUnusual sub-zero weather prevailed through the latter few days of December\nand all of January, except for the second week. Temperatures reached a low of\n45\u00b0 F. below zero.\nFrasil ice formed in the Nechako River and piled up at the confluence with\nthe Fraser. Within hours the entire Nechako River through Prince George was\nchoked with ice, causing the river level to rise, resulting in extensive flooding in the\nIsland Cache and lumber storage-yards in the industral area.\nThe run-off in the area generally was much less than normal, except for the\nUpper Nechako watershed, thus causing little flooding. Some frozen culverts were\nreported in the Quesnel and Giscome areas, but this problem was generally taken\ncare of by the Department of Highways.\nDuring the months of May and June, this area had extremely hot and dry\nweather and a water-shortage problem developed on Vienna Creek, south of Prince\nGeorge. The remainder of the summer was cool and wet and no further water-\nshortage problems were experienced.\nThe Lafreniere and Willow River Improvement Districts were incorporated.\nLafreniere for waterworks and Willow River for road-building purposes.\nThe District Engineer attended meetings of the Technical Planning Committees of the Regional Districts of Bulkley-Nechako and Fraser-Fort George. The\nCariboo Regional District Technical Planning Committee had its first meeting in\nOctober. A number of meetings sponsored by the Regional District of Fraser-Fort\nGeorge were attended when water-supply and sewage-disposal proposals for the\nGreater Prince George area were discussed.\nThe District Engineer visited the Queen Charlotte Islands and discussed various\nproblems with local residents.\nMeetings were attended at Fort St. John, Chetwynd, Quesnel, Lafreniere Subdivision, College Heights Improvement District, Charella Gardens, and Port\nClements Improvement Districts to discuss water problems.\nWater-level observations for test-wells in the Prince George area were continued for the Groundwater Division.\nEngineering Investigations and Projects\nInspected erosion damage at McBride, Valemount, Chilako River, and on the\nNechako River in Prince George. Channel improvements were carried out on\nDore Creek at McBride and Swift Creek at Valemount.\nInspected alleged flooding damage in Giscome area on Eaglet Lake, winter\nice-flooding in the Cottonwood Improvement District area adjacent to Prince George,\nand flooding due to high levels on Cluculz Lake.\n GG 28\nWATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nInspected dams on Vandenberg Creek at Telkwa, Wolf Creek at Port Edward,\nPickard Creek at McLeese Lake, and Vienna Creek at Red Rock.\nPrepared report, including design and cost estimate, covering possible protection of Island Cache area at Prince George by dykes, and investigated feasibility\nof construction of an earth-fill dam and water supply for Halltray Farms north of\nVanderhoof. Engineering information was collected for future feasibility studies\nat Hazelton and Moberly Lake near Chetwynd. The completed water supply feasibility study was reviewed with the residents of Endako, but they decided not to\nproceed with construction at this time.\nInspected the widening of the old channel built by Canadian National Railways\nin 1914 between the two parts of Burns Lake.\nAssisted the Improvement Districts Division in engineering work for the Pine-\nview and Blackburn Improvement Districts.\nA summary of the water-licence applications processed by this office during\nthe past seven years is shown in the following table:\u2014\nYear\nApplications\nReceived\nReports\nSubmitted\nCancelled\nor Abandoned\nTotal\n1963    \t\n77\n161\n135\n164\n133\n142\n144\n38\n116\n101\n121\n81\n123\n154\n8\n30\n31\n20\n19\n21\n26\n46\n1964\t\n146\n1965  \t\n132\n1966 \t\n141\n1967\t\n100\n1968                \t\n144\n1969\t\n180\nVictoria District Office\nP. G. Odynsky, P.Eng., District Engineer\nThe Victoria District Office administers the Water Act throughout Vancouver\nIsland, the Gulf Islands, and adjacent islands. This area comprises the Victoria,\nNanaimo, and Alberni Water Districts.\nThe office staff in 1969 consisted of a District Engineer and one engineering\ntechnician, in addition to which two university students were hired during the summer to carry out final-licence surveys and assist with draughting and clerical duties.\nWeather conditions varied widely during 1969. Heavy snowfalls with freezing\ntemperatures established new records throughout the island region during January,\nthe temperature falling to 4\u00b0 F. for Victoria and \u20144\u00b0 in Nanaimo on December 30,\n1968. Snow lay at sea-level until the end of January. In March and April most\nisland snow courses reported new record high-water equivalents. Warm day temperatures and cool nights in April and May caused run-off to be extended well into\nJune, without significant flooding. Some shortage of water began to develop in\nJuly. Rainfall in August ended the long period of warm, dry weather which began\nin April.\nThe steadily increasing demands made on the water resource as a result of\nthe increase in population in the islands region has increased the work load of the\nVictoria District Office to the point where difficulty is experienced in completing the\nnecessary inspections and administering normal water-resource use. The Victoria\nDistrict Office will soon require additional engineering or technical staff in order to\nfulfil effectively its technical, administrative, and public-relations responsibilities\nthroughout the islands region.\n WATER RIGHTS BRANCH\nGG 29\nEngineering Investigations and Projects\nInvestigations were made and action taken or reports forwarded on complaints\nof water damage due to flooding or erosion on the following streams: Robertson\nRiver at Mesachie Lake, Black Brook at Qualicum Bay, Nanoose Creek near\nNanoose Bay; unnamed surface run-off in the Happy Valley and Saanich areas,\nSproat Lake and McCoy Lake near Port Alberni; surface storm run-off in Harewood District, Nanaimo, Langford Lake, Chase River at South Wellington, York\nLake at Cedar, Mason Spring at Cordova Bay, Miller Brook at Esquimalt, Annie\nCreek at Qualicum Bay, and Michael Lake at Cedar.\nSupervision was provided for the Cowichan River bank-protection project\nundertaken by the Village of Lake Cowichan.\nInvestigations were made of the following complaints of pollution of streams:\nBilston Creek by a slaughter-house; Bird Creek at Mill Bay by silt; Menzies Creek\nby silt resulting from highway construction; Heyd Brook near Tofino, resulting from\nconstruction of a youth hostel.\nOther miscellaneous investigations were carried out as follows: Use of water\nunder licences on Utility Brook at Youbou inspected and reported on; storage\ndams on Oliphant Lake and China Lake, Malahat District, inspected together with\nlicensed use of water from Bamber and Oliphant Creeks; inspected and reported\non water system proposals of Garnett Creek Water-users Community at Cherry\nPoint; investigations made, meetings held and reports forwarded for licensing use\nby the Greater Victoria Water Board and by municipalities in Victoria area; investigations made, meetings held, and report forwarded for licensing storage of\nwater on Young Lake at Sooke; water shortage investigated in South Taggard\nCreek near Mill Bay, Cypress Springs at Deep Cove, Averill Creek at Somenos,\nChris Spring at Esquimalt Lagoon, and French Spring at Maple Bay; inspected the\nexisting water system from Mercantile Creek for the Village of Ucluelet; investigated licensed use of water from Enos Lake at Nanoose Bay; investigated complaints of unauthorized dams on Metchosin Creek and Hewitt Creek in the Metchosin\narea; investigated proposed use of water for mining and milling copper ores from\nMarble River, Alice and Victoria Lakes in the Port Hardy area; investigated complaints of obstructions and unauthorized works in the Robertson River at Mesachie\nLake; inspected complaint of removal of topsoil from lands adjacent to the Nanaimo River, possibly resulting in the river flooding a drilled well in the area;\ninspected complaints of obstructions in Millstream Creek at Langford; inspected\ncomplaint of obstruction by landfill of drainage from a spring-fed swamp at Qualicum Bay.\nIMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS DIVISION\nR. A. Pollard, P.Eng., Chief of Division\nThere are now 300 improvement districts incorporated under the Water Act,\nfour less than a year ago. During 1969 the following new districts were incorporated: Blue Water Park Improvement District, Campbell-Bennett Bay Improvement\nDistrict, Lafreniere Improvement District, Lake Kathlyn Improvement District,\nMountain View Waterworks District, North Gabriola Fire Protection District,\nStardel Waterworks District, Triangle Mountain Improvement District, Wasa Land\nImprovement District, and Willow River Forest Improvement District. The following districts were dissolved: Arnold Waterworks District, Asp Creek Irrigation\nDistrict, Chase Waterworks District, Hillside Waterworks District, Mission Dyking\nDistrict, Port Hardy Improvement District, Selma Park Improvement District,\nSicamous Improvement District, Silverdale Dyking District, Sumas No. 3 Road\n GG 30 WATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nIrrigation District, Valleyview Irrigation District, Westbank Waterworks District,\nWest Lantzville Waterworks District, and Western Latoria Road Waterworks District.\nThe territorial boundaries of an improvement district and the object, or objects,\nfor which the district is incorporated is set out in its Letters Patent. Upon petition\nof the trustees, the Letters Patent may be amended to include new lands within the\ndistrict or exclude land, or to include extra objects. Many districts which were\noriginally incorporated for one purpose now have several. The activities for which\nthe districts are responsible include irrigation, waterworks, dyking, drainage, and\nland improvement. The Letters Patent of 34 improvement districts were amended\nin 1969, most changes being boundary amendments.\nAll improvement districts are empowered by the Water Act to raise revenue\nby the levying of a tax or taxes upon one or more of a number of bases and by the\nimposition of tolls and other charges. They are also empowered to issue debentures\nto obtain funds for capital purposes. In many cases, improvement district debentures\nand interest thereon are guaranteed by the Province pursuant to the Improvement\nDistricts Assistance Loan Act. There is now $9,394,500 of such guaranteed debentures outstanding, of which $1,766,000 was guaranteed during 1969.\nEngineering Services\nThe Engineering Section of the Improvement Districts Division provides a\ncomprehensive technical service to improvement districts, or communities considering incorporating as improvement districts, throughout the Province. This service\nis variously concerned with domestic water-supply schemes, irrigation projects, or\ndrainage and sewerage works. The nature of assistance provided falls generally\ninto three categories.\nWhere new schemes or rehabilitation of existing works are contemplated, the\nSection carries out an engineering investigation, and then prepares a report giving\ntechnical recommendations, cost estimates, and an assessment of the economic feasibility of the scheme.\nOnce the decision to initiate a project has been made, the district then submits\nplans, specifications, and details of proposed financing methods for checking and\napproval by the Section. Certain requirements must be met before a recommendation for Government guarantee of a loan will be made. In many instances, details\nof a project are discussed at length with the district's consultants, and revisions or\nmodifications recommended.\nIn some circumstances the Section assumes full responsibility for the engineering of a project. After the preliminary surveys and investigation have been completed, the Section then prepares final design drawings, specifications, and contract\ndocuments, and finally provides supervision of construction.\nAdvice is also given to districts regarding operational problems, or modifications and repairs to existing systems.\nThroughout the year, personnel from the Division travelled extensively in the\nProvince, holding meetings with district trustees, organization committees, municipalities, and other groups actively concerned with problems of development. About\n50 improvement districts were visited regarding their administration alone.\nReports Prepared and under Preparation\nBrash Creek Area.\u2014Following a request from a small community located near\nBrash Creek, 4 miles east of Enderby, an investigation into water-supply possibilities\n WATER RIGHTS ERANCH\nGG 31\nwas carried out. The ensuing report indicated that the provision of a water system\nto serve this area was not economically feasible.\nCampbell-Bennett Bay Improvement District.\u2014This district was formed in\norder to acquire and operate works formerly owned by Mayne Island Water Co. Ltd.\nAn interim report was prepared in which the existing works were appraised and the\nadministrative implications of the proposed take-over by the district were outlined.\nFollowing completion of current ownership negotiations, it is intended to prepare a\nsecond report in which recommendations regarding system modifications and future\npolicies will be made.\nCovert Irrigation District.\u2014Situated about 3 miles west of the City of Grand\nForks, this is an old established district which has experienced considerable subdivision into small parcels. There is a conflict of interest between the large landholders\nand the small parcelholders, who are mainly part-time farmers. To satisfy its requirements for water, the district has recently drilled a well to supplement the\ngravity supply from July Creek. Two reports were prepared during the year proposing extensions of the pipe-lines to ensure adequate distribution of the well water\nand covering different supply areas, but these proposals cannot be implemented until\nthe conflict is resolved.\nCranberry Fire Protection District.\u2014Having recently amended their Letters\nPatent to include water supply, the Cranberry Fire Protection District, located 4\nmiles south of Nanaimo, desired to have the cost aspects of water supply investigated.\nThe subsequent report showed that the density of existing development was inadequate to support the cost of a community water-supply system.\nElko.\u2014Following receipt by the Comptroller of a petition by two groups of\nlandowners in Elko, one to form an improvement district and the other a water-users\ncommunity, an investigation was made of possible sources of water supply for Elko.\nA memorandum\/report was prepared which concluded that a new water system for\nan improvement district was not at present economically feasible. Applications to\nform a water-users community would therefore be considered.\nFort Nelson Improvement District.\u2014Demands on the Fort Nelson Improvement District for new water and sewer services in the area have continued during\n1969. At the request of the district, two reports were prepared on proposed water\nand sewer system extensions\u2014(1) water and sewer service for First Avenue NE. and\npart of Second and Third Avenues NW.; and (2) water service for Third Avenue\nNE. It was shown that these extensions could not be financially self-supporting\nunder the district's present tax and toll structure without a capital contribution from\neach benefiting landowner.\nGrand Forks Irrigation District.\u2014This district covers a large area to the south\nand east of the City of Grand Forks. The present low-pressure pumping system was\ndesigned and constructed by the Lands Department in the early 1920's and still\noperates effectively. Most farmers have abandoned furrow irrigation, however, and\nfind that the old system is too expensive when the extra cost of pumping to produce\npressure for sprinkler irrigation is added. A pilot area of about 1,000 acres within\nthe district is being studied to see if it is feasible to replace the existing works with a\nhigh-pressure system fed from wells.\nHaslam Lake.\u2014Powell River Eduction Pipe-line: In response to requests by\nlocal property owners, the pipe-line from Haslam Lake which supplies the District\nof Powell River was inspected and a memorandum\/report prepared on the possible\nhazard of flooding in the event of a rupture of this pipe-line between the lake and\nsurge shaft. It was concluded that the chance of pipe-line failure is remote and, even\nif it should occur, there would be no danger to life or property.\n GG 32 WATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nHutchinson Cove Area.\u2014At the request of local property owners, a report was\nprepared on the technical and financial aspects of providing a water system to serve\nthe Hutchinson Cove area near Sooke on the west coast of Vancouver Island. The\nruggedness of the local terrain and the long lengths of pipe-line required would make\nthe cost of the scheme exceptionally high. The report, therefore, concluded that the\nproposal was not economically feasible at this time.\nLarkin Waterworks District.\u2014Composed mainly of dry-land farms, Larkin is a\nrich agricultural area to the south of Armstrong in the Okanagan Valley. Farm\nactivities have been hampered for a great many years by an irregular water supply\nfrom a small creek. A report was prepared recommending a well source feeding an\nenlarged distribution system to a somewhat extended area. Subsequently, the well\nwas drilled and has proved to be adequate. The district has resolved to proceed with\nthe construction of the scheme in 1970.\nOtter Lake Waterworks District.\u2014Otter Lake is a rich agricultural area to the\nwest of Armstrong which takes a bulk supply of water from the city. Because\nArmstrong is at a generally lower level than Otter Lake, the district has suffered\npressure difficulties and water shortages in dry summers. A report has been prepared recommending the replacement of the old system with a modern water supply\nfed from a high-capacity well which exists to the southeast of the district.\nQuadra Island.\u2014At the request of land owners on the southern part of Quadra\nIsland, a study was made of the possibilities for a community water supply for the\narea. Earlier investigation had indicated that the only economically feasible source\ncould be groundwater, if available in quantity, to serve the settlements of Quathiaski\nCove and Heriot Bay. The Groundwater Division, Water Resources Service, studied\nthe surficial geology of the area and recommended rotary test-drilling to locate suitable aquifer material. A report was prepared proposing a separate water system\nfor Quathiaski Cove and Heriot Bay on the tentative assumption of a suitable well in\neach settlement.\nVananda Waterworks District.\u2014At the request of the trustees, the district's\ngravity domestic water system was inspected and a report prepared with recommendations for improving the system. Two schemes were proposed\u2014Scheme A, to cost\n$86,000 for a new gravity pipe-line along the old route, with booster pumping to\nhigh parts of the district; and Scheme B, to cost $72,000 for pumping from Priest\nLake to a reservoir, and thence via a new, shorter, gravity pipe-line to Vananda.\nDesign and Engineering Services\nFort Nelson Improvement District.\u2014At present this district obtains its water\nsupply from the Muskwa River by pumping during the winter months through a\n6,000-foot-long pipe-line into a 40,000,000-gallon reservoir near the community\nfor use during the entire year. During the summer freshet the Muskwa carries too\nheavy a sediment load for domestic use of the raw water. A study is being made on\nobtaining a new, year-round source of water for the district, either by constructing a\nnew open water intake on the Muskwa, together with a sedimentation pond, or from\ngroundwater with provision for any treatment which may be required to improve the\nchemical quality of the water. The Water Supply and Investigations Division and\nthe Groundwater Division of the Water Investigations Branch have assisted in this\nwork. A topographic survey was made by the Investigations Division of a proposed\nnew intake area on the Muskwa River. With technical advice from the Groundwater\nDivision, cable-tool, test-well drilling was conducted on an alluvial bar of the\nMuskwa River near Fort Nelson under an $8,600 contract supervised by the Improvement Districts Division.  This exploration proved up an aquifer of sufficient\n WATER RIGHTS BRANCH\nGG 33\ncapacity to supply this growing district. However, the chemical quality of the raw\ngroundwater may not be good. Samples pumped from a successful test well are\npresently being analysed.\nGrandview Waterworks District.\u2014ARDA Project 29044, namely, the second-\nstage rehabilitation of the farm water-supply system serving the Grandview Waterworks District, was commenced in April, 1969, and completed by November. The\nwork, involving modifications to the intake and approximately 20,000 feet of pipelines and service pipes, was carried out by the district, using direct labour. Engineering services for both design and supervision were provided by this Division. The\nfinal cost will be substantially below the original estimate of $57,000.\nQuinsam Heights Waterworks District.\u2014This district is part of the Greater\nCampbell River Water District and contains some of the highest developed ground\nin the Greater Water District. Low-pressure problems have developed in high areas,\npartly as a result of head loss in the Greater Water District's mains. The problem\nwas examined and recommendations made for immediate and future action to be\ntaken to correct the situation.\nSlocan Park Improvement District.\u2014An application for ARDA assistance in\nreconstructing the Slocan Park water system has been accepted by the Federal and\nProvincial Governments and the design of the new system has commenced.\nSteele Springs Waterworks District.\u2014The existing system which provides water\nto this agricultural community had developed pressure problems. The trustees were\ngiven advice on how to determine the source of their troubles and, after effecting\nsome repairs, have removed the immediate problem. A long-term shortage exists,\nhowever, and further work will be needed to make the system adequate in all respects.\nWood Lake Improvement District.\u2014ARDA Project 29008, namely, rehabilitation of the Wood Lake irrigation works, commenced in 1967 and was essentially\ncompleted in 1969. The new system operated throughout the 1969 irrigation season.\nThe new works have resulted in a much reduced consumption of water by the district,\nwhich suggests that the irrigated area could be extended, thereby broadening the\nrevenue base. Water supply and use during the 1970 irrigation season, at least,\nmust be observed before this can be confirmed.\nWalhachin Waterworks District.\u2014The water system serving the Walhachin\nWaterworks District was originally installed in 1907 and is now generally in very\npoor condition. This Division is investigating alternative sources of supply, in addition to other aspects of system operation, with a view to assisting the district with\nthe urgent problem of system rehabilitation.\nWater Supply and Sewerage Proposals Reviewed\nDistrict\nDescription of Proposal\nStatus of Project\nat End of Year\nApproximate Estimated Cost\nB.C. Fruitlands Irrigation\nDistrict\nBlackburn Improvement District\nInstallation of sanitary sewer system _\nInstallation of domestic-water system\nInstallation   of  sanitary   sewers   and\ndomestic-water system\nMajor   extensions  to   existing  water\nsystem\nInstallation of domestic-water system...\nRenewal of syphon\t\nPreliminary planning stage\nWell completed, other works\npostponed until next year\n$2,442,000\n222,000\n283,000\ntrict\nClearbrook Waterworks District\nClearwater Improvement District\nConstruction completed\t\nPreliminary planning stage\n66,000\n284,000\n31,000\n163,000\ntrict\nFort Fraser Waterworks District\nInstallation of sanitary sewer system\nand sewage lagoon\nConstruction completed\t\n GG 34 WATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nWater Supply and Sewerage Proposals Reviewed\u2014Continued\nDistrict\nDescription of Proposal\nStatus of Project\nat End of Year\nApproximate Estimated Cost\nHagensborg Waterworks District\nLafreniere Improvement District\nMill Bay Waterworks District\nNechako   Improvement   District\nMajor   water   system   extensions   to\nserve Hagensborg (West)\nInstallation   of  sanitary   sewers   and\ndomestic-water system\nExtension of water system to a new\nsubdivision\nInstallation of sanitary sewer collection system\nConstruction of additional well and\nmiscellaneous pipe-line extensions\nInstallation of domestic-water system;\ngroundwater sources\nInstallation of domestic-water system..\n$61,000\nPreliminary planning stage\nPreliminary planning stage \u2014\nPreliminary planning stage....\n128,000\n9,000\n1,212,000\n50,000\ntrict\nOotischenia Improvement District\nPineview   Improvement   District\nSaltair Waterworks District.__\nTraders    Cove    Waterworks\nDistrict\nPreliminary planning stage ...\nConstruction completed\t\n165,000\n253,000\nMajor   modifications   to   distribution\nworks\nInstallation of domestic-water systems\nInstallation of domestic-water system..\nExtension to sewer system  \t\nConstruction completed\t\nPreliminary planning stage\u2014.\n70,000\n70,000\n30,000\n23,000\n166,000\nment District\nWestbank Irrigation District...\nPreliminary planning stage.-.\nDistrict\nPOWER AND MAJOR LICENCES DIVISION\nH. M. Hunt, P.Eng., Chief of Division\nMajor Licensing Administration\nActivities on such major developments as the Duncan and Arrow Lakes projects during 1969 consisted mainly of reservoir cleanup as aftermaths to the previous\nyears of vigorous construction activity on the dams and ancillary works. On the\nother hand, work at Mica dam-site maintained its fast pace toward the scheduled\ninitial filling date in April, 1973. Progress on the massive Peace River project continued to be entirely satisfactory, and units 4 and 5 were put into commercial\nservice, thereby completing the installation of half of the ultimate capacity of\n2,300 MW of the Gordon M. Shrum Generating Station.\nMuch of the Division's time was spent co-ordinating the work of preparing\nLibby Reservoir for the flooding deadline of May, 1972.\nInspections of dams throughout the Province were undertaken, including existing structures and such new works and reconstruction of old dams as those included\nin the Jordan River Hydro Electric project, with a view to determining their adequacy from a safety standpoint and to ensure that construction was proceeding in\naccordance with the design assumptions.\nFlood-control Operations\nGenerally, inflows to the various reservoirs in the Province during 1969 were\nbelow average. For example, Nechako reservoir fell short of filling by three-tenths\nof a foot. However, both Duncan and Arrow reservoirs were full by mid-July and\ndraughting from storage for power operations was commenced in August. Williston\nreservoir continued to fill, but not as rapidly as anticipated.\nIn view of these circumstances, special operations for flood control were not\nrequired.\n WATER RIGHTS BRANCH\nGG 35\nPower-policy Planning\nSpecific fields of study in connection with power-policy planning include the\ncompilation of historical electric-power generating records and the preparation of\nforecasts of future load growth, studies of international power-system developments\nsuch as the Columbia River, review of other benefits available to the public at\nhydro-electric developments, and preparation of an inventory of available undeveloped power resources.\nUndeveloped Water Power in British Columbia\nThe Water Rights Branch of the Department of Lands, Forests, and Water\nResources, Government of British Columbia, in conjunction with the Inland Waters\nBranch of the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Government of Canada,\nhas prepared an Index of Undeveloped Hydro-electric Power Sites in British Columbia which is part of a study covering the whole of Canada. Many of the sites\nhave received only a cursory examination, and further sources of energy, although\nnot yet fully explored, are known to exist. The index lists the figures derived by\nmany investigators over the course of 30 years or so, and reference should be made\nto their original work in order to assess the current validity and relevance of their\nconclusions.\nPlanning, Kootenay and Pend-d'Oreille Rivers\nOf more immediate concern, studies are under way at present to determine\nthe most suitable methods of developing the additional potential made possible on\nthese two rivers by implementation of the Columbia Treaty. Consideration is being\ngiven to developing the extra capability that will be provided by improved control\nof stream-flow by operation of Libby reservoir, and the most promising scheme is\nthat known as the Kootenay Canal plant. This project could contribute in excess\nof 200 megawatts (average) of additional power at a most attractive cost.\nThe possibility of developing the Pend-d'Oreille River between the headwaters\nof Waneta plant and the International Boundary is also being studied, and a power\nplant of around 500 megawatts capacity appears to be feasible.\nHydro-electric Power Projects under Construction\nAdditional Installations at Existing Plants\nThe City of Revelstoke is increasing its reservoir storage, thereby firming up\nthe available energy at the Walter Hardman Plant, by raising Coursier Lake dam\nsome 22 feet.\nPeace River Development\nThe year 1969 saw the completion of virtually all the major works in progress.\nThe completion of all work on the switchyard, control building, and the installation\nof units numbers 4 and 5 allowed these two units to go into commercial operation\nduring the year, thus marking the end of work on the first half of the powerhouse.\nExcavation and initial concrete placements were also completed for the second half\nof the powerhouse. With the exception of the award of a contract for the installation\nof units 6, 7, and 8, no new work was contracted out during 1969.\nColumbia River Development\nArrow Lakes Dam.\u2014While the dam was declared operational on October 10,\n1968, it was not until June 9, 1969, that Premier W. A. C. Bennett officially dedicated the dam and named it the \" Hugh Keenleyside Dam \" in honour of the retiring\n GG 36 WATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nChairman of the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority. Since that time\nall contract work has been completed, with the exception of some minor site-cleanup,\nand no new contracts have been issued.\nMica Creek Dam.\u2014This dam, towering 800 feet above bedrock, will be the\nhighest in Canada and the second highest of its type in the world. The diversion\ntunnels, which were completed in 1967, continued to be successfully used to divert\nthe Columbia River around the dam-site to permit the Guy F. Atkinson, Arundel\nInternational, L. E. Dixon International, Commonwealth Construction, and Dillingham Corporation consortium to continue their work under the $136,262,000 main\ndam contract. Construction progress to date has been good, and the contractors'\nearnings have been approximately $40,000,000.\nWork under this contract includes not only the main dam which, with the\nplacement of over 10,000,000 cubic yards of fill material is now complete to elevation 1,980 feet, but permanent outlet works which are proceeding well and spillway\nexcavation which has advanced to the point where control structure concrete pours\nare now being made. Good progress has also been made on such related work as\nfoundation treatment, drainage tunnels, transformer-bench excavation, power-intake\nexcavation, diversion-tunnel modification, and reservoir-clearing.\nLibby Reservoir.\u2014The construction of a dam on the Kootenai River in Montana, U.S.A., near the town of Libby, is the last major works to be authorized under\nthe Columbia River Treaty. The reservoir formed by the dam will extend some\n42 miles into Canada and will be over 150 feet deep at the border. It is anticipated\nthat impoundment of water will commence during the spring of 1972.\nBy an Order in Council, the responsibility for preparing the reservoir for flooding was assigned to various branches of the Government: Property acquisition,\nroad relocations, and replacement of highway bridges were assigned to the Department of Highways, while flood-line marking, topographic and cadastral surveys,\ntimber cruising and removal, and the various hydraulic and flowage studies associated with such large-scale inundation of private properties and Crown-owned land\nwere delegated to the Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources. The\nfunction of co-ordinating the several activities was assigned to the Water Resources\nService, and more specifically to the Power and Major Licences Division.\nDuring 1969, merchantable timber mosdy from Crown land was removed from\nthe area to be flooded. Logs were decked and periodically sold by public auction.\nBy the end of 1969, 2,300 acres were cleared to specification while 3,800 acres\nwere under treatment; the total area to be cleared is 9,000 acres.\nAcquisition of property to be flooded has proceeded rather slowly owing to\nthe protracted nature of negotiations. However, work has commenced on the approaches to the new highway bridge at Wardner; a contract valued at $1,073,170\nwas let in September for this purpose. The replacement for the existing Waldo\nbridge, to be relocated at Kikomun Creek, is at the design stage and is scheduled for\nconstruction during 1970; it will form part of the future Southern Trans-Provincial\nHighway. Survey work for the 22 miles of roads to be relocated in the area is\ncomplete and construction will take place during 1970.\nNegotiations were concluded between the Province of British Columbia and\nthe Canadian Pacific Railway Company by the signing of an agreement in March,\n1969, that the Province would compensate the company in the amount of $3,200,000\nfor flooding the railway bridge and track at Wardner. The first of four instalments\nof $800,000 was made on April 15th.\nA report from a recreational consultant was received toward the end of 1969.\nThe report indicated the high recreational potential of the reservoir, and suggested\n Libby dam.\n.-\u25a0\"'\u25a0'   -:..:\nHugh Keenleyside dam\u2014official dedication, June 9, 1969.\n Henriette Dam on Howe Sound.\nlordan River Dam reconstruction.\n WATER RIGHTS BRANCH\nGG 39\nspecific areas which could be developed for marinas, beaches, picnic-grounds, and\nparkland. Project cost appraisals will be submitted by the Parks Branch early in\n1970 for the prime recreational sites recommended for development.\nA joint meeting was held in October, 1969, with the U.S. Corps of Engineers,\nthe authority responsible for Libby development in Montana, to discuss progress\nand items of common interest and concern.\nA soils and geological survey undertaken during the year has revealed that\nalthough there may be one or two areas of potential slide, they should not occur\nsuddenly or be large enough to create damaging waves.\nJordan River Redevelopment\nThe main purpose of the Jordan River redevelopment, which is located some\n40 miles west of Victoria and which will add 150 megawatts of plant capacity to the\nVancouver Island supply, is to supply Greater Victoria and other Island centres\nduring periods of peak demand.\nThe redevelopment will extend over three years and includes rehabilitation of\ntwo dams, Bear Creek dam and diversion dam, and the construction of a new 117-\nfoot-high 430-foot-long concrete gravity dam at the Elliott site. Water will be\ndiverted from Elliott dam through an 18,100-foot-long power tunnel and a 5,350-\nfoot-long penstock to a new 150-megawatt turbine and generator unit on the right\nbank of the river, 1,000 yards from the ocean.\nIn addition to the $7,498,000 tunnel contract let in 1968 to Emil Anderson\nConstruction Ltd., several contracts were let in 1969 and are tabled below: \u2014\nContract\nNumber\nDescription\nContractor\nCost\nJR-3\nNissho-Iwai Co. Ltd.  _\u2014\t\nEmil Anderson Construction Ltd.\n$864,000\nJR 4\n9,547,957\nJR-5\t\nGenerator __ _ _ ___\n911,251\nTotal\n$11,323,208\nContracts have now been let for over two-thirds of the $27,500,000 redevelopment project. As well as the contract work being done by outside contractors,\nconsiderable rehabilitation work on the two existing dams is being carried out by\nBritish Columbia Hydro and Power Authority's own forces. Work is proceeding\non all phases of the project and it is expected that the project will be on line in\nOctober, 1971.\nDam Inspection\nDuring 1969 the dam inspection programme, instituted in 1967, was continued, and a total of 13 field trips was made. Twenty-six major dams and a\nnumber of smaller structures were inspected for adequacy and safety, and reported\nupon. A number of these dams, for instance, Mica Dam, Coursier Lake Dam,\nand Peachland Dam, were inspected while under construction to insure compliance\nwith the previously approved plans. Other dams such as Fulton Lake Dam and\nPenticton Dam were inspected to ensure that initial operations produced no harmful\nor unexpected effects. The majority of the remaining visits were made as part of\nthe continuing schedule of visits to ensure that adequate maintenance is bemg carried out and that no untoward conditions develop.    As a result of these visits,\n GG 40\nWATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nrecommendations were made to the owners of several of the dams concerning improvements in maintenance practices. Several visits were also made to review the\nprogress of rehabilitation operations being carried out at two dams where such\naction was considered necessary following the 1967 and 1968 inspections.\nWhatshan Plant Rebuilding\nOn February 2, 1969, the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority closed\ndown the Whatshan Plant as it was soon due to be flooded out by the rising waters\nof Arrow Lakes reservoir. Design work is now under way for the construction of\na new and enlarged powerhouse at a higher elevation, and it is expected that the\nplant will resume operation in 1972.\nGeneration and Load Growth\nInterim Estimate of Electrical Generation in 1969\nIt is estimated that the total amount of electrical energy produced in British\nColumbia during 1969 was 26,539 gigawatt-hours.* As is shown by the tabulation\nbelow, this total is 12.8 per cent greater than that of 1968; however, due to the\nfact that a net import of energy during 1968 has given way to a net export of energy\nduring 1969, the percentage increase in load amounts to 8.75 per cent (\\Vi per cent\nabove the 10-year average).\nIt will also be noted that the tabulation shows a very considerable shift in\nemphasis from thermal generation to hydro generation. This is due entirely to the\ncommencement of operations at the Gordon Shrum plant on the Peace River. This\nplant has now taken over much of the load previously supplied by the Burrard\nthermal plant.\nThe tabulation shows that generation by utilities increased by 17.4 per cent\nduring the year; but, when allowance is made for transfers of energy to and from\nother systems, the rate of load growth is believed to be around 11-12 per cent.\nThe exact figure will not be known until the British Columbia Energy Board's next\nbiennial survey has been completed some time in 1970.\nGeneration in Gwh.*\nPer Cent\n1968\n1969\nChange\nUtilities\u2014\n9,525\n2,848\n13,028\n1,497 (S)\n36.8\nThermal \t\nTotals                                   \t\n\u201447.4\n12,373\n14,525\n17.4\nIndustries\u2014\nI\n9,743                 10,530\n1,415 (P) 1        1,484 (P)\n8.0\n4.9\nTotals  \t\n11,158          |      12,014\n7.6\n19,268\n4,263\n23,558\n2,981\n22.2\n\u201430.1\n23,531                26,539\n12.8\n800\n170\n26,359\n24,331\n8.75\n(P)=Preliminary (based on D.B.S.).\n(S)=Station service requirements for British Columbia Hyd\nplants have been deducted from this figure.\nro's Burrard, Georgia, and Port\nMann thermal\n* 1 gigawatt-hour (gwh.)__:l,000,000 kilowatt-hours.\n WATER RIGHTS BRANCH\nGG 41\nGrowth during Previous 10-year Period\nThe tabulation below shows statistics for generation and load in the Province\nover the 10-year period ending in 1968. This shows the over-all percentage increase\nfor the full period and the average growth rates. It should be noted that the latter\nare compounded rates.\nELECTRIC GENERATION AND LOAD IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, 10-YEAR PERIOD, 1958-68\nYear\nElectrical Generation in Gwh.\nNet Import\nor Export\nTotal Electrical Load\nHydro\nThermal\nTotal\nGwh.\nMw.\nPer Cent\nChange\n1958   \t\n1959    -\t\nI960\u2014      -\t\n11,219\n11,750\n12,669\n12,371\n13,572\n14,262\n15,558\n15,258\n17,043\n17,506\n19,268\n686\n712\n965\n1,001\n1,176\n1,347\n1,713\n3,238\n4,093\n4,130\n4,263 (P)\n11,905\n12,462\n13,634\n13,372\n14,748\n15,609\n17,271\n18,496\n21,136\n21,636\n23,531\n20 (E)\n20(1)\n4(1)\n25(1)\n9(1)\n27(E)\n6(1)\n456 (I)\n27 (E)\n999 (I)\n800 (I)\n11,885\n12,482\n13,638\n13,397\n14,757\n15,582\n17,277\n18,952\n21,109\n22,635\n24,331 (P)\n1,356.7\n1,424.9\n1,556.8\n1,529.3\n1,684.6\n1,778.8\n1,966.8\n2,163.4\n2,409.7\n2,583.9\n2,769.9\n5.0\n9.2\n1961\t\n1962  \t\n\u2014 1.8\n10.1\n1963 \t\n1964 \t\n5.5\n10.5\n1965  \t\n10.0\n1966 \t\n1967\t\n1968  \t\n11.3\n7.2\n7.5\n71.7%\n5.6%\n521%\n20%\n97.6%\n7.1%\n104.7%\n7.3%\n(E) =Net export to other provinces and (or) United States.\n(I) =Net import from other provinces and (or) United States.\n(P)=Preliminary figure subject to revision.\nGwh.=:gigawatt-hour=l million kilowatt-hours.\nMw. \u20141 thousand kilowatts (average output).\nUse of Electronic Computing Equipment\nProgramming for the maintenance of licence and file records on the I.B.M. 360\ncomputer is now complete; however, occasional improvements are being made as\nfound necessary.\nA programme for determining the daily spillway discharge under design flood\nconditions was developed during the past year. Contemplated studies include the\ncompilation of electrical generation statistics, and analysis of backwater effects of\ndams and reservoirs.\nColumbia River Treaty Permanent Engineering Board\nThe Power and Major Licences Division is responsible for providing technical\nsupport to the British Columbia member of the Permanent Engineering Board.\nAmong the several functions required under the terms of the Columbia River Treaty,\nthe Board has to report to the Governments of Canada and the United States of\nAmerica on progress being achieved under the treaty, to assist in reconciling differences between the development agencies of the two nations (termed the \" Entities \"),\nand to assemble flow records of the Columbia and Kootenay Rivers at the International Boundary.\nThe Chief of the Power and Major Licences Division is the nominated alternate\nmember to Mr. A. F. Paget, the member representing the Province, with responsibility to assist the member in the performance of his duties and to take his place at\nBoard meetings in his absence. In addition, the Chief of the Division is a member\nof the Permanent Engineering Board Committee, whose function it is to assist the\nBoard in considering proposals and operating plans received from the Entities.\n GG 42\nWATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nA meeting of the Board was held in Victoria in May, 1969, to discuss progress\nof project construction and of Entity studies; a joint meeting was held with the\nEntities on the same day to review study progress. The Board visited the Mica and\nLibby projects in August to assess construction progress.\nStatistical Analysis of Water Licensing\nAs these statistics are generally not subject to changes of any appreciable consequence from year to year it is proposed that tabulations indicating licensed water\nvolumes and rates of flow for various uses by the various districts in the Province be\nprepared every alternate year, or as often as appears desirable. Accordingly, the\ntabulations shown in the 1968 Annual Report of the Water Resources Service may\nbe referred to for current usages. Agencies having need of more detailed information may apply to the Comptroller of Water Rights.\n WATER\nINVESTIGATIONS\nBRANCH\nThe Water Investigations Branch was formed in late 1962 as a consequence of the creation\nof an independent British Columbia Water Resources Service.\nThe functions of the Water Investigations Branch, which is headed by the Chief Engineer,\nare to deal with technical matters pertaining to the water resources of the Province not directly\nconnected with the administration of the Water Act and the Pollution Control Act, 1967. These\nfunctions, carried out by various divisions of the Water Investigations Branch, are briefly summarized below.\n(1) Water Supply and Investigations Division:\n(a) Irrigation and domestic water-supply investigations to assist and advise the Department and general public in the development and maintenance of water-supply\nprojects.\n(_>) Flooding, drainage, and stream-erosion investigations to give engineering advice\nand assistance in solving water-damage problems.\n(2) Hydrology Division:\n(a)  Snow surveys and snow-melt run-off forecasting to guide judicious utilization of\nwater supply.\n(\u00a3>)  Hydrologic studies of the Province to compile and evaluate basic hydrometeoro-\nlogical data in such a form as to make them readily adaptable.\n(3) Groundwater Division: Collection of existing groundwater data and investigation and\nevaluation of groundwater potential to encourage and guide the future use and conservation of this source of water supply.\n(4) Basin Planning and Power Division:\n(a) Development of plans for water conservation on regional basis with an immediate\naim to indicate possibilities of augmenting the existing water supply.\n(_>) Investigation and inventory of undeveloped hydro-electric power potential of the\nProvince.\n(5) ARDA Division: Processing of water-project proposals made under the Agricultural\nand Rural Development Act and investigation, design, and supervision of projects.\n(6) Projects Division: Preparation and review of proposals and projects under the Canada-\nBritish Columbia Joint Development Act and the Canada Water Conservation Assistance Act and Fraser River Flood Control Agreement. Design and supervision of\nconstruction of water-damage prevention projects.\n(7) Water Survey Division: To undertake and direct limnological, ecological, hydraulic,\nand construction surveys in connection with water-resource planning, investigations,\nand development projects.\n(8) The above divisions are supported by a Draughting Office and a Records Compilation\nand Reports Section.\nThe above functions are carried out in co-operation with a number of other Governmental\nagencies with an aim to enable the British Columbia Water Resources Service to foster better\nuse of water resource, which is one of the principal physical foundations of the economic development of the Province.\n GG 44\nWATER RESOURCES SERVICE\no.\nON\nrt\nP.\n\u00ab\np.\nu\np.\nQ\nQ\nPQ\nQ\nZ\nP.\nP.\n<\np.\no\nz\n1\nffl\ntn\nZ\no\nH\n<\no\nl-H\nH\nC\/.\nm\n>\nz\nW\nH\n<\nP.\nS\nH\nPh\nO\nH\nrt\n<\nU\nz\no\nI\u2014I\nH\n<\nN\nhH\nz\n<\no\nrt\no\nis\nQ Q\no.   .\n< 5\nca a\nu .\nO u\nB \u25a0\n<\nQ ca\nS. 2\no c.\nw cfl\n-a\nB.\nCO\n\u20222 2 33\n\u00a3 2 CQ\nig.\neo > .\n\u2022 eaM    .\nESQ\n___:\n.55 \u00abi   _\n\u25a0M m\n-__\u00ab\no y\nIs\nEC\n1~\n\u2122   u\n\u2022a s\n_ 3  _a\n\u25a0I*\niQ \u00a7\nO. OT   ca\n\u25a0 B*\u00ab ffi \u25a0\n3 o\nw~ y\nu ei W\nu do    \u2022\nIIS\nMS\n\u2022a .\u00ab\nQ< -\n WATER\nINVESTIGATIONS\nBRANCH\nB. E. Marr, P.Eng.\nChief Engineer\nThe Water Investigations Branch was created in December, 1962, and deals\nwith technical matters related to the water resources of the Province, which matters\nare not directly connected with the administration of the Water Act and the Pollution\nControl Act, 1967.\nTo carry out Branch functions, a number of divisions have been formed and a\ndetailed account of their activities in 1969 is given in the following pages. Also\nincluded are reports on the operation of the Draughting Office, Records Compilation\nand Reports Section, and the Reports Library. The latter two offices also perform\ncertain services for the other Branches of the Water Resources Service.\nA major change in personnel occurred in 1969 with the appointment on April\n1st of Mr. V. Raudsepp to the position of Deputy Minister of Water Resources. Mr.\nRaudsepp had been Chief Engineer of the Water Investigations Branch since its formation in 1962, and under his direction the Branch has grown and matured in meeting the challenges associated with water-resource management in British Columbia.\nThe Water Investigations Branch continued to be involved in water projects\nunder the Federal-Provincial ARDA programme {Agricultural and Rural Development Act). The total number of approved projects in this category now stands at\n56, with an aggregate construction cost of $26,000,000. Of these, 31 have been\ncompleted at a cost of $20,500,000 and 25 are under construction. A further 31 are\nunder various stages of study.\nThe Water Investigations Branch is responsible for processing and implementing approved projects under the Canada Water Conservation Assistance Act by\nproviding engineering services and by inspection of project execution. The three\nprojects approved to date involve some $4,400,000 of construction work, with contracts in the amount of approximately $1,400,000 being let in 1969.\nThe signing of the Federal-Provincial Fraser River Flood Control Agreement\nin May, 1968, has resulted in a considerable increase in Branch activity in this\nfield. Under the Agreement, senior staff members are involved in the Joint Federal-\nProvincial Board and Committee set up to administer the Agreement, and also in\nspecial study groups established to set design criteria. The Province is responsible\nfor implementing the construction aspects of the programme, and this will involve\nexpenditures in the order of $40,000,000 over the 10-year life of the Agreement.\nIt is anticipated that the first construction contract will go to tender early in 1970.\nOver the past several years, Mr. T. A. J. Leach, Assistant Chief Engineer, has\ndirected studies on a proposal to augment Okanagan Valley water supply by diverting water from the adjacent Shuswap River basin. This has resulted in several\npreliminary reports on alternative possible diversion arrangements and their downstream results. This work has continued in 1969 and the importance of the Okanagan Basin water resource problems was given added and broader recognition by\n45\n GG 46\nWATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nthe signing of the Canada-British Columbia Okanagan Basin Agreement on October\n29, 1969. This Agreement provides for testing of water-resource planning techniques for comprehensive studies in the Okanagan River basin on water quality and\nquantity under a Federal-Provincial Consultative Board and Study Committee. In\nanticipation of the signing of the Agreement, the Water Investigations Branch has\nbeen active in some preliminary work related to these studies.\nThe Water Supply and Investigations Division, under Mr. R. G. Harris, continues to carry a heavy work load. In addition to its field survey work and flooding\nand erosion studies, the Division has been involved in the rehabilitation of a number\nof irrigation systems under the ARDA programme. Among major construction\nprojects now under way is the final design and construction of the Black Mountain\nirrigation system with Mr. L. A. Bergman, engineer in charge, assisted by Mr. K. N.\nPleasance, and the rehabilitation of the Winfield and Okanagan Centre irrigation\nsystem with Mr. P. W. Newson being assisted by Mr. J. C. Kwong. A major project\nunder preliminary study by Mr. J. H. Doughty-Davies is the South East Kelowna\nIrrigation District system. The year 1969 also saw a start being made on the Peachland Irrigation District system and the construction of the second phase of the rehabilitation of the Westbank Irrigation District system. Staff changes in 1969 included\nthe resignation of Mr. J. H. Morley, Hydraulic Engineer, who returned to university,\nwith Mr. J. C. Ngai and Mr. E. V. Payne joining the Division as Hydraulic Engineer\nand Assistant Hydraulic Engineer respectively. Mr. S. B. Mould continued to work\nout of the field office at Oliver.\nThe Hydrology Division, under Mr. H. I. Hunter, continues to expand the\nsnow-survey network providing basic data for the good management of the water\nresources of the Province. The performance of the field technicians in the installation and servicing of remote stations in mountainous regions is particularly noteworthy. The run-off forecasting procedures that have been developed are of great\nvalue in the operation of water facilities throughout the Province. Hydrology studies\nboth on a basin and regional basis are becoming an increasingly important aspect\nof the Division's work and this trend is expected to continue. Mr. A. Pipes left the\nDivision to take up an appointment on the research staff at the University of British\nColumbia and was replaced by Mr. D. E. Reksten, Hydraulic Engineer. Mr. C. H.\nCoulson, Hydraulic Engineer, is responsible for the preparation of the Snow Survey\nBulletin which is issued six times each year. The Hydrology Division was responsible for local arrangements in connection with the Seventh Canadian Hydrology\nSymposium held in Victoria in October.\nThe Groundwater Division, under Dr. J. C. Foweraker, continued the expansion of the groundwater-observation network and water-well inventory, and data now\navailable from this Division is much used by outside agencies. Another important\naspect of the Division's activity is advising and assisting other Departments of\nGovernment on their groundwater problems. The added work load of preliminary\ndrilling and water-quality sampling in the Okanagan Valley preparatory to the\nsigning of the Okanagan Basin Agreement has kept the Division fully occupied this\nyear. The available manpower was stretched to the limit with the resignation of Mr.\nJ. P. Parry, Geological Engineer, to take up an overseas appointment, and a continuing engineering vacancy from the previous year. Mr. P. L. Hall joined the\nDivision late in the year and Mr. D. M. Callan was promoted to Senior Hydraulic\nEngineer.\nThe Basin Planning and Power Division, under Mr. J. D. Watts, has continued\nfield investigations and office studies of the hydro-power potential of the Liard River\nas its major project this year.  Work has also progressed on a number of planning\n WATER INVESTIGATIONS BRANCH\nGG 47\nand other studies in connection with water use throughout the Province. The Division lost Mr. R. A. Pollard through promotion to another Branch and late in the year\nMr. R. W. Nichols joined the Division as a Hydraulic Engineer. Mr. J. C. Bunge\nwas promoted, joining Mr. W. W. K. Smyth as Senior Hydraulic Engineers.\nThe ARDA Projects Division continues to handle ARDA water projects, under\nMr. J. D. C. Fuller as Division Chief and Mr. J. V. Eby, Construction Engineer.\nThe Division lost Mr. N. I. Guild through resignation but was strengthened by the\naddition of Messrs. E. W. D. Bonham and G. S. Sutherland, who join Mr. N. M.\nMorison and Mr. H. H. Nesbitt-Porter as Hydraulic Engineers and Mr. J. P.\nL'Aventure, Assistant Hydraulic Engineer. Six ARDA projects were essentially\ncompleted during the year and major projects in the process of construction include\nthe Southern Okanagan Lands Irrigation District rehabilitation and the Vernon Irrigation District system. The work of the Division now includes the construction of\nprojects under the Federal-Provincial Fraser River Flood Control Agreement, and\nthis has placed an additional load on senior staff.\nThe Projects Division was very active this year in the design and construction\nof a number of river-training and flood-control projects. This Division is also deeply\ninvolved in the Fraser River flood-control programme and has prepared a number\nof studies in establishing design criteria. Senior staff members have the additional\nresponsibility of serving on committees and study groups in connection with this\nflood-control programme. Mr. P. M. Brady was appointed Division Chief in May,\n1969. There was a staff loss with the resignation of Mr. A. A. MacTaggart, while\nMr. B. J. W. Taylor and Mr. R. H. Cameron joined Mr. W. Tempest as Hydraulic\nEngineers, and Mr. J. Wester continued as Senior Hydraulic Engineer.\nThe Water Investigations Branch has been involved in a number of water-\nquality studies and this has led to the appointment to the staff of Dr. R. J. Buchanan,\nBiologist, in the newly formed Water Surveys Division.\nThe draughting services of the Water Investigations Branch, under Mr. B.\nVarcoe, Chief Draughtsman, have continued on a high level although this section\nhas been plagued by a high staff-turnover. The Records Compilation and Reports\nSection handled an increased volume of work. Mr. A. S. Stencel, who has general\nsupervision over this Section as well as his duties as Administrative Officer for the\nBranch, is assisted by Mr. D. R. B. Lyttle and staff. The Water Investigations\nBranch is now in the process of establishing a library for the Water Resources Service, and Miss D. Cogswell is fully occupied in this task.\nThe Branch acknowledges the assistance received during the year from other\nGovernment specialists and outside services in the carrying-out of its functions in the\ninvestigation, planning, and development of water resources.\nIn addition to the activities of the Water Investigations Branch staff, cooperation was continued with the Civil Engineering Department and the Agricultural\nEngineering and Botany Departments of the University of British Columbia. The\nCivil Engineering Department receives financial support from the Water Resources\nService and is intensifying its teaching and research programme in the field of water\nresources. The Water Investigations Branch has assisted in this programme whenever possible by providing field facilities and holding discussions with University of\nBritish Columbia staff members. A water-quality and alga, survey is being carried\nout jointly by the Agricultural Engineering and Botany Departments. The facilities\nof the British Columbia Research Council, Biology Division, have also been called\nupon from time to time throughout the year in connection with water-resource\nproblems.\n GG 48 WATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nThe increase in joint Federal-Provincial activities recorded in 1968 continued\nin 1969. The implementation of the Fraser River Flood Control Agreement has\ninvolved a number of meetings and discussions. Discussions have also been held on\na number of occasions with the Federal Department of Energy, Mines and Resources\nin connection with the Okanagan Basin Study Agreement which was finally signed\non October 29th. A market study in connection with the hydro-electric potential\nof the Yukon River by diversion to tidewater in Alaska or British Columbia has\ninvolved meetings with representatives of Canada and the State of Alaska.\nThe issuing of the Letters Patent in connection with the formation of the\nOkanagan Basin Water Board is noted. This Board, being a local policy body, is\nexpected to act in an advisory capacity in connection with water problems in the\nOkanagan Basin.\nSenior members of the Water Investigations Branch continued to participate\nin a number of committees dealing with water-resource matters, including ARDA\ncommittees, the National, Provincial, and Screening Committee for the International\nHydrological Decade, the IHD Hydrology Subcommittee of the National Research\nCouncil, Co-ordinating Committee for Hydrometeorological Networks, the Board\nand Committee in connection with the Fraser River Flood Control Agreement, the\nBoard and Committee in connection with the Okanagan Basin Agreement, Land Use\nWorking Committee, and Mines Reclamation Act Technical Committee.\nAt year-end, the Water Investigations Branch staff consisted of 62 permanent\nand 44 continuous temporary positions. Among these there were 33 civil engineers,\nfour geological engineers, one hydrometeorologist, and one biologist. There were 11\nvacant positions.\nWater Requirements in the Okanagan and South Thompson River Basins\nT. A. J. Leach, P.Eng., Assistant Chief Engineer\nThe 1966 preliminary report on the Shuswap River-Okanagan Lake water-\nsupply canal and the subsequent report of 1967 dealt with the effects on the discharges of the Shuswap River and South Thompson River under present water-use\nconditions.\nA third report, completed in July, 1968, entitled \" Present, Future, and Ultimate Water Requirements in the South Thompson Watershed and Their Effects in\nCombination with the Shuswap River-Okanagan Lake Water Supply Canal Diversion (Scheme 3)\" extended this examination to a time when consumptive use\nwithin the northern watersheds would be many times that presently occurring. The\nconclusions were, however, that even with a maximum total consumption in a\ndrought-year under the ultimate development of about 900,000 acre-feet (including\nthe canal diversion of 300,000 acre-feet), there remains a residual drought flow of\n12Vi million acre-feet in the Thompson River through Kamloops, which exceeds\nthe future water-supply needs of this region of the Province. The effect on fishery\nof such development was not assessed.\nSubsequent to the release of the above-mentioned report, the Lumby Chamber\nof Commerce and Agriculture and the Lumby District Agriculture Society submitted a petition to the British Columbia Minister of Agriculture for an economic\nand feasibility study of the development of storage in Sugar Lake rather than Mabel\nLake which, in turn, was referred to the British Columbia Water Resources Service,\nDepartment of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources.\nThe petition also proposed the construction of an irrigation system using Sugar\nLake storage for irrigation under pressure to Cherryville, Mabel Lake, Lumby,\nLavington, Vernon, and Armstrong areas.    In effect, the petition proposed an\n WATER INVESTIGATIONS BRANCH\nGG 49\nentirely new system with storage at Sugar Lake and a gravity canal from Sugar Lake\nto the Okanagan via Lumby and Lavington, with a feeder-line to Armstrong and\nEnderby.\nThe inclusion of an investigation of the feasibility of a canal directly from\nSugar Lake expanded the original objectives of the Water Resources Service study.\nThis investigation had been initially limited to a replacement of all or part of Mabel\nLake storage by a reservoir at Sugar Lake, while still retaining the same canal location between Enderby and Okanagan Lake.\nIt will be noted that with storage at Sugar Lake, a further third location for\nthe canal should also be considered, namely, a pumped water supply from the fore-\nbay of the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Shuswap Falls Plant. The\npumped water flowing westward through Lavington Pass would follow the same\nlocation in this reach as the gravity canal from Sugar Lake.\nThe following schemes, therefore, have been investigated with respect to the\nShuswap River diversion:\u2014\nScheme\nDesignation\nCanal Location\nStorage Reservoirs                               Remarks\nE  \t\nSF\t\nSL\t\nEnderby   to    Okanagan    Lake    by\ngravity   or   low-lift  pumping   (35\nfeet)\nShuswap   Falls   to   Okanagan  Lake\nWatershed   by   high-lift   pumping\n(380-foot static head)\nSugar    Lake    to    Okanagan    Lake\nWatershed by gravity\nMabel    Lake    and     (or)\nSugar Lake\nSugar Lake storage\nSugar Lake storage\nVariations of previous\nScheme 3.\nNew scheme.\nNew scheme as proposed by\nLumby brief.\nUnder the three diversion locations at Enderby, Shuswap Falls, and Sugar Lake,\nvarying storages have been assumed for Sugar Lake by itself (including the present\nstorage of 100,000 acre-feet) as well as in combination with storages on Mabel Lake\nin an attempt to meet the same objectives as obtained under Scheme 3, namely:\u2014\n(1) Provide water each year for the North Okanagan in the amount of approximately 100,000 acre-feet.\n(2) In addition to the basic requirements in (1), to supply additional supplementary water to Okanagan Lake in years with below-average inflow up\nto 200,000 acre-feet in an extreme drought-year.\n(3 )  Provide adequate minimum residual flows in the Shuswap River at Enderby, particularly during the irrigation season (April to September, inclusive), after meeting the above objectives as well as providing for the\nfuture and ultimate water requirements within the Shuswap River Watershed.\n(4)  Where possible, to create additional benefits, including flood control and\nin the case of the double reservoir schemes with storage limited to 100,000\nacre-feet at Mabel Lake, to regulate the water fluctuations there much as\nthey have occurred in the past for the benefit of recreation.\nIn the case of the Sugar Lake or Shuswap Falls diversions, the cost of serving\nwater from the proposed canal to the Lumby area has been compared with the cost\nof servicing these areas from local sources.   The latter information originally determined in 1961 in the British Columbia Water Resources Service Report 593, entitled \" North Okanagan Irrigation and Domestic Water Supplies, Volumes 1 and\n2,\" has been revised to conform with 1968 prices and interest rates.   Similarly, the\nHilton gravity supply-project costs as well as the North Armstrong project have\nbeen re-estimated to illustrate typical irrigation costs in these regions.\n GG 50 WATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nAll scheme operations have been examined over a 40-year period (1921\u2014\n1940 and 1947 to 1966) and under the projected future and ultimate consumptive\nuse within the Shuswap River watershed. In addition, the degree of flood control\nafforded by the various reservoir combinations as well as their effect upon the\nhydro-power generation at Shuswap Falls have been determined.\nLow-elevation air photography at approximately 500 feet to 1 inch was obtained during the first week of June, 1969, of the Shuswap River, which will form\na basis for the evaluation of flood-control benefits that might be realized from the\nvarious schemes.\nFrom preliminary figures, it is evident that any diversion from Sugar Lake or\nShuswap Falls would be several times the cost of the equivalent diversion from\nEnderby under Scheme 3. Further to this, the servicing of irrigable land within the\nShuswap River Basin can best be done from local water sources at costs no greater,\nand in many cases less, than a diversion from the proposed Sugar Lake canal.\nFederal-Provincial Okanagan Joint Planning Study\nDuring the latter part of 1968 the Province accepted a proposal by the Federal\nDepartment of Energy, Mines and Resources to undertake a joint planning study\nof the Okanagan Basin water resources which the Federal agency wished to carry\nout to gain experience in water-resource planning.\nIn order to expedite this work prior to the signing of an agreement, three committees were formed early in the year. Through this early planning it was possible\nto start an inventory of water-quality input to the Okanagan Basin and to expand\nthe previous work along this line initiated several years ago by the British Columbia\nWater Resources Service.\nOn October 29, 1969, the Canada-British Columbia Okanagan Basin Agreement was signed by the Federal Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources and the\nProvincial Minister of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources.\nThe agreement calls for the expenditure of two million dollars over the next\nfour years, equally shared between the two governments. It is stated that \" the\npurpose of this Agreement is to develop a comprehensive framework plan for the\ndevelopment and management of water resources for the social betterment and\neconomic growth in the Okanagan Basin.\"\nIt goes on to state that \" the study will also embrace any areas likely to be\naffected by the adoption of the various alternative solutions, including, but not\nlimited to, the possibility of diverting water from the Shuswap-Thompson Basin.\"\nDiscussions are now under way to implement this Agreement.\nWATER SUPPLY AND INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION\nR. G. Harris, P.Eng., B.C.L.S., Chief of Division\nThe functions of the Water Supply and Investigations Division can be divided\ninto two main divisions\u2014(a) irrigation and domestic water-supply projects; and\n(b) flood- and erosion-control and drainage projects. In addition, this Division\nis responsible for the major field surveys required by Water Investigations Branch\nDivisions.\nDuring the past year, investigations were continued or initiated on five water-\nsupply projects and seven flood- and erosion-control projects. Of the water-supply\nprojects, construction was continued or initiated on five under the ARDA programme, involving the preparation by this Division of final design, including con-\n WATER INVESTIGATIONS BRANCH\nGG 51\ntract documents. The total estimated capital cost of the projects under construction,\nwith which this Division is involved, is approximately $6,500,000.\nTechnical staff attached to the Division were responsible for field surveys for\nthe projects under construction for both the obtaining of engineering data and the\nlayout of design, and the supervision of construction.\nThe main projects dealt with in 1969 are summarized below.\nWater-supply Projects\nBlack Mountain Irrigation District\nThe Black Mountain Irrigation District, which includes the community of\nRutland, is one of the major fruit-growing districts in the Okanagan Valley, consisting of approximately 5,000 acres of irrigable lands.\nAt the request of the district, an engineering study was carried out on a combined irrigation and domestic-water supply system to replace the existing open\nflume and ditch system. A report prepared by the Water Investigations Branch in\n1965 oudined a new water-supply system to supply water under pressure to some\n4,550 acres of irrigable lands, and 530 farm domestic connections from the proposed Gopher Flats reservoir, supplied from the existing intake on Mission Creek\nthrough 3.5 miles of open canal. The proposed project, with an estimated capital\ncost of $3,030,000, was approved for ARDA assistance in 1966.\nIn view of the continuing development of the area, the district subsequently\nexpressed concern over possible contamination of its water supply in the 3.5 miles\nof open canal, and of possible alga? problems associated with the proposed Gopher\nFlats reservoir. An alternative scheme was therefore investigated, proposing the\nconstruction of a large settling-basin at the Mission Creek intake and providing a\nclosed system from the intake to the distribution system. The revised scheme, which\neffected considerable changes in the distribution-system layout and provided for\nhigher operating pressures and a larger peak carrying capacity, was accepted by the\ndistrict and approved by ARDA authorities.\nThe new system, at the original estimated cost of $3,030,000, will provide\nirrigation water to approximately 4,900 acres of farm lands and year-round supply\nto over 600 domestic connections in the district. Four years have been estimated\nto complete the project, which involves considerable improvements and repairs to\nthe district's storage and diversion works, in addition to the construction of the\nsettling-basin and distribution system. The latter consists of over 40 miles of pipeline in sizes from 4- to 48-inch diameter, several pressure-reducing stations, three\nbooster-pump stations, and a chlorination and flow-recording station. Domestic\nand irrigation water will be provided from Mission Creek, with emergency and (or)\nstand-by winter domestic supply from two wells in the Rutland area.\nThe distribution system in the Rutland Flats area, which consists of approximately 14 miles of 4- to 24-inch-diameter pipe and 350 service connections, was\ninstalled in 1968. The Nickel Road Pump Station, completed during the fall of\n1968, supplied this area with domestic water through the winter of 1968\/69. A\n20,000-gallon storage reservoir, the Cornish Road Pumping Station, and two\nbooster pumps, all constructed in 1969, completed the standby domestic-water\nsupply works. During the winter of 1969\/70, approximately one-half of the district\nwill be provided with domestic water through the newly completed part of the water\nsystem. This alternate source of domestic supply will permit construction to proceed during the winter of 1969\/70 on some of the components of the gravity supply\nsystem.\n BLACK MOUNTAIN IRRIGATION DISTRICT\nINTAKE WORKS ON MISSION CREEK\nv     ...,'\u25a0\u25a0;,*\n' __\nIntake tower.\nSettling-basin.\nKEREMEOS IRRIGATION DISTRICT IRRIGATION PUMP-\nING-UNITS AT EAST SYSTEM\nOF WELLS.\n WATER INVESTIGATIONS BRANCH\nGG 53\nThe settling-basin earthwork, most of the control works, the main supply line\nand the two largest pressure-reducing stations were constructed in 1968 and 1969.\nThe construction of the distribution system in the northeastern part of the\ndistrict, which consists of approximately 16 miles of 4- to 20-inch-diameter pipe\nand 300 service connections, commenced in 1969. The chlorinator-booster pump\nstation, another four pressure-reducing stations, and two booster pump stations,\nalong with the 16 miles of distribution pipe, are scheduled for completion for the\n1970 irrigation season.\nThe construction of the new system is being carried out by district forces and\nwill require approximately another two years to complete.\nPeachland Irrigation District\nThe Peachland Irrigation District is situated within the Okanagan Valley,\napproximately 13 miles south of the City of Kelowna, on the west side of Okanagan\nLake. Primarily a fruit-growing area, the district presently supplies irrigation\nwater to about 500 acres of farm lands. The boundaries of the district enclose a\ntotal area of about 1,480 acres, of which 640 acres are classified as suitable for\nagriculture.\nThe original system was installed in 1906 by the Peachland Townsite Company.\nHowever, as the service and water supply proved to be inadequate, the land-owners\npurchased the system in 1920 and subsequently incorporated the area into an improvement district under the British Columbia Water Act.\nThe Peachland Irrigation District is supplied with irrigation water from Peachland Creek by a gravity system, supplemented by upstream storage released from\nPeachland Lake and Wilson Lake reservoirs. Domestic water is supplied from\nindividual springs and wells, or from cisterns filled from the irrigation system. In\ngeneral, the system has reached the end of its useful life, and, in addition, it does\nnot meet the present requirements of the district for the supply of irrigation and\ndomestic water.\nIn July, 1965, the district requested that a study be carried out to consider the\nfeasibility of replacing the present irrigation system with a combined irrigation and\ndomestic system. Field surveys were carried out in 1966, and subsequent mapping\nof the district and storage reservoirs was completed in 1967. The preliminary report\nin 1968 indicated that the capital cost for a new water system would be approximately $648,000. Financial assistance under the ARDA programme was secured\nin June, 1969.\nA short description of the proposed water system is as follows: The intake on\nPeachland Creek consists of an earth-fill dam 17 feet high, creating a headpond with\na capacity of 16 acre-feet. The distribution system consists of approximately 62,000\nfeet of pipe-line of sizes 4- to 24-inch diameter, two booster stations, five pressure-\nreducing stations, and a chlorinator.\nThe first phase of construction, comprising the clearing of the intake site and\nthe grading of the main supply-line, commenced in July of 1969. By the end of\n1969 excavation of the pond area was completed and the material used to construct\nthe earth-fill dam.   In addition, a portion of the main supply line was also completed.\nThe construction of the new system is being undertaken by the district's own\nwork force and will require approximately two years to complete.\nSion Improvement District\nIn 1969 the Branch prepared a report for the Sion Improvement District at\nGrand Forks on the feasibility of extending service to properties within Lot 700, a\n GG 54 WATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nsection of land lying between the two areas that form the present district. Service\nwould be provided to 88 acres of irrigable land and 77 residential connections.\nThe North Grand Forks and South Grand Forks areas of the Sion Improvement\nDistrict are served by independent water systems, installed in 1968. The properties\nwithin Lot 700 could be served by an extension from the North Grand Forks system\nwhich, in addition, could provide an interconnection to the South Grand Forks system of the improvement district. The interconnection would be a desirable feature\nfor balancing demands between the two existing systems and for allowing over-all\ndemand to build up over a longer period before additional well capacity is required.\nBecause of the present small demand on the existing systems, a two-stage development is indicated. Stage One would cover the construction of the distribution\nsystem for Lot 700 and the interconnection to South Grand Forks, and would cost\nan estimated $58,900. Stage Two, which may not be required for a number of\nyears, envisions the construction of a new well and pumphouse when the demand of\nthe combined system grows beyond the present supply capability. It is estimated\nthat Stage Two could be implemented in 1980 for about $66,000.\nSouth East Kelowna Irrigation District\nThe South East Kelowna Irrigation District, incorporated as an improvement\ndistrict under the Water Act in 1920, contains an area of about 8,627 acres with\nover 3,000 acres under irrigation, mainly in tree fruits. The original works were\ninstalled by private companies during the period 1905 to 1911.\nGravity water is supplied to the district by two irrigation systems of about equal\nsize in area and one domestic system. The irrigation system to the east is commonly\nreferred to as the K.L.O. system with an intake on Canyon (K.L.O.) Creek, while\nthe irrigation system to the south is known as the S.K.L. system with an intake on\nHydraulic Creek. The domestic system, with an intake on Canyon Creek and serving\nabout 200 farm connections, supplies the central area within the K.L.O. irrigation\nsystem.  The remaining areas are served by springs or cisterns.\nCommencing in 1964, and continuing through 1968, partial renewals financed\nunder the ARDA programme have been carried out under three projects, work\nbeing mainly done on the S.K.L. system, with lesser expenditures on the K.L.O. and\nfarm domestic systems.\nIn 1967 engineering assistance was requested for the design of a settling-basin,\nwhich has been included in the estimates for the third ARDA project. The purpose\nof the basin was to desilt the water being diverted from Canyon Creek for use in the\nK.L.O. system. During freshet periods, Canyon Creek carries a heavy bed load of\nsand and silts, causing excessive wear on irrigation equipment. The basin, which\nwas constructed during the latter part of 1968, accommodates a maximum design\nflow of 50 cubic feet per second.\nThe fourth project under the ARDA programme was initiated in June, 1967,\nwhen the South East Kelowna Irrigation District requested the Water Investigations\nBranch to prepare a preliminary report for the proposed rehabilitation of the main\nconcrete ditch and steel siphon across Canyon Creek and to survey a proposed\nstorage reservoir for farm domestic supply. This project was expanded in January,\n1968, when the district requested engineering studies be carried out on the rehabilitation of the existing Canyon Creek dams, the development of additional storage at\nthe Turtle Lake reservoir-site, and reconstruction of No. 9 Dam on Hydraulic Creek,\nand further replacements in the diversion and distribution system.\nSubsequently, it was proposed to establish a new intake on Hydraulic Creek\nand to construct a fully pressurized combined irrigation and domestic system.\n WATER INVESTIGATIONS BRANCH\nGG 55\nIn connection with this latter proposal, field surveys have been carried out\ncovering the main diversion systems and storage reservoirs, including all existing\nreservoirs supplying storage water to the district.\nProcessing of this information was completed by November, 1969, and it is\nexpected that a preliminary report with estimates of cost will be completed in early\n1970.\nWestbank Irrigation District\nThe Westbank Irrigation District, which includes the Townsite of Westbank,\nis situated approximately 7 miles south of the City of Kelowna, on the west side of\nOkanagan Lake.\nDuring the period 1958 to 1963, the district carried out partial rehabilitation\nof the existing distribution system by financing renewals from the Renewal Reserve\nFund. However, in 1964, faced with immediate and costly replacement of the\nremaining portions of the distribution system, including major improvements to the\nstorage works, the district applied for ARDA assistance.\nThe construction of a concrete intake dam and screening works, and the installation of 7,000 feet of 34-inch-diameter steel pipe-line, represented the first phase\nof rehabilitation of the district's works under the ARDA programme. This project\nwas completed in April, 1966, at a capital cost of $160,000.\nThe second phase of rehabilitation includes the replacement of the district's\ndistribution system with about 70,000 feet of pipe-line, to provide approximately\n1,500 acres of irrigable land with a combined irrigation and farm domestic supply.\nTo provide the annual water requirement of 4,200 acre-feet, Lambly (Bear) Lake\nand Islaht (Horseshoe) Lake dams will be reconstructed to provide additional\nstorage. In addition, Dobbin Lake, West Lake, Paynter Lake, and Jack Pine Lake\ndams will be improved to provide adequate freeboard and capacity.\nThe 1,500 acres of irrigable land is composed of approximately 1,000 acres\nwithin the Westbank Irrigation District and 500 acres within the Powers Creek\nWater-users Community, which is to be incorporated into the Westbank Irrigation\nDistrict.\nAt the present time, the settlement of Westbank and a number of farms within\nthe irrigation district are being provided with domestic service from a system installed by the Westbank Waterworks District. This district has now been amalgamated\nwith the Westbank Irrigation District, and the domestic service will be provided\nfrom the new system.\nDuring 1969, approximately 38,000 feet of pipe-line was installed, including\nthe main supply-line and distribution system for the area formerly served by the\nPowers Creek Water Users' Community and the major portion of the main supply\nline for the area within the Westbank Irrigation District.\nIn addition, the reconstruction of storage works on Lambly (Bear) Lake reservoir, including the diversion from Paddle Creek, was nearly completed.\nIt is expected that reconstruction of the storage works and replacement of the\ndistribution system will be completed in 1970.\nWinfield and Okanagan Centre Irrigation District\nThe irrigation and domestic system now operated by the Winfield and Okanagan Centre Irrigation District was constructed in 1909 by a private company. Incorporated in 1930, the district took over the system in 1949. To provide additional\nirrigation supply over the original entitlement of 1 acre-foot per acre from Vernon\n GG 56 WATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nCreek, in 1931, the district developed 2,445 acre-feet of storage in Crooked Lake,\nand in 1944 reconstructed Swalwell Lake dam to provide an additional 9,585 acre-\nfeet of storage to supply approximately 1,900 acres of orchard land and about 300\ndomestic connections.\nFollowing approval of a preliminary report by the Water Rights Branch in\n1965, which recommended extensive replacements, the district was granted financial\nassistance under the ARDA programme. The renewal plan was amended in February, 1968, to accomodate changes which were found necessary in the course of\nfinal design by the Water Investigations Branch. The revised scheme, which will\ninclude a new intake and screening works, at a site about 1 mile upstream from the\nexisting intake, will provide irrigation water for 2,113 acres, and domestic water\nfor 350 connections.\nThe first phase of construction, comprising the rehabilitation of Swalwell Lake\nand Crooked Lake storage dams, was completed in 1967. Additional work included\nthe improvement of 4,000 feet of diversion channel in Vernon Creek and the building of a new office. By the end of 1968, the distribution system, consisting of 95,000\nfeet of 4- to 16-inch pipe-line laterals, and about 8,000 feet of 24- to 32-inch main\nsupply-line, was completed.\nIn 1969, the remaining 28,000 feet of 30-inch main supply-line was installed.\nAt the site of the new intake on Vernon Creek, the clearing and most of the pond\nexcavation have been completed. In addition, a 100-foot-long diversion tunnel,\nwhich carries the main supply-line and provides a sluiceway for draining and flushing\nout the intake pond, was also completed. The tunnel was lined with corrugated\nmetal pipe, pressure-grouted on the outside to seal the pipe, and gunited on the\ninside for protection of the pipe. A contract has been let for the construction of the\nconcrete intake and screening works.\nIt is anticipated that this project will be completed by mid-1970.\nFort Nelson Water Supply\nIn connection with a proposed new water-supply system for Fort Nelson, topographic surveys were carried out along a 1-mile reach on the left bank of the Muskwa\nRiver immediately downstream of the Alaska Highway, to ascertain a location for\na settling-basin. The survey was carried out for the Improvement Districts Division,\nWater Rights Branch, which is undertaking the engineering study.\nThe feasibility of using groundwater as a source of supply, as an alternative\nto pumping from the Muskwa River, was under investigation by the Groundwater\nDivision of the Water Investigations Branch, which selected locations and supervised the drilling of six test wells in the same general area as the possible settling-\nbasin. Horizontal position and geodetic elevations for these wells were established\nby the survey party for the Groundwater Division.\nWater-storage Reservoir Inventory\nA programme of mapping major water-storage reservoirs in the Southern Interior of the Province was initiated in 1964. Areas presently included under this\nprogramme are the Okanagan and Similkameen Basins and a portion of the Kamloops and Nicola areas. The surveys have included both existing storage reservoirs\nand potential reservoir-sites. This information has assisted in the administration of\nwater rights and the carrying out of water-supply augmentation studies in the water-\ndeficient areas. It has also been the basis of design in the reconstruction of a number\nof existing storage dams under the ARDA programme.\n WATER INVESTIGATIONS BRANCH\nGG 57\nReservoir maps are being prepared by photogrammetry and from field surveys.\nSubaqueous information is being obtained by the use of echo-sounding equipment.\nOf the approximately 118 storage reservoirs presently under licence in the\nOkanagan Basin, about 100 reservoirs are in operation. Of the total, adequate information is available on 73, mapping is nearing completion on an additional 8,\nsurveys and mapping are pending on 15, and the remaining 23 reservoirs are considered to be too small to be included in the programme. Approximately 16 reservoir-sites have either been abandoned or have not been developed.\nThe mapping programme for the Similkameen Basin includes about 11 existing\nand potential reservoir-sites, of which surveys have been completed on the 11 and\nmapping on 5.\nFlooding, Drainage, and Erosion Projects\nOkanagan Flood Control\nIn 1964, an extensive survey was made of the Okanagan flood-control works\nand a report on suggested rehabilitation of the works was prepared. In 1967 this\nreport was revised with the costs updated and this year's run-off conditions presented\na further opportunity to study the hydraulics of the Okanagan River.\nThe high 1969 spring run-off, particularly on some of the major side creeks,\nraised the flow in the Okanagan River higher than in the previous study-years.\nAccordingly, the flow in various sections of the Okanagan River channel was\nmetered and the water-surface profile was observed with particular emphasis on the\nportions of the channel which had been improved. From this field data calculations\nwere made to test the assumptions of the roughness factor for various bottom and\nside-slope conditions as used in the 1967 report.\nIt was found that except where there were stop-logs in some of the drop-structures (which gave an artificial back-water curve), the water slopes as observed were\nvery close to the high-water profiles predicted in the 1967 report. Thus, it was\npossible to conclude that the original roughness factors were correct and a recalculation of the high-water profile was not required.\nLake Windermere\nFollowing representations made by a number of residents living along the shoreline of Lake Windermere in the vicinity of Athalmer, an investigation was made to\nconsider the feasibility and cost of constructing a dam at the outlet of Lake Windermere to control the low water level of the lake to facilitate the launching of boats\nduring the latter part of the summer.\nAs Lake Windermere has a maximum depth of just over 20 feet and contains\nnumerous shallow bays, the extensive growth of aquatic weeds also presents a\nproblem to boating.\nA bathometric survey was carried out along the developed sections of the\nshoreline of the lake, and the position of the main boathouses was noted on air\nphotographs. In order to study the backwater effect from Toby Creek on the outflow from Lake Windermere during the spring run-off, four gauging-stations were\nestablished on the Columbia River between the lake outlet and the confluence of\nthe Columbia River and Toby Creek. Two gaug:ng-stations were established on\nToby Creek as well. The area extending from Lake Windermere to Toby Creek was\ncontrolled for photogrammetric mapping in order to study the effect of flooding of\nlow-lying lands from the construction of the proposed control dam.\nIt is expected that a report will be completed early in 1970.\n GG 58 WATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nMiscellaneous Surveys\nDuring the summer season, the field survey staff attached to this Division\ncarried out a number of surveys required by the Projects Division of the Water\nInvestigations Branch in connection with erosion, flood-control, and drainage studies.\nThe main surveys carried out in 1968 for this purpose are summarized below.\nCottonwood Island Flooding\nIn connection with the flooding problem on the Cottonwood Island area at\nPrince George, surveys were carried out to gain more information on the nature of\nthis problem. Eleven cross-sections and a thalweg profile were obtained along a 3-\nmile reach of the Nechako River from the new John Hart Highway bridge to the\nconfluence of the Fraser River. Intensive topography was also obtained in critical\nareas of the Cottonwood Island Improvement District.\nFraser River Dyking\nIn connection with the proposed improvements to be carried out to the Fraser\nRiver dyking system under the Canada-British Columbia Fraser River Flood Control\nAgreement, typical channel cross-sections were required covering certain sections\nof the Fraser River and tributaries, as follows: 58 cross-sections extending over a\n58-mile section of the Fraser River, from Barnston Island to Agassiz, and 10 cross-\nsections covering sections of the Vedder Canal, Alouette River, and Nicomen Slough.\nKettle and Granby Rivers\nRiver cross-sections and profiles were taken on the Kettle and Granby Rivers\nin connection with flooding problems in the Grand Forks area.\nThe river sections covered included the Kettle River from the United States'\nBoundary to a point 20 miles downstream, and the Granby River from the confluence with the Kettle River to a point 7.Vi miles upstream. Nine gauges previously\nestablished by the Projects Division were tied to Geodetic Survey of Canada Datum.\nIn addition, discharge measurements were taken on both rivers, and evidence of\nflooding and erosion was noted on air photographs.\nPemberton Valley Dyking District\nIn connection with flooding problems from the Lillooet River and its tributaries\nin the vicinity of the community of Pemberton, a mapping programme, including\ndetailed surveys, was carried out in 1965 and 1966 by this Division, followed by the\npreparation of a report in 1967 entitled \" Preliminary Report on Pemberton Valley\nDyking District Drainage Proposals.\"\nIn 1968, the area of investigation was expanded to include the sections of\nPemberton Valley extending from the outlet of Lillooet Lake to a point about 16\nmiles upstream from Pemberton, a distance of approximately 36 miles.\nIn 1969, to carry out a more detailed analysis of the flooding on the Lillooet\nRiver system, including Lillooet Lake, additional hydrometric data were obtained by\nfield surveys, as follows: Location and monumentation and survey of cross-sections\nof a 22-mile section of Lillooet River extending upstream from Lillooet Lake, and of\na 5V!_-m_le section of the Birkenhead River extending upstream from Lillooet Lake;\nsurface and thalweg profiles on Lillooet River for a 22-mile section extending upstream from Lillooet Lake; a bathometric survey of the upper and lower narrows\ndownstream of Lillooet Lake;  obtaining water-surface profile for a section of the\n WATER INVESTIGATIONS BRANCH\nGG 59\nLillooet River below Lower Tenasse Lake; establishing a control network between\nLillooet Lake and Lower Tenasse Lake for photogrammetric mapping; and obtaining other miscellaneous information.\nSquamish River\nEarly in 1965 a report entitled \"Erosion and Flood Control in the Lower\nSquamish Valley \" was completed, presenting a preliminary proposal for channel\nstabilization, erosion, and flood-control works in the Lower Squamish Valley, from\nthe Cheakamus River junction south to Howe Sound and including the lower\nMamquam River.\nIn connection with this project, profiles and cross-sections were obtained along\nthe left bank of the Squamish River, extending from the confluence of the Mamquam\nRiver to a point 5 miles downstream for proposed dyking of the bank.\nHYDROLOGY DIVISION\nH. I. Hunter, Hydrometeorologist, Chief of Division\nSnow-course Network\nThe British Columbia snow-course network continued its expansion in 1969\nwith the establishment of 24 new and two reactivated courses. With deletion of three\ncourses, the network will have 205 in active operation this coming sampling season.\nNew additions included five in the heavy water-producing Fraser and Thompson\nheadwater regions, one each at the low-level Meteorological Branch weather-reporting stations at Burns Lake and Puntzi Mountain, and one in the Chilcotin region at\nBig Creek. The six new Columbia sampling-sites include five in Kootenay National\nPark, where the Federal Parks Branch have initiated a special ecological study in a\nlarge burn area, and one on Jordan River drainage close to Revelstoke. Further\nnorth, one course was established on Parsnip and one on the Toad River watersheds.\nOn Mainland coastal drainage, courses were located on the Squamish, Toba, Hom-\nathko, Wannock, and Bella Coola watersheds, and on Vancouver Island three were\nlocated on the Campbell River watershed. Those reactivated were Precipice on the\nBella Coola and Elk River on the Campbell River catchments. Courses deleted\nfrom the network were Shalalth on the Bridge River and June Lake and Memory\nLake on the Puntledge River basins. See following table for details of the 1969\nrevisions to the snow-course network.\nLocal snow surveyors representing Provincial, Federal, and private agencies\nmade 733 snow-course measurements at fixed sampling dates during the 1969 buildup and depletion periods with these measurements published in the February 1st,\nMarch 1st, April 1st, May 1st, May 15th, and June 1st issues of the British Columbia Snow Survey Bulletin. In addition to this total, 78 special measurements\nwere made prior to and between the six regular sampling dates. Helicopter, light\nski-equipped aircraft, over-snow machine, skis, and snowshoes were used to reach\nthe more isolated sampling-sites.\n GG 60 WATER RESOURCES SERVICE\n1969 Revisions to the British Columbia Snow-course Network\nNumber\nName\nElevation\nLatitude\nLongitude\nBasin\nWatershed\n73\n79\n93\n96\n143\nPrecipice (reactivation)\nElk River (reactivation).\t\nJune Lake (deletion)\t\nMemory Lake (deletion)\nShalalth (deletion)\nFeet\n4,000\n1.200\n3,200\n4,200\n4,800\n4,750\n3.730\n3,100\n5,570\n4,700\n5,650\n2,620\n5,550\n6,230\n5,300\n5,500\n4,900\n4,525\n4,540\n4,580\n5,100\n4,900\n3,500\n2,100\n5,500\n5,290\n5,150\n5,500\n5,155\n52\u00b0 26'\n49\u00b0 51'\n49\u00b0 29'\n49\u00b0 35'\n50\u00b0 45'\n50\u00b0 03'\n51\u00b0 43'\n52\u00b0 08'\n51\u00b0 06'\n58\u00b0 28'\n51\u00b0 35'\n54\u00b0 14'\n53\u00b0 47'\n53\u00b0 16'\n52\u00b0 37'\n52\u00b0 45'\n54\u00b0 32'\n52\u00b0 31'\n51\u00b0 46'\n51\u00b0 21'\n50\u00b0 41'\n49\u00b0 42'\n49\u00b0 42'\n49\u00b0 44'\n51\u00b0 12'\n51\u00b0 13'\n51\u00b0 13'\n51\u00b0 13'\n51\u00b0 12'\n125\u00b0 38'\n125\u00b0 49'\n125\u00b0 15'\n125\u00b0 23'\n122\u00b0 14'\n123\u00b0 00'\n123\u00b0 02'\n124\u00b0 06'\n118\u00b0 28'\n125\u00b0 22'\n119\u00b0 23'\n125\u00b0 44'\n120\u00b0 22'\n119\u00b0 28'\n119\u00b0 43'\n120\u00b0 34'\n121\u00b0 48'\n126\u00b0 38'\n126\u00b0 04'\n124\u00b0 58'\n123\u00b0 54'\n125\u00b0 40'\n125\u00b0 41'\n125\u00b0 42'\n116\u00b0 04'\n116\u00b0 04'\n116\u00b0 04'\n116\u00b0 04'\n116\u00b0 06'\nCoastal\nVancouver Island\nVancouver Island\nVancouver Island\nFraser\nCoastal\nFraser\nFraser\nColumbia\nLiard\nFraser\nFraser\nFraser\nFraser\nFraser\nFraser\nPeace\nCoastal\nCoastal\nCoastal\nCoastal\nVancouver Island\nVancouver Island\nVancouver Island\nColumbia\nColumbia\nColumbia\nColumbia\nColumbia\nBella Coola.\nCampbell.\nPuntledge.\nPuntledge.\n205\n206\nAdditions\nWhistler Mountain\t\nSquamish.\n207\n208\n209\nToad.\n210\n211\n212\nBums Lake \t\nNechako.\n213\n214\n215\nAzure River \t\nPenfold Creek .....\nThompson.\n216\n217\nBella Coola\t\nBella Coola.\n218\n219\n220\n221\nToba River-\t\nToba.\n222\nWolf River (middle)\t\n223\n224\n225\n226\n227\n228\nWolf River (lower)\t\nVermilion River No. 1\t\nVermilion River No. 2\t\nVermilion River No. 3\t\nVermilion River No. 4\t\nVermilion River No. 5\t\nCampbell.\nKootenay.\nKootenay.\nKootenay.\nKootenay.\nKootenay.\nLast winter the Division's three technicians visited 37 courses to provide at-site\nsnow-sampling instruction to local snow surveyors and during the summer completed maintenance work at 56 courses. This field work involved 234 man-days of\ntechnician time.\nSnow Pressure-pillow Installations\nThis past summer three new pressure-pillow installations were made, with one\nlocated at the Mission Creek snow course in the Okanagan, one at the Mission Ridge\nsnow course in the Bridge River region, and one at Seymour Mountain on Vancouver's North Shore watershed. The latter was established for the University of British\nColumbia's Department of Civil Engineering as part of a snow-melt field research\nproject.\nPillows used by the Division are made of neoprene, 12 feet in diameter, and\nare 8 inches thick when filled with a 350-gallon mixture of methyl alcohol and water.\nA rubber hose connects the pillow to a manometer on which a float-actuated recorder\nis installed. Accumulation of snow on the pillow increases its internal pressure\nwhich, in turn, is transferred to manometer and recorder to provide a continuous\nrecord of snowpack water equivalent. In addition to the pillow, a thermograph is\nlocated at each site which provides a continuous record of temperature. These measurements are expected to prove very useful in the development of forecast procedures for both long- and short-term river flow.\nStream-flow Forecasting\nSeveral volume forecast procedures were revised and updated, including those\nfor East Kootenay and Upper Columbia stream-gauging stations and for inflows to\nPowell and Upper Campbell Lakes.   Because of future inundation of the Wardner\n WATER INVESTIGATIONS BRANCH\nGG 61\nand Newgate stations by Libby Reservoir, a forecast procedure was developed for\nKootenay River at the new Fort Steele gauging-station.\nThe investigation of hydrometeorological factors affecting Fraser River stream-\nflow, begun in 1967, was continued. Its objective is to improve both seasonal and\ndaily run-off forecasting methods for use in water-resource management and flood-\ncontrol operations. Studies completed in 1969 include derivation of spring-summer\nforecast procedures for several Fraser and Thompson River gauging-stations and\nderivation of a method for predicting daily flows during the critical snow-melt period.\nThe daily-flow technique is still in a preliminary stage, but has been applied to historical flows for the Fraser River near Marguerite and Thompson River, near Spences\nBridge gauging-stations. As a result of these studies, a number of snow courses were\ninstalled in areas of the Fraser basin where basic data had previously been lacking.\nJust prior to snow-melt run-off last spring, the general snow pack distribution\nwas such that heavier-than-usual snow lay on the lower coastal and Vancouver Island\nmountain ranges and on watersheds close to the International Boundary, with these\nsnow packs decreasing with increasing latitude and becoming below to well-below\naverage in the central and northern regions of the Province. Accordingly, the quantitative volume forecasts published in the April 1st and May 1st bulletins followed\nthis pattern with above-average snow-melt run-off from the central and northern regions. Stream-flow measurements for the forecast period show that actual volumes\nwere in general agreement with those predicted.\nDuring the freshet period, daily stream-flow data were received for key stream-\ngauging stations from the Water Survey of Canada, Department of Energy, Mines\nand Resources. Hydrographs and associated meteorological data were plotted and\nassessment made of the expected short-term stream-flow. For the important Fraser\ngauging-stations, the annual peak was lower than usual with this attributed to the\nbelow-average basin snow pack and the controlled sequence of melt during the freshet\nperiod.\nThe six issues of the Snow Bulletin were distributed to a mailing-list of some\n800 subscribers. In addition to snow-course measurements, these publications contain a written and graphical description of current watershed snow packs, quantitative run-off volume forecasts, and assessment of potential high water on those rivers\nsubject to flooding.\nInternational Hydrological Decade Projects\nThe primary objective of the International Hydrological Decade Study, near\nCarrs Landing in the Okanagan Valley, is to investigate the interaction between the\nvarious components of the hydrological cycle to obtain a more quantitative description of them. In excess of three years of daily hydrological and meteorological data\nhave now been collected, and a complete and up-to-date data listing is being prepared. These records have allowed the development of a fairly comprehensive computer simulation of the fluctuations in the components that describe the daily pattern\nof water movement on the watershed. The promising results from the synthesis have\nled to the critical evaluation of the watershed data and permitted revision to the data-\ncollection schedule that should allow further improvement to be made to the analyses.\nThe ultimate objective of the project is to use the water-balance information,\nespecially during the hydrologically active snow-melt run-off season, to fulfil broader\nregional water management objectives. Considerable efforts have been made to\nassess the significance and representativeness of the study in the evaluation of the\nregional hydrological regime.   Application of selected parameters for regional fore-\n Snow surveyors en route to Old\nGlory snow course, elevation 7,000\nfeet.\nMeteorological instrumentation at a summit station on the Beaufort Mountain Range (International Hydrological Decade Project).\nPressure-pillow installation showing pillow and recorder and a Stevenson screen which\nhouses a hygrothermograph and maximum and minimum thermometers. Mission Creek\nsnow course, 6,000 feet, on Okanagan Lake watershed.\n WATER INVESTIGATIONS BRANCH\nGG 63\ncast of water resources has been greatly assisted by the knowledge of the relationship\nof the parameter to its hydrological environment.\nThe \" Mountain Transect \" International Hydrological Decade project with the\nFederal Meteorological Branch as co-operator, continued in 1969. It was initiated\nto gain knowledge relative to the distribution of precipitation and temperature over\nmountainous terrain and hopefully to develop horizontal and vertical relationships\nwhich would have regional application.\nMeteorological stations have been and are being located along two transects at\nvarying elevations on both windward and leeward slopes of the Beaufort Range on\nVancouver Island. This past summer three new stations were established, one each\nat the low-elevation windward and summit-sites of the second transect and one\nat an upwind-site in the Kennedy Lake area. Instrumentation at the two transect\nstations include a digital precipitation-recording gauge, Sacramento precipitation-\nstorage gauge with bubbler system, and a totalizing wind anemometer. At the Kennedy Lake site only a precipitation-storage gauge was installed. A total of nine stations are now operational with eight serviced by helicopter at 20-day intervals\nthroughout the year. The ninth is serviced by ground access and on a monthly basis.\nIn 1969, office studies included abstraction by Toronto headquarters Meteorological Branch personnel of twice-daily measurements of precipitation and temperature from three transect and from four permanent low-level meteorological stations\nfor period November 1, 1967, to October 31, 1968. Abstracted from nearby rawin-\nsonde stations were 850 and 700 millibar temperatures, relative humidities, components of wind direction and speed, large-scale vertical motion, stability, and precipi-\ntable water factors. These data were forwarded to Victoria where they were transferred to IBM data-sheets, key-punched, and used as input in the Division's multiple\nregression programme. Because of malfunctioning of precipitation recorders due to\nboth mechanical and adverse weather conditions, there were large gaps in the transect\nstation precipitation record. Analyses of results indicate significant relationships for\nground temperatures, especially when using radiosonde temperatures as a predictor,\nbut not too significant for precipitation. However, more data are required before\nthese relationships can be properly assessed.\nHydrological Data Compilation and Processing\nOur existing hydrometric library, which was compiled manually, is now in the\nprocess of revision to a machine listing of each stream-gauging station's historical\ndata. This is required to make the data compatible with the new and corrected tape\nfile of the Water Survey of Canada, the Federal agency responsible for stream-gauging in British Columbia. When completed, an immediate and updated reference\nprint out hydrometric data library will be available for use by Water Resources Service engineers and technicians. Each year the Division co-ordinates all of the Service's\nnew stream-gauging station installation requests and assigns priorities. Maps (1 inch\nto 10 miles) showing the location of active and inactive all-year stations have been\ncompleted for the Province. The Division is the repository for historical hydrometeorological information, which is updated monthly and used by Water Resources\nService Personnel. In addition, the Division handles all requests for non-published\ndata. The Deputy Minister and Chief Engineer are responsible for the operation of\nOkanagan Lake, and to assist them in making outflow decisions a continuous graphical plot is made of Okanagan Lake levels and outflows.\nIn 1969, the programmer analyst has written or partially written the following\nprogrammes:\u2014\n GG 64 WATER RESOURCES SERVICE\n(1) In order to increase operating speed, all of the Division's programmes\nwhich make use of tape or disk storage were rewritten to utilize these devices in the unformatted mode.\n(2) A graphical weighting procedure, using the calcomp plotter, has been\nadded to the correlation-analyses programme for developing the best\nweighting of independent variables. Based on multiple-correlation coefficient values, this procedure plots the relationships between any dependent variable and any three independent variables. This technique was\ndeveloped by C. H. Coulson, engineer attached to the Division, and will be\nthe subject of an original paper to be presented at the 1970 annual meeting\nof the Western Snow Conference.\n(3) A programme has been written to generate appropriate snow-course data\nfrom the tape file for use in the Snow Bulletin.\n(4) A programme has been written to convert Water Survey of Canada's hydrometric tapes to a form compatible for use in the local computer. In\nconjunction with this, the programmer is currently working on a revision\nof the tape data format to a form more suitable for our use, a retrieval\nprogramme to extract and print any station's historical data, and development of a mini-tape for use in other programmes.\n(5) In the process of preparation is the programme to list and print the complete back record of each station's data for permanent storage in the Division's hydrometric file. A programme is also being written to list annual\nrevisions and updates to this file.\n(6) In the test stage are programmes to update and correct the snow-course\nmeasurement tape file and to list and update the Carrs Landing International Hydrological Decade Study basin basic-data tape file.\nMiscellaneous\nSpecial hydrology studies were completed for Upper Campbell Lake on Vancouver Island and for 21-Mile Creek in the Alta Lake region north of Squamish. The\nobjective of the Upper Campbell study was to improve the reliability and accuracy of\nvolume run-off forecasts for this important hydro-electric basin and for 21-Mile\nCreek to estimate water yield for domestic water supply to the Whistler Mountain\nresort area.\nThe Chief of the Division is a member of several active working committees\nwhich include the National Research Council Sub-committee on Hydrology, Western\nSnow Conference Executive Committee, British Columbia Hydrometeorological Networks Co-ordinating Committee, Columbia Basin Forecast Committee, and ARDA\nAgro-Climatology Committee. He is also a member of the Programme Committee\nfor the forthcoming \" International Symposium on the Role of Snow and Ice in\nHydrology.\"\nAs Chairman of the Arrangements Committee for the Seventh Canadian Hydrology Symposium, the Chief of the Division was responsible for planning and implementing a technical meeting on \" Instrumentation and Observation Techniques,\"\nwhich was held October 8 and 9, 1969, in the Empress Hotel. In attendance were\nsome 150 Canadian instrument specialists, representing Federal and Provincial\nagencies, university science faculties, and private enterprise. Also, preliminary work\nhas been spent in the planning and preparation for the annual meeting of the \" Western Snow Conference,\" which is to be held this coming April in Victoria.\n WATER INVESTIGATIONS BRANCH\nGG 65\nTwo technicians attended a \" Snow Surveyor's Conference \" at Jackson, Wyoming, which was sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture's Soil\nConservation Service and the State of Wyoming.\nGROUNDWATER DIVISION\nJ. C. Foweraker, Ph.D., P.Eng., Chief of Division\nWater-well Inventory\nData on existing water wells and groundwater use continue to be collected by\nfield reconnaissance and through co-operation with government agencies and well-\ndrilling contractors.\nAdditional inventory work was also carried out in the following areas: Chetwynd to Dawson Creek, Quesnel, Edgewater, Metchosin-Sooke area of Vancouver\nIsland, Saanich Peninsula, and Gulf Islands.\nWater-well Maps\nA total of 104 new water-well maps was compiled during the year. These new\nmaps cover areas in the following districts:\u2014\nDistrict\nCoast, Range 5\nKamloops\t\nKootenay\nNumber of New\nMaps\n.... 5\n___- 56\n___.    15\nLillooet  .     12\nOsoyoos      13\nSimilkameen       3\nTotal\nDuring the year, all water-well maps were reindexed.\n104\nObservation Wells\nObservation-well Network\nData continued to be collected and recorded on existing observation wells. During the year, a number of new observation wells were added to the network. Three\nobservation wells were completed at Walhachin, three were completed at Chetwynd,\nand four at Groundbirch in the Peace River Area. All the above-mentioned observation wells are of small 2-inch diameter, except one 4-inch well constructed at\nChetwynd. New observation wells equipped with well screens and 6-inch casing\nhave been completed in several areas of the Province. Two wells were installed at\nKeremeos and one at Williams Lake in order to monitor the effect on local groundwater levels by pumping from nearby recently completed large-capacity production\nwells. The observation well at Williams Lake replaces an earlier small-diameter well\ninstalled in 1967.\nTwo additional observation wells were added to the International Hydrological\nDecade Study Basin near Carrs Landing on the Okanagan watershed. Both of these\nwells were drilled into bedrock. One well was completed using small-diameter plastic casing and the second well completed with 6-inch-diameter casing. The larger\ndiameter well is equipped with water-level recording equipment.\n GROUNDWATER\nINVESTIGATIONS\nPower tongs being used on night-\nshift to remove 800 feet of locked drill\nrod    (exploratory   hole    near   Arm-\nW     strong).\nNull balance equipment for recording groundwater temperatures in wells.\n WATER INVESTIGATIONS BRANCH GG 67\nThe Observation Well Network at the year-end consisted of the following: \u2014\nCoastal watersheds     3\nFraser watershed and Lower Mainland  45\nOkanagan and Similkameen watersheds  31\nColumbia watershed      2\nNorthern watershed      8\nTotal  89\nThree observation wells to be completed at Athalmer in December are not included in this year's network total.\nTwo observation wells were destroyed by vandals. One was located southwest\nof Westwold and the other, a high-altitude observation, was located on Morfee\nMountain, north of Prince George.\nEquipment for Recording Data in Observation Wells\nGroundwater-level recording equipment using compressed air has been further\nmodified by the staff of the Groundwater Division. This equipment continues to be\nused on four observation wells, and satisfactory results have been obtained at temperatures down to 40 degrees below zero.\nWater-level recording equipment is at present installed on seven wells. This\nyear, recording equipment was removed from three observation wells where adequate\nrecords have been obtained over a number of years. Monthly readings will, however, continue to be taken on these wells. This recording equipment has been installed on three other observation wells where more detailed records are required.\nPublication\nWork has been completed on a new publication entitled \" Groundwater and\nGeology of the South Prince George Area, Central British Columbia.\" This work\nwas carried out under ARDA Research Project 10014. The main objectives of the\ninvestigation were:\u2014\n(1) To discover and outline high-yield aquifers in the arable but water-short\nPineview and Beaverley Districts in the southern part of the Prince George\narea that would be suitable for agricultural development.\n(2) To determine the costs of installations of water-wells in these same two\nareas.\n(3) Clarification of the Tertiary stratigraphy of the Upper Fraser River Drainage Basin.\nA consulting geologist was engaged to finalize the report.\nWater-well Drilling and Testing Operations\nOkanagan Falls Irrigation District\nLimited assistance, mainly in pumping tests and analyses of results, has been\ngiven to the Okanagan Falls Irrigation District during their large-capacity well-drilling and well-construction programme being carried out under the current ARDA\nrehabilitation programme. The contractor experienced considerable difficulties in the\nconstruction of his first large-scale well, which was designed with a long sand-packed\nlouvered screen. The contractor drilled a second well near the first site. This second\nwell was tested for 24 hours at over 1,200 gallons per minute; data from this test are\ncurrently being analysed.\n GG 68 WATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nFraser Valley Trout Hatchery near A bbotsford\nConsiderable technical assistance and guidance have been given to the Department of Public Works on a groundwater-development programme to supply the\nFraser Valley Trout Hatchery project near Abbotsford. Two large-capacity test-\nproduction wells and a series of small-diameter test-holes have been completed this\nyear at the site. The first large-capacity 16-inch-diameter well encountered varied\nbut predominantly fine materials and the section from 88 to 150 feet was sand-\npacked, using 10-inch pipe size, 30-slot stainless-steel screen. Blank sections were\nplaced opposite the finest materials at 118 to 125 feet and 135 to 140 feet. A 72-\nhour pumping test was then run at a constant rate of 1,290 U.S. gallons per minute.\nThe second large-capacity 16-inch-diameter test-production well encountered\nvery variable but coarser materials. A 12-inch-diameter, 100-foot-long pipe size,\nspecially designed multiple-slot stainless-steel well screen with blank section, was set\nbetween 116 and 216 feet. A 72-hour pumping test was then run at a constant rate\nof 2,000 U.S. gallons per minute. The results of this test are currently under study.\nBoth of these large-capacity wells performed very well under test, and together\nwith a well constructed earlier at the site, give a combined capacity of 8Vi cubic feet\nper second.\nFort Nelson Improvement District\nThe Groundwater Division gave technical assistance and guidance to the Improvement Districts' Division of the Water Rights Branch in the search for, and\ndevelopment of, a groundwater supply for the Fort Nelson Improvement District.\nSix 6-inch shallow-cased test-holes were drilled in silts and gravels by cable-tool\nmethod near the Muskwa River. Two of these holes were completed with short\nscreens as observation wells, and a third hole was completed as a test well. A 6-\ninch-diameter, 8-foot-long well screen was installed between 36 and 44 feet. A successful pumping test was run on this well for 24 hours at a constant rate of 225 U.S.\ngallons per minute. The iron content of the water was high, however there was a\nsharp drop in the iron content of a sample of this water left standing in air for\n48 hours.\nTest-holes and Observation Wells Completed by\nthe Rotary Drilling Method\nThis year, the Groundwater Division has carried out a number of rotary drilling\nprogrammes to obtain information on subsurface geology and groundwater potential\nand movement. These programmes are outlined below.\nVillage of Chetwynd\nSix exploratory shallow test-holes were drilled at Chetwynd in shallow alluvial\ndeposits of Windrem Creek. Observation wells were constructed in three of the\nholes, including a 4-inch-diameter low-capacity test well.\nAlthough the test-hole results showed the groundwater potential to be limited,\nthe village is proceeding with plans for the construction of a 6-inch-diameter test\nwell early in 1970. Guidance and technical assistance will be provided by the\nGroundwater Division.\nGroundbirch ARDA\nFour test-holes, one reaching a depth of 680 feet, were drilled near Groundbirch\nin the Peace River area. The test drilling provided some new information on waterbearing sand and gravel deposits and on subsurface geology.\n WATER INVESTIGATIONS BRANCH GG 69\nObservation wells were completed in all four test-holes in order to record\ngroundwater fluctuations and movement in various zones within a buried channel\nlocated in this area.\nFort Nelson Improvement District\nTwo test-holes were drilled near the Muskwa River by rotary method to obtain\ninformation on groundwater potential and geology. One test-hole penetrated 450\nfeet of unconsolidated deposits in the Muskwa Valley bottom before encountering\nbedrock. This rotary test-hole programme was part of a programme of groundwater\nexploration and development being carried out with the Improvement Districts\nDivision, Water Rights Branch, for the Fort Nelson Improvement District. The\nresults of this work are currently being studied.\nWalhachin Water Works District\nIn response to a request from the Improvement Districts Division, Water Rights\nBranch, a programme of groundwater exploration was undertaken by the Groundwater Division for the Walhachin Water Works District. Five test-holes were\ndrilled, and three of the holes were subsequently used for the construction of observation wells. The results of this test drilling programme are currently under study.\nKootenay River Flats near Creston\nBetween 50 and 100 observation wells are being constructed during the 1969\/\n70 winter on the Kootenay River Flats near Creston. Data on groundwater levels\nand on seepage in this area are being collected so that quantitative relationships\nbetween changes in level of Kootenay River in this area and the groundwater table\nand seepage can be established. Recorders are to be installed in some of the\nobservation wells.\nA thalmer\nA number of observation wells are currently being installed in Athalmer, near\nInvermere. Data on groundwater-level fluctuations obtained from these wells will\nbe studied in relation to changes in the level of Lake Windermere. Recorders are\nto be installed on two wells.\nNorth Okanagan Valley Deep Rotary Test-hole Drilling\nThree deep rotary test-holes were drilled through unconsolidated valley-floor\ndeposits on the west side of the north end of the Okanagan Valley, south of Armstrong. The holes were drilled to obtain information on subsurface geology and on\nlocation of aquifers. Over 1,000 feet of unconsolidated deposits, including 800 feet\nof sand, were encountered in one hole. Complex drilling-fluid mixtures, special\ndrilling techniques, and equipment were used to overcome the many difficulties\nassociated with drilling deep, uncased holes in great thickness of sand. In one hole\nthe contractor had 800 feet of drill rod stuck down the hole; however, this was\nfinally pulled out using special equipment.\nAn experimental hole was also drilled, using a special foaming agent in place\nof conventional drilling fluids. Further work will be required to complete the subsurface assessment of this area.\nObservation-well Construction Completed under the Okanagan\nValley Water Quality Data Collection Programme\nThirty-four observation wells not included in the regular network were completed by the Groundwater Division in four selected \" study areas \" in the Okanagan\n GG 70 WATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nValley. These areas are located near Osoyoos, Summerland, and in the Glenmore\nValley. This project was included as part of the 1969 programme of field work\nrecommended by an interim Federal-Provincial sub-committee, responsible for\nstudying land and agricultural aspects of the above-mentioned programme. The\nobservation wells will be used for the dual purpose of collecting samples of groundwater for water-quality analyses, and for recording data on groundwater-level fluctuations and movement.\nPreliminary Field Investigations of Groundwater Potential\nand Geology\nThis year, Groundwater Division personnel carried out preliminary field investigation in many areas of the Province on one or more of the following problems:\u2014\n(a) Groundwater potential.\n(b) Geology.\n(c) Feasibility of test drilling.\nThe investigations were carried out in response to requests for technical assistance from a number of agencies and from the Department. A list of the preliminary\ninvestigations is as follows:\u2014\nFraser Valley Trout Hatchery Site near Abbotsford.\nVillage of Chetwynd.\nGroundbirch Area in the Peace River Block.\nWalhachin Water Works District.\nKootenay River Flats, near Creston.\nAthalmer, near Invermere.\nFort Nelson Improvement District.\nLarkin Improvement District.\n83-Mile Creek, near Green Lake.\nEdgewater-Vermilion Irrigation District.\nQuadra Island\u2014Quathiaski Cove and Heriot Bay.\nCormorant Island\u2014Alert Bay.\nKeremeos Irrigation District.\nWinfield.\nOsoyoos \" Study Areas.\"\nSummerland \" Study Area.\"\nGlenmore Valley \" Study Area.\"\nShutdeworth Creek Improvement District.\nOkanagan Valley Water Quality Data Collection Programme\nAn interim Federal-Provincial sub-committee was formed to study land and\nagricultural aspects as they may affect water quality in the Okanagan Lakes system,\nand to make recommendations for a feasible programme for the 1969 field season.\nThe Chief of the Groundwater Division was appointed chairman of this sub-committee. Two meetings were held prior to the commencement of the field season,\nand a programme of work which could be carried out with the limited funds and\nstaff available was agreed upon.\nGroundwater Division personnel are engaged in the following projects associated with the field programme recommended by this sub-committee:\u2014\n(1) Water-well inventory survey in the Okanagan Valley.\n(2) Collection of groundwater samples, four times a year, from approximately\n75 domestic-water wells for nutrient analyses and bacteriological analyses.\n WATER INVESTIGATIONS BRANCH\nGG 71\n(3) Collection of groundwater samples from approximately 20 water wells for\nfull chemical analyses.\n(4) Compilation of existing geological information on the Okanagan Valley.\n(5) Assistance in the selection of four \"study areas\" for detailed investigations.\n(6) Drilling and construction of 35 observation wells within the above-mentioned four \" study areas \" for groundwater analyses of nutrients, etc., and\nrecording of groundwater-level fluctuations.\n(7) Collection of groundwater samples, four times a year, from 15 tile drains\nlocated in two of the \" study areas \" for nutrient analyses.\n(8) Collection of surface-water samples and observation of flow in ditches\nand creeks within the selected \" study areas.\"\nMiscellaneous\nIn addition to the activities of the Division outlined above, it should be noted\nthat there has been an increase in 1969 in the number of inquiries concerning all\nmatters dealing with groundwater.\nDuring the field season, two trainees from Afghanistan and one from the\nU.S.S.R. spent a part of their Canadian tour with Groundwater Division personnel\nin British Columbia. The Canadian tours were arranged through the Canadian\nDevelopment Agency and the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources.\nThe trainees were shown various aspects of the Division's work, including\ncurrent field operations in British Columbia.\nBASIN PLANNING AND POWER DIVISION\nJ. D. Watts, P.Eng., Chief of Division\nThis Division of the Water Investigations Branch has two main functions\u2014\n(1) the development of plans for water management on a regional or watershed\nbasis, with the immediate aim of improving surface-water supplies in areas where\nreadily available supplies have been exhausted;  and (2) the inventory of the undeveloped water-power potential of the Province.\nThe following work has been done during the past year:\u2014\nWater-management Studies\nNicola-Kamloops Area\nUnder the agreement between the Civil Engineering Department of the University of British Columbia and the British Columbia Water Resources Service,\nwork has continued by faculty members, with student and graduate assistance, on\nthe water-resources planning study of the Nicola-Kamloops area, encompassing\nsome 3,800 square miles.\nA report entitled \" Water Resources of the Nicola-Kamloops Area, Report\nNo. 1\u2014Preliminary Appraisal,\" published by the university during the year, outlines the proposed planning process and gives a preliminary appraisal of the water\nresources and related industries of the area.\nA study was made of flood irrigation in the Nicola area to assess the water\nrequirements of crops grown under this irrigation system.\nA related study, using a test area elsewhere, is attempting to develop a hydro-\nlogic technique to determine the areal distribution of run-off.\n GG 72 WATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nWork is in progress on a soil survey for the Canada Land Inventory which can\nbe expected to lead to a fuller understanding of the land-use capability of the area\nand an assessment of the potential water demand for agriculture.\nShuswap River Diversion\nAs a supplement to the main proposal to divert Shuswap River waters to the\nOkanagan via Enderby, study was made of the economic feasibility of two main\nalternatives:\u2014\u25a0\n(a) Gravity-flow diversion by canal from Sugar Lake to Okanagan Lake and\nNorth Okanagan irrigable areas via Lumby:\n(b) A pumping scheme diverting water at Shuswap Falls and feeding into a\ncanal system flowing via Lumby to Okanagan Lake and North Okanagan\nirrigable areas.\nEach of the alternatives and their variations have been demonstrated to be\nmuch more expensive to construct and maintain than the initial diversion proposal\nvia Enderby.\nIn addition to the above, an estimate and report was made on the cost of\ndeveloping three local irrigation projects, namely:\u2014\n(a) North Armstrong:\n(b) Lumby:\n(c) Hilton.\nEach of these areas has different characteristic problems and each was investigated\nin relation to the various major diversion schemes.\nIt was concluded that the cost of providing a basic irrigation water supply\nwould be in the general order of $100 per acre served per year. Development of\nan irrigation system in either the Hilton or Lumby area was considered to be uneconomic at this time. Development of the North Armstrong project was considered to be marginal and perhaps economic if high-yield crops can be produced\nin the warmer climate.\nCreston Flats Area\nWhen Libby Dam, now under construction on the Kootenai River in the\nUnited States, goes into operation, considerable changes will take place in the flow\npattern of the river downstream in British Columbia. The flow will be more evenly\ndistributed throughout the year, removing the threat of spring floods to the dyked\nareas at Creston. However, the change in flow pattern and possible changes in\npermitted Kootenay Lake storage-levels to allow greater power production at Lower\nKootenay River hydro-electric plants have made necessary a programme of observation of the dyked areas to determine the damage, if any, to lands under cultivation.\nA programme of probable five-year duration has been commenced. Large-scale\nair photography, including infra-red colour photography, has been obtained as a\nbase for field observation of crop productivity and delineation of areas damaged by\nan excessively high local or general water table. A number of groups of observation\nwells have been installed to provide data of water-table elevations. Collection and\ninterpretation of pumping records of the eight pumping stations within dyked areas\nwill commence next year. It is anticipated that this continuing programme will\nindicate the behaviour of the water table under varying conditions.\nMiscellaneous\n1. In response to a request from the Atlin District Board of Trade, a preliminary study was made of the feasibility and probable cost of a water supply and\nsewerage system for the settlement of Atlin, a small community without municipal\n WATER INVESTIGATIONS BRANCH GG 73\norganization, which serves as the administrative centre of a vast undeveloped region\nin northwestern British Columbia. The study concludes that the cost of such services in this northern region, with severe climatic conditions, is extremely high.\n2. Preliminary benefit-cost studies were prepared jointly with personnel from\nthe Projects Division for three dyking districts in the Lower Fraser Valley, in order\nto assess the feasibility of amalgamation of West Langley and Derby Dyking Districts, and East Langley and Glen Valley Dyking Districts. Derby and East Langley\nDyking Districts have no flood-protection works constructed at the present time.\nIt was determined that preliminary design should proceed for West Langley and\nDerby Dyking Districts on an amalgamated basis, and for East Langley Dyking\nDistrict as a separate project.\nHydro-power Investigations\nLiard River\nPreliminary design studies of possible developments at three sites on the Liard\nRiver were continued. These sites are Site A, 30 miles upstream from the mouth of\nthe Fort Nelson River; Site E, 16 miles downstream from Lower Crossing; and Site\nG, near Mile 552 on the Alaska Highway. It is anticipated that a report on these\ndevelopments will be available early in 1970.\nGeological advice and assistance were again provided by Dolmage, Campbell\nand Associates. A summer field crew obtained additional geologic mapping at Site\nE, as well as preliminary mapping at a potential spillway for the Site G development\nin the Hillgren Lakes area. A ground search for sufficient, suitable construction\nmaterials in the area of Site G was also carried out by this crew.\nFurther subsurface information was obtained this year from two seismic-\nrefraction surveys undertaken by Canjay Exploration Ltd., under the general supervision of Dolmage, Campbell and Associates. The first survey programme in April\nexplored the river channel, upstream and downstream from the axis of the proposed\ndam at Site G, for possible sources of construction material. The size of the deposits\ndefined by this survey proved insufficient to provide the total requirements for the\nproposed dam. Seismic refraction was also undertaken near previous overburden\ndrill-hole sites to ascertain whether this method could distinguish effectively between\nbedrock, compacted till, and the unconsolidated gravel, sand, and silt deposits.\nGood correlation between the overburden drill-hole logs and the seismic profile permitted the authorization of a second programme.\nIn August, a second seismic programme was undertaken by Canjay Exploration\nLtd. involving work at Sites G, E, and X. At Site G, the survey was designed to\ndetermine the bedrock profile across the Leguil Creek seepage path, and to explore\nand define possible construction-material sources adjacent to Mile 548 on the Alaska\nHighway. At Site E, some 12 miles downstream from Lower Crossing, determination of the bedrock profile on the left abutment, and a construction-materials search\nwere carried out. At Site X, approximately 10 miles downstream from the junction\nof the Liard and Fort Nelson Rivers, the seismic survey sought to establish the\nbedrock profile along the axis of a possible fourth dam and power development.\nSufficient quantities of locally available materials have now been located to\nensure that an earth-fill dam can be constructed at Site A. However, further exploration will be necessary in the vicinity of Sites E and G to identify additional quantities of gravel. Preliminary results from the seismic survey at Site X indicate that\nconsiderable depths of overburden cover the bedrock in the river channel and on\nthe left bank.\n GG 74 WATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nA final report from the consultants on the results of the August programme is\nexpected shortly.\nNew topographic mapping of the Liard River and its tributaries, the Fort\nNelson and Kechika Rivers, was completed by the Surveys and Mapping Branch of\nthe Lands Service for use in the power studies. Further new mapping of the upper\nLiard River and the Dease River is in progress.\nYukon River\nOffice studies to evaluate alternative proposals for utilization of the water\nresources of the Upper Yukon River system for hydro-electric power development\nwere continued. The catchment area involved lies partly in British Columbia and\npartly in Yukon Territory. Possible diversion schemes include one in which the\npower-generation facilities would be located in the Taiya Valley, close to Skagway,\nAlaska, and another in which those facilities would be located in the Taku Valley in\nBritish Columbia. The diversion structures for both major schemes would be located\nin Yukon Territory.\nTopographic mapping of the Taku Valley and of possible tunnel routes from\nAtlin Lake to the Taku Valley is in progress by the Surveys and Mapping Branch of\nthe Lands Service.\nOther Activities\nThe Chief of the Division is a member of the Fraser River Joint Programme\nCommittee, established by the agreement between Canada and the Province of\nBritish Columbia to undertake a programme of studies and works for flood\ncontrol in the Fraser Valley. The Committee has been very active throughout the\nyear, having held 12 meetings of the full committee in addition to sub-committee and\nother related meetings. Ten applications to participate in the programme have been\nreceived from municipalities. These are being processed through the phases of soils\ninvestigation, detailed design and estimates, and preparation of contract documents.\nThe design of the flood-control works for the District of Kent has been completed\nand construction is expected to commence early in 1970.\nThe Chief of the Division is a member of the Upper Yukon Power Market\nStudy Committee, comprised of representatives from the Governments of Canada,\nthe United States, and British Columbia. This committee has also been active during\nthe year and is expected to report in mid-1970 to the governments represented on\nthe potential markets for hydro-electric power which may be produced from the\nwaters of the Upper Yukon River catchment.\nThe Chief of the Division is a member of the Rural Development Planning\nCommittee and has participated in its meetings during the year.\nARDA PROJECTS DIVISION\nJ. D. C. Fuller, P.Eng., Chief of Division\nJ. V. Eby, P.Eng., Construction Engineer\nThe ARDA Projects Division was formed in 1963 for the purpose of investigating water-project proposals and preparing submissions under the Federal-Provincial\nAgricultural and Rural Development Act (ARDA) assistance programme. The\nDivision is also responsible for the design and construction supervision of certain\napproved projects. The British Columbia Department of Agriculture is charged with\nthe over-all administration of the ARDA programme. Under an interdepartmental\nco-operative arrangement, the British Columbia Water Resources Service is respon-\n WATER INVESTIGATIONS BRANCH\nGG 75\nsible for implementation of ARDA water projects, which responsibility has been\ndelegated to the Water Investigations Branch.\nSince the inception of the ARDA programme, many of the requests for assistance have been approved and successfully completed, while others are in various\nstages of construction. In some instances, especially where construction has been\ncarried out by contract, supplementary assistance has been requested to cover rising\ncosts and complete the projects.\nSince the start of the ARDA water-projects programme in British Columbia in\n1963, a total expenditure of $26 million has been authorized and $20.5 million actually expended on ARDA water projects.\nActual and potential water projects under the ARDA programme total 92 in\nnumber, and, of these, 56 have requested or received assistance, 31 are under study\nprior to a possible proposal submission, and 5 are in abeyance for various reasons.\nProvincial and Federal authorities have approved 56 proposals to date, and 31\nof these have been completed, leaving 25 presently under construction.\nOf the projects under construction, six were brought into operation during the\nyear and may be considered completed in the construction sense. The 25 incomplete\nprojects are mostly multi-year projects, some of which may not be completed until\n1971 or later.\nSome of the 31 completed projects have still to submit final claims for reimbursement in respect of such items as contractors' holdbacks and legal or survey\ncosts pending.\nProject descriptions will be given here only for those of the 92 projects where\nsignificant changes have taken place during 1969. A description of the remaining\nprojects may be found in the reports covering the period 1964 to 1968.\nEngineering services for projects are being provided by the Water Investigations\nBranch and by the Water Rights Branch, as well as by consulting engineers.\nProjects Essentially Completed during the Year\n1. Sion Improvement District Rehabilitation\u2014-ARDA Project 29010.\u2014This\nproject has been carried out under contract, with design by consulting engineers.\nThe works comprise three separate well systems, each with a large irrigation pump\nand small domestic water pump. Operation during 1969 revealed only a very small\nirrigation demand for that year.\n2. Lakeview Irrigation District Diversion Works\u2014ARDA Project 29040.\u2014\nThis project involves the supply of irrigation water and domestic water for farm use\nand includes the replacement of a diversion dam on Lambly Creek, main flume, and\ncanal with more permanent works. Design was carried out by consulting engineers\nwith construction by contract.\n3. West Bench Irrigation District-\u2014ARDA Project 29038.\u2014The Prairie Farm\nRehabilitation Administration, Canada Department of Agriculture, has been responsible for the design of the project, which includes a new intake into deep water in\nOkanagan Lake, and construction of a concrete storage reservoir.\n4. Boundary Line Irrigation District\u2014ARDA Projects 10035, 29024, and\n29024(S).\u2014The original irrigation project was extended to include the provision of\ndomestic water. Later, under Project 29024(S), an increase was made in pumping\ncapacity.   Construction was carried out by district forces.\n5. Wood Lake Irrigation District Rehabilitation\u2014ARDA Projects 29008 and\n29008(S).\u2014This project comprises a gravity-fed distribution system for irrigation\nand domestic water, with intake and chlorination facilities. Construction was by\ndistrict forces and included some work on storage dams.\n GG 76 WATER RESOURCES SERVICE\n6. Surrey Drainage Project at Halls Prairie Road\u2014ARDA Project 29019.\u2014\nProvides drainage and flood protection in the Surrey Dyking District within the\nMunicipality of Surrey.   Design was carried out by consulting engineers.\nProjects under Construction or Study\n7. Southern Okanagan Lands Irrigation District Rehabilitation\u2014ARDA Projects 10010 and 29041.\u2014The basic purpose of these projects is to rehabilitate the\nexisting irrigation supply system of the Southern Okanagan Lands project, a Pro-\nvincially operated system, and in addition provide a supply of domestic water for\nrural users.   New works are being constructed over a period of about six years.\nSince the start of construction in 1964, Systems 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, with a\ncombined installed horsepower of 2,575, have been completed. Pipe-distribution\nworks have also been installed for all of these systems. During 1969, construction\nincluded completion of pump systems 4 and 6 with a combined horsepower of 650,\nand a start of work on number 1 system, which will have an installed capacity of 175\nhorsepower. Work on the number 4 system included installation at the pumphouse\nof a rotating screen, which operated successfully during the irrigation season.\nOther construction included further flume rebuilding and a start on rehabilitation of the 3,500-foot-long 78-inch-diameter main Oliver siphon, involving part\nrelining and part pipe replacement.\nDesign work included the number 1 distribution system and pumphouse,\nscheduled for operation in 1970. Proposals were finalized, in conjunction with\nconsultants, for the replacement of flumes 1 to 5. Design of the Oliver siphon was\nalso completed during the year.\nConstruction is being carried out mostly by district labour, with some work by\ncontract. Certain electrical and mechanical components of the project have been\ndesigned by consulting engineers.\n8. Vernon Irrigation District\u2014ARDA Project 29004.\u2014Construction of the\nnew pressurized irrigation and rural domestic-water system for the Vernon Irrigation\nDistrict continued throughout 1969, with expected completion date in the spring of\n1971. Replacement of the old system of canals and pipe-lines, serving approximately 10,000 acres of irrigated land, began in July, 1966, and is now about 70 per\ncent complete. The completed project will involve over 100 miles of new pipe-lines,\nup to 48 inches in diameter, nine pumping stations totalling 1,720 horsepower, three\nchlorinating stations, several pressure-reducing stations, and the reconstruction of\nnew intakes and storage facilities.\nWork completed during 1969 included the following:\u2014\n(a) Installation by district crews of 25,000 feet of 30-inch pipe to complete\nthe 16-mile section of main supply-line from the temporary intake structure on the Grey Canal to the Goose Lake balancing-reservoir.\n(b) Installation by district crews of approximately 80,000 feet of distribution\npipe-line in sizes 4-inch to 20-inch.\n(c) Construction by contract of chlorinating stations at Goose Lake, King\nEdward intake, and the main line temporary intake.\n(d) Construction by contract of the main line pressure-reducing station 2 and\nthe Reimer Road valve chamber.\n9. Winfield and Okanagan Centre Irrigation District\u2014ARDA Project 29017.\u2014\nThis project is more fully described under the Water Supply and Investigations Division section of the Report. An open gravity system is being replaced by a pressurized system utilizing available head at the existing source. The project is designed\nfor the needs of modern sprinkler irrigation methods and will also supply farm\n WATER INVESTIGATIONS BRANCH GG 77\ndomestic water.   Construction, started in 1967, is by district forces and continued\nduring 1969.\n10. Black Mountain Irrigation District Rehabilitation\u2014ARDA Project 29018.\n\u2014This project is also more fully described under the activities of the Water Supply\nand Investigations Division. The existing open gravity system, taking water from\nMission Creek, is being replaced with a closed-pipe system, supplying sprinkler pressure for irrigation and a water supply for rural domestic purposes. Work continued\nduring 1969, and is being carried out by district forces.\n11. Glenmore Irrigation District\u2014ARDA Projects 29020 and 29020(S).\u2014\nThis project replaces an existing mainly open gravity distribution system with a\npressurized closed-pipe system fed from a balancing reservoir, constructed in 1964\nunder ARDA Projects 10003, 29005, and 29005(S). Available pressure is augmented by booster pumping at several locations to provide adequate sprinkling\npressure for irrigation as well as a domestic supply for predominantly farm use.\nConstruction is being carried out mostly by district forces, and during 1969 comprised mostly pumphouse construction and installation of remaining small pipe-lines.\nConsulting engineers have provided assistance with electrical work.\n12. Keremeos Irrigation District Rehabilitation\u2014ARDA Project 29027.\u2014This\nproject replaces the original open gravity system, drawing water from the Ashnola\nRiver and Keremeos Creek by pumping from two batteries of wells into the east and\nwest systems to provide irrigation and farm domestic water. Construction of both\nsystems is mosdy complete except for some pipelaying at the west system. During\n1969 major work comprised completion of the west pumphouse and district office\nconstruction under contracts, and pipe installation at the west system by district\nforces.   Consulting engineers have assisted with electrical design.\n13. South East Kelowna Irrigation District Second and Third Projects\u2014ARDA\nProjects 29003 and 29031.\u2014This scheme is more fully described under the Water\nSupply and Investigations Division section of this report. The project, being completed in stages, provides for the replacement of a predominantly open irrigation\nworks with a pressurized gravity-fed system. Work is being carried out by district\nforces. Studies are under way regarding rehabilitation of the remaining works comprising storage facilities and main canals.\n14. Okanagan Falls Irrigation District\u2014ARDA Project 29035.\u2014This project\ninvolves replacement of the existing unsatisfactory water supply from the south end\nof Skaha Lake by a new groundwater pumping system, together with replacement\nof several pipe-lines and construction of a 40,000-gallon reservoir. The district is\npresently supplying domestic water to about 200 connections in the townsite of\nOkanagan Falls.\nAn 8-inch test well was drilled in 1968, under the guidance of the Groundwater\nDivision, which will be used as a production well in the completed system. A second\nlarge-production well was drilled in 1969. The pumping system design will be\ncompleted after final testing of this well.\nOther work carried out by the district in 1969 included replacement of approximately 2,300 feet of steel pipe-line with 8-inch diameter asbestos-cement pipe.\n15. Ellison Irrigation District Rehabilitation\u2014ARDA Project 29036.\u2014The\nold gravity system is being replaced by more permanent works suitable for pressure\nirrigation. Design is being carried out by consulting engineers, and construction by\ndistrict forces.\n16. Westbank Irrigation District Second Project\u2014ARDA Project 29042.\u2014\nThis project is more fully described under the Water Supply and Investigations Division section of this report.  The first project comprised replacement of intake works\n GG 78 WATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nand main conduit. The second project comprises replacement of the distribution\nsystem and reconstruction of storage dams. The system supplies both irrigation and\ndomestic water for farm use. Construction by district forces commenced on the\nsecond phase in the fall of 1968.\n17. Groundwater Research Project at Prince George\u2014ARDA Project 10014.\n\u2014A report on this project is under preparation, as discussed under the Groundwater\nDivision section of this report.\n18. Peachland Irrigation District\u2014ARDA Project 29047.\u2014This project provides for replacing the old open system with a pressurized pipe-line supplying both\nirrigation and domestic water. A more detailed description of this project is given\nin the Water Supply and Investigations Division section of this report.\n19. Kamloops Indian Reserve 1 Irrigation\u2014ARDA Project 29005.\u2014This\nproject comprises an intake on the North Thompson River, with pumphouse and\ndistribution system to provide irrigation to some 780 acres of land within the reserve.\nThe Indian Affairs Branch of the Federal Government is responsible for the design\nand construction of the project by direct labour.\n20. Naramata Irrigation District Supplementary Water Supply\u2014ARDA Project 29045.\u2014This project comprises a pumphouse with 600 installed horsepower\non Okanagan Lake, forcemain, and concrete balancing-reservoir. These works are\nconnected to the existing gravity main and distribution system to provide a supplementary water supply during dry years, such as 1967, when insufficient run-off is\navailable. Construction, part by district forces and part by contract, started in the\nfall of 1969.    Consulting engineers are responsible for design of the pumphouse.\n21. Grandview Waterworks District Second Project\u2014ARDA Project 29044.\n\u2014The second stage of this system, providing domestic water for farm use, was\nstarted during the year. Engineering services are being provided by the Water\nRights Branch.\n22. Black Mountain Irrigation District Additional Storage\u2014ARDA Project\n29050.\u2014This project will increase district storage from 7,800 to 9,500 acre-feet\nfor irrigation use by construction of a dam at Fish Hawk Lake. Construction\nduring 1969 was confined to some clearing of timber. A consulting engineer is\nproviding engineering services.\n23. Slocan Park Improvement District Water Supply System\u2014ARDA Project\n29043.\u2014A pressurized irrigation and domestic water system will supply the small\ncommunity by a combined gravity and pumped supply from Wolverton Creek and\nthe Slocan River. The Water Rights Branch is responsible for the design of this\nproject, construction of which will commence in 1970.\n24. Glenmore Irrigation District\u2014Bulman Creek Storage Dam\u2014ARDA Project 29049.\u2014The Glenmore and Ellison Irrigation Districts are jointly constructing\na dam on Bulman Creek which will increase their combined storage for irrigation\npurposes from 5,300 to 6,300 acre-feet. The homogeneous fill dam, to be constructed during 1970, will have a maximum height of 45 feet, crest length 1.390\nfeet, and volume 100,000 cubic yards. Construction during 1969 was confined to\nland clearing.   Design is by consulting engineers.\nOther Activities\nThe Division has been involved in the construction aspects of the Federal-\nProvincial Fraser River Flood Control Programme. Under the Joint Agreement,\nthe Province is responsible for constructing approved projects.\nDuring 1969, meetings were held with consulting engineers appointed for the\nengineering design of flood-protection works within the Districts of Kent, Pitt\n WATER INVESTIGATIONS BRANCH GG 79\nMeadows, and Richmond.    Efforts were largely concerned with the establishment\nof construction contract procedures and standard contract documents.\nPROJECTS DIVISION\nP. M. Brady, P.Eng., Chief of Division\nThe Projects Division has as its main function the investigation, review, and\nimplementation of major flood-control, land-reclamation, erosion-control, and\ndrainage projects. This includes studies and designs for projects to be constructed\nunder the 1968 Fraser River Flood Control Agreement as well as the preparation\nand review of proposals for submission under the Canada-British Columbia Joint\nDevelopment Act and the Canada Water Conservation Assistance Act.\nIn addition, the Division designs and supervises construction of water-damage\nprevention projects either directly or under agreements with local authorities or\nindividuals.\nLower Fraser Valley\nThe signing in May, 1968, of the Federal-Provincial Agreement for the implementation over a 10-year period of a major flood-control programme for the Lower\nFraser Valley has resulted in an appreciable involvement of Projects Division staff\nboth in studies and design.\nA regional flood study covering the Lower Fraser Valley from Agassiz to the\nsea was completed this year and is being used in establishing design criteria for\ninternal drainage behind the dyking systems. This involved an analysis of all\navailable run-off data for the Lower Mainland and also the relation between run-off\nand physical characteristics of the watersheds. The study was programmed through\nthe IBM 360 computer.\nThe computer was also utilized in a backwater study for the same stretch of\nriver, providing one method of establishing a water profile for dyke-design purposes.\nIn co-operation with Federal Government engineers, a reassessment and redistribution of economic benefits from flood-control works in the Lower Fraser\nValley were completed and used in the establishment of a project-classification\nsystem.\nThe Fraser River Joint Programme Committee, of which the Chief of the\nDivision is the current Vice-chairman, was formed under the terms of the Agreement\nto plan and co-ordinate studies necessary for the assessment and implementation\nof the programme projects. Staff of the Projects Division is involved in work\ngroups that provide technical assistance to the committee's Programme Director,\nand in studies and designs assigned to the Province by the committee.\nWork-group functions include the assessment of dyke standards and design,\nand the river-erosion studies necessary to establish the scope and estimated costs\nof bank-protection works. Detailed bank-protection studies have been completed\nfor the Municipalities of Kent and Pitt Meadows and have been initiated in several\nother areas. A general study to reassess and update the bank-protection requirements and costs for the Fraser River between Agassiz and the Pitt River is also\ncurrently under way.\nWork being carried out on assignment to the Province includes the internal\ndrainage and hydrology studies necessary to establish the pumping and floodbox\ncapacities, and the detailed design of all bank-protection works. Internal drainage\nand hydrology studies have been completed for the Municipal Districts of Kent,\nPitt Meadows, and Mission, and are under way for the Township of Richmond and\nthe Municipal District of Matsqui.   The bank-protection works for the District of\n GG 80 WATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nKent, estimated to cost $880,000, have been designed, and basic information required for design in other areas is being collected.\nPreliminary designs and cost estimates were prepared for the Derby and East\nLangley Dyking Districts. These districts have no works at present, and the feasibility of amalgamation of the Derby Dyking District with West Langley Dyking\nDistrict and East Langley Dyking District with Glen Valley Dyking District was\nexplored. A cost-benefit study indicated that the former amalgamation would be\neconomically sound, but in the case of East Langley Dyking District there appeared\nto be no economic advantage to combining the districts.\nLower Squamish Valley\nIn 1965 a report was prepared on flood and erosion control in the Lower\nSquamish Valley. During 1969, the design and construction of the second-stage\nbank protection was completed and that of the third stage, dyke and bank protection, to be completed this fiscal year, was initiated. The total construction cost\nof these two stages will be approximately $380,000. The estimated total cost of\nthe comprehensive flood- and erosion-control measures outlined in the 1965 report,\nwhich was originally intended to be a joint Federal-Provincial project under the\nCanada Water Conservation Assistance Act, is $2,000,000.\nAlberni Flood Control\nThe design of the $1,400,000 flood-control project to raise River Road along\nthe Somass River and to control Kitsucksus Creek and improve the internal drainage\nworks, thus reducing the possibility of flooding in the west section of the former\nCity of Alberni, was completed in 1967. A second revised agreement between\nCanada and the Province of British Columbia to allow for increased costs was\nsigned during the year under the Canada-British Columbia Joint Development Act\nand the Canada Water Conservation Assistance Act. A contract totalling $1,085,-\n546.51 for construction under the agreement was awarded in July. Approximately\n$375,000 worth of work was constructed, with the balance to be completed next\nyear. This work is being carried out on behalf of the Water Resources Service by\nthe Department of Highways.\nBella Coola Valley\nA comprehensive study pertaining to river damage and prevention on the Bella\nCoola River and side streams between Bella Coola and Hagensborg was initiated,\nand mapping of the area was completed under private contract. During the year the\nDivision assisted the British Columbia Department of Highways in the assessment\nof local river-erosion problems and bank-protection requirements.\nPemberton Valley Flooding\nDuring the year, hydrometric data and survey information for the Lillooet Lake-\nLillooet River system was obtained for the Division. Some 10 river and lake gauges\nwere installed by the Branch and these are read by local people under a co-operative\narrangement with the Pemberton Valley Dyking District. This, together with river\nand lake surveys information, will be used in the preparation of proposals to alleviate\na flooding problem in the Pemberton Valley.\nCowichan River Flooding\nA preliminary report on flooding and erosion by the Cowichan River at Lake\nCowichan and in the Lower Cowichan Valley was completed in 1967.   Any further\n WATER INVESTIGATIONS BRANCH\nGG 81\naction on the proposals contained in this report awaits the results of studies by the\nFederal Department of Fisheries on the economic value of the Cowichan River as a\nfishery resource.\nKitimat River\nField survey information necessary for a study of the flooding problem at Kitimat was completed by the District of Kitimat during the year and submitted to the\nDivision. It is hoped that this information, together with the large-scale mapping\nof the area and hydrology study previously undertaken by the Water Investigations\nBranch, can be used in preparing proposals for flood and erosion control of the\nKitimat River at Kitimat.\nVillage of Houston\nStudies and design for dykes and bank-protection works along Buck Creek and\nthe Bulkley River, necessary to reduce flooding within the Village of Houston, were\ncompleted. Construction of the required works, costing approximately $100,000,\nis nearing completion, and it is anticipated that the project will be completed early\nin 1970.\nLumby\nField surveys and studies pertaining to flooding within the Village of Lumby\nwere carried out and a subsequent report outlining solutions and costs was completed.\nMission Creek\nField surveys and studies pertaining to river-bank erosion near the mouth of\nMission Creek at Kelowna were carried out. The preparation of a report on this\nmatter was initiated and will be completed early in 1970.\nGrand Forks\nRiver-data collection and surveys, necessary for a study of flooding and bank-\nerosion problems along both the Granby and Kettle Rivers in the Grand Forks area,\nwere carried out during the year. This information will be utilized in studies and the\ncompilation of a report for this area.\nNorth and West Vancouver Flood-control Project\nIn 1967 an agreement was signed under the Canada Water Conservation Assistance Act providing for a major flood-control project, totalling $2,301,480, in both\nthe District of North Vancouver and the District of West Vancouver. While the\nNorth Vancouver components involving control of Mosquito Creek and bank-\nprotection work in Capilano River were completed in 1967, there has been no\nrequest from the District of West Vancouver concerning implementation of the\nbalance of the works.\nHastings Creek Flood-control Project\nThis year saw completion of a contract for the construction of some 7,500 feet\nof reinforced-concrete pipe and culvert to intercept and collect the several branches\nof Hastings Creek, and a diversion to Lynn Creek, eliminating the flooding of land\nand residences below Kilmer Road in North Vancouver. The Greater Vancouver\nSewerage and Drainage Board acted as the agent for the District of North Vancouver\nfor this project, which cost approximately $650,000.\n gg 82 water resources service\nMinor Projects\nDuring 1969, 16 minor flooding and erosion problems were investigated\nthroughout the Province and reports prepared. In seven instances, assistance in the\ndesign, supervision of construction, and financing was given by the Water Investigations Branch within the available limited budget of the British Columbia Water\nResources Service. The projects constructed included bank protection and dykes for\nfive properties along the Similkameen River, and channel restoration in the lower\nreach of Harvey Creek below the Squamish Highway. At the end of the year, investigation of requests for assistance in several areas were pending.\nStellako River\nThe Federal-Provincial technical sub-committee appointed to report on the\n1967 log drive on the Stellako River, particularly with respect to the effect of log\ndriving on the fishery resource, completed its work this year with the preparation\nof a report entitled \" The Stellako River Log Drive, 1967.\"\nRECORDS COMPILATION AND REPORTS SECTION\nA. S. Stencel, R.I.A.\nThe most important functions performed by the Records Compilation and\nReports Section include the assembly of engineering reports, operation of the\nReports Library, collection and compilation of technical and cost records, operation of the Branch car-pool, and general office duties for the Branch.\nA brief review of the statistics of the Section will indicate that the past year\nhas again been one of growth. This continues a trend that has been evident for\na number of years.\nDuring the year, the Reports Library received 80 new engineering reports for\nassembly and registration.    The total of available reports amounts now to 1,610.\nListed below is a numerical and percentage summary of reports received and\nregistered during 10-year periods:\u2014\nNumber of Reports    Percentage of Total\nPeriods (Years) Available Available\n1915-24  175 10.9\n1925-34  41 2.5\n1935-44  37 2.3\n1945-54  115 7.2\n1955-64  865 53.7\n1965-69  377 23.4\nTotals  1,610 100.0\nIn addition to the new reports, over 530 other copies of reports have been\nprepared and distributed. The past 12 months also saw requests for over 100\ncopies of other publications, including inter-library loans, researched and completed by the staff. Another increase was recorded during the year under review\nin the circulation of periodicals and technical literature.\nOf the present total of 1,610 reports in the library, 980 reports have been\nprepared by the Water Resources Service staff. The following table shows the\nnumber of such reports and the various fields which they cover:\u2014\n WATER INVESTIGATIONS BRANCH\nGG 83\nTechnical Reports in Library, Prepared by Water Resources Service Staff\nas of December 31,1969\nPeriod (Years)\nWater\nPower\nWater\nSupply\nFloods,\nDrainage,\nDyking\nGroundwater\nHydrology\nMiscellaneous\nTotals\n1911-20\t\n13\n3\n1\n2\n19\n1921-25\t\n107\n26\n3\n1\n4\n141\n1926-30 \t\n25\n5\n1\n4\n35\n1931-35\t\n7\n1\n\t\n1\n9\n1936-40\t\n8\n8\n1941-45 \t\n21\n10\n1\n3\n35\n1946-50\t\n14\n27\n8\n1\n2\n7\n59\n1951-55 \t\n26\n57\n40\n8\n10\n10\n151\n1956-60  \t\n6\n69\n38\n1\n9\n14\n137\n1961-65 \t\n5\n111\n51\n5\n12\n20\n204\n1966-69 \t\n140\n28\n2\n1\n11\n182\nTotals  -\n232\n449\n168\n21\n34\n76\n980\nIn order to meet the 1969 needs of all six divisions of the Water Investigations\nBranch, 320 requisitions covering purchases and (or) repairs of equipment, furniture, machinery, materials, and supplies were prepared, and over 1,200 invoices\nprocessed. The Section provided mail and messenger service to all divisions, operated the 3 3-vehicle Branch car-pool, and assisted in the processing of claims for\nvarious water projects under construction.\nDRAUGHTING OFFICE\nB. Varcoe, Chief Draughtsman\nDuring 1969, the draughting responsibilities of the Water Investigations\nDraughting Offices were increased by the addition of the draughting requirements of\nthe Groundwater Division, which previously has had its own draughtsman. In\naddition, more activity in the draughting requirements of the Projects Division has\nnecessitated the placing of another man in the ARDA draughting section.\nWhile there has been over a 50 per cent change in draughting personnel over\nthe past year, a good total of drawings have been completed, despite the obvious\nhandicap created by the breaking-in of new draughtsmen.\nNumber of report drawings completed and used     93\nNumber of report drawings unused and (or) incomplete...    88\nNumber of construction drawings completed and used  347\nNumber of drawings completed for the Hydrology Division    24\nNumber of water-well location maps created from existing\nmapping for Groundwater Division  102\nMiscellaneous maps, signs, coloured prints, etc     12\nTotal number of drawings produced  666\nThe air-photo requirements for the Water Investigations Branch were particularly high for 1969. From requests for special flying, 2,642 air photos were received,\nand from 41 requisitions for normal reprints, mosaic reprints, and enlargements,\n1,658 photos were received.\nReproduction costs have increased with the added drawing production, and this\nyear were valued at $11,700.\n  POLLUTION\nCONTROL\nBOARD\n  POLLUTION\nCONTROL\nBOARD\nF. S. McKinnon\nChairman\nThe Pollution Control Act, 1967, relieved the Pollution Control Board of the\nadministrative functions associated with issuing permits. The Director of Pollution\nControl, in charge of the Pollution Control Branch of the Water Resources Service,\ncarries out the administration under the Pollution Control Act, 1967.\nUnder the 1967 legislation, the Pollution Control Board acts in an advisory\ncapacity to the Government, sets standards for controlling pollution, and acts as an\nappeal tribunal in matters of appeals against orders of the Director of Pollution\nControl.\nThere was considerable activity in 1969 on the part of the Pollution Control\nBoard, involving matters of appeals, meetings, policy making, and compilation\nof reports.\nThe Board took a major step in that its final recommendations to the Executive\nCouncil regarding air pollution were submitted in June, 1969, in advance of the date\nset originally for submission of the report. It was a lengthy document and widely\npublicized in full so there is no necessity to describe the details at this time.\nThe membership of the Board was increased from seven members to ten, including the Chairman, who has been employed on a full-time basis since the end of June.\nAs provided in section 12 of the Pollution Control Act, 1967, the Board is\nempowered to sit as an appeal tribunal. During 1969 only two appeals were made\nto the Board, one of which was upheld and one refused. The appeal upheld was\nthat of various interested parties relative to the Maliview Subdivision on Saltspring\nIsland and the decision of the Board ordered the installation upgraded to require\nprimary treatment. Subsequently an appeal was filed with the Lieutenant-Governor\nin Council. In addition, the appropriate officials of the City of Prince George appealed the November, 1968, decision of the Board that they \"proceed immediately\nwith construction of works necessary to make fully operative a primary treatment\nplant by November 9, 1970.\"   The latter appeal was refused.\nThe Board had four briefs presented in the course of the year that did not\nrequire decision. Two were of a general nature in which pollution problems of a\nbroad nature were discussed. One brief dealt with the problems facing the pulp and\npaper industry of the Province and the steps which are proposed to cope with them.\nThe final brief concerned the proposals to fertilize Great Central Lake to increase\nthe production of fish, and after consideration it was decided that the Board did not\nhave jurisdiction and referred the matter to the Department of Lands, Forests, and\nWater Resources.\nDuring the course of the year, 11 regular meetings of the Board were held when\nroutine business was transacted.\n87\n  POLLUTION\nCONTROL\nBRANCH\nPOLLUTION CONTROL BRANCH\nThe Pollution Control Branch, which deals with matters pertaining to land and water pollution, was formed within the Water Resources Service to carry out the functions laid down in the\nPollution Control Act, 1967. The administration of the Act is carried forward under the Director\nof Pollution Control, whose powers and duties are prescribed in the Act, and are, in summary,\nas follows:\u2014\n(a) To determine what qualities and properties of water shall constitute a polluted condition:\n(Z>) To prescribe standards regarding the quality and character of the effluent which may\nbe discharged:\n(c) To conduct tests and surveys to determine the extent of pollution:\n(d) To examine into all existing or proposed means for the disposal of sewage or other\nwaste materials:\n(e) To notify all persons who discharge effluent into the said waters when the effluent fails\nto meet the prescribed standards:\n(\/) To order any person to increase the degree of treatment of the effluent.\nTo carry into effect the intent of the Pollution Control Act, 1967, the Director issues permits\nto discharge effluent and wastes to applicants who comply with the regulations and who satisfy\nthe Director that the wastes to be discharged will not cause pollution in accordance with the Act.\n GG 90\nWATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nOV\nVO\nOV\np.\nw\nCQ\npq\nw\nQ\nQ\nW\nQ\ns\nw\nft.\n<\na\nX\nu\nz\n<\nft.\nPQ\no\nOil\nH\nZ\no\nu\nz\no\nH\nO\nft.\nw\n3.\nH\nPh\nO\nH\nft<\n<\nu\n<\nz\no\n-\u2014.\nH\n<\nN\nHH\nz\n<\no\nft.\no\nM    _\u2022   *\nS \u00bb en\na1\n0 -3\n2 \u2022\u00a7\n5 S\ntz\nB>\n\u25a07.\n<\n\u00ab g \u00a7\n\" I g p.\ntS \"\n_L ni\nc\n,_,\n\u20225\n4>\n*\n0\nU\na\nU\nc\nw\n3\nNi\n\u25a0li.\n\u2022r  n\n>  a,\nQ \u00ab\ns\u00a7\nO   ei\n5 i\n|S\n3   \u2022\n\u00a3<\nW_        O\n3   I\n^ o 3\n14^ i\no Is\n<D    5    M\nU     r%     U\nC   u   O\nCU > h3\n POLLUTION\nCONTROL\nBRANCH\nC. J. Keenan, P.Eng. (January to August 31)\nW. N. Venables, P.Eng. (September 1 to December 31)\nDirector\nThe Pollution Control Branch is responsible for the administration of the\nPollution Control Act, 1967, as it pertains to the discharge of wastes to land and\nwater in British Columbia. Certain wastes are excluded from the provisions of\nthe Act and these are set out in the regulations pursuant thereto and the discharge of these wastes are controlled under other legislation by other departments of\nGovernment.\nThe vehicle for controlling pollution under the Act is the permit system and the\nAct specifically states that: \"No person shall discharge sewage or other waste\nmaterials on, in, or under any land or into any waters without a permit from the\nDirector.\"\nIt is to be noted that discharges to the atmosphere are not covered by permit\nunder the Pollution Control Act, 1967, at this time. The Act also provides for the\nestablishment of the Pollution Control Board, whose functions are set out in the Act,\nand decisions of the Board that may be pertinent to the operation of the Branch are\ntransmitted to the Director of Pollution Control through the Deputy Minister of the\nWater Resources Service, under whose a_gis the Pollution Control Branch operates.\nDuring 1969 it became apparent that to ensure that pollution was adequately\ncontrolled, where there was overlapping jurisdiction under other legislation it was\nnecessary to improve the communication and understanding with other administrations within Government and in conformance with announced policy, it is generally\naccepted that a person or persons wishing to discharge should first obtain the necessary permit or permits under the Pollution Control Act, 1967.\nDuring 1969 the Pollution Control Branch was reorganized to assume full\nstatus as a Branch within the Water Resources Service, and as of September 1st,\nthree divisions and a section were brought into being and now formulate the Branch\norganization. The functions and duties of the divisions are clearly defined in order\nto provide an improved service to the public. The Municipal Division is responsible\nfor the processing of all applications for discharges for all municipal sewerage systems and other domestic wastes. The Industrial Division deals with all applications\nfor permits from industry not connected to a municipal sewerage system (including\nindustrial refuse disposal), and in the performance of their duties the engineers in\nthis Division are generally guided by the dictum that \" if wastes are properly managed, pollution will not be caused,\" and in so doing concern themselves with in-plant\ncontrols, as in many cases the quality and quantity of final discharge can be considerably reduced. The Districts Division, with offices established at Cranbrook, Vernon,\nPrince George, and Victoria, is responsible for the administration of permits once\nthey are issued and the appeal time has lapsed. In so doing it is required to ascertain\nthat the works authorized by the permit are completed in accordance with the plans\nand specifications, that a monitoring programme is set up to ensure that the dis-\n91\n GG 92 WATER RESOURCES SERVICE\ncharge is within the limits authorized by the permit, and carry out such other duties\nas may be assigned to it from time to time. The Projects and Research Section is\nbeing developed to provide the necessary contact with the Provincial Laboratories,\nwho carry out all the water-chemistry analyses for the Branch, to correlate the various\nfield studies that are being undertaken from time to time, to carry out specific studies\nand research to determine the degree and impact of pollution at various levels, to\nprovide the expertise to the other divisions in those matters of a specialty nature.\nThe philosophy that pollution control is everybody's business has led to the\nadoption of certain policies within the Branch that are being effected as quickly as\nthe availability of staff permits; for example, copies of all pollution control permits\nare now available for inspection by the public at each district office; a programme to\nclarify the objectives of the Act and functions of the Branch has been implemented\nat various levels of government; participation by discussion with groups showing\nbona fide interest in and a responsible attitude toward pollution control is being\nencouraged, and the fact that the Director and the staff are the anti-pollutionists and\nthat the Act is to control pollution in British Columbia is being propounded.\nADMINISTRATION\nThe administration of the Branch was reorganized on September 1st when three\ndivisions were created. Such action was made possible by staff increase authorized\nfor the 1969\/70 budget, and the present establishment authorizes 16 positions for\nprofessional engineers, which include the positions of the Director, Assistant Director, three Division Chiefs, and 11 others. There are 14 other positions authorized\nwhich are filled by clerks, technicians, draughtsmen, and stenographers, and a chemical analyst from the Branch has been seconded to the Provincial Laboratories. The\nnecessary administrative functions associated with the investigation and processing\nof applications for permits are carried forward by the appropriate division within the\nPollution Control Branch and the facts of each investigation are laid before the\nDirector. The Director may then grant, amend and grant, or refuse to grant a permit.\nApplicants must satisfy the Director that the waste to be discharged will not cause\npollution in accordance with the Act. All valid objections to the issuance of a\npermit are investigated and, where necessary, public hearings or inquiries may be\nheld before a final decision is reached on an application. During the current year a\nprocedure whereby an applicant was advised of all objections was instituted in anticipation that he would take up the matter of the objection with the objector. Indications are that this procedure will ensure that public funds are not wasted in holding\nunnecessary inquiries, and it is anticipated that the procedure will provide the communication necessary to keep both parties informed.\nDuring 1969, 162 applications were received; 59 permits being granted, 13\namendments to permits granted, 7 applications were refused, 10 applications were\nvoluntarily withdrawn, and the remaining 73 applications are presently being processed or are being held in abeyance awaiting resolution of extenuating circumstances.\nIn many instances where a permit was granted, the applicant was requested to provide facilities in excess of those proposed on his original application. In ruling on an\napplication, the Director first gives consideration (assuming all other matters relative\nto the application being in compliance with the Act) to any policies or requirements\nthat have been established by the Pollution Control Board. The policy declaration\nof the Pollution Control Board, as set out in their news release of March 14th, included statements relative to discharge to salt water and a decision by the Director\nto refuse a permit based on this Board policy is presently being appealed in accordance with the appeal procedures set out in the Act.\n POLLUTION CONTROL BRANCH GG 93\nINDUSTRIAL DIVISION\nA. J. Chmelauskas, P.Eng., Chief of Division\nThe Industrial Division, established April 1, 1969, replaced the Pulp Mill\nDivision referred to in the 1968 Annual Report. This Division is now principally\nconcerned with the assessment and evaluation of pollution control applications,\nrelevant reports, and plans concerning waste-disposal facilities for all industrial discharges of effluent and (or) refuse. Applications for permits are assessed technically\nto ascertain that the means or mode of disposal are satisfactory to assure adequate\ncontainment (refuse) or receiving-water quality (effluent) consistent with the uses\nmade of receiving waters and the Pollution Control Board policy where applicable.\nThe Division has been divided into three sections to develop specific expertise\nwith problems of discharges associated with complex industrial processes, and to\ndelegate work and responsibility commensurate with the interest, training, and\ncompetence of those working in the Division.\nThe Forest Products Section is involved for the most part with pulp- and\npaper-mills, but also includes other attendant industries such as plywood, veneer,\nparticle board, and sawmills. In 1969 three existing and one new pulp-mill were\nbrought under permit. Ten pulp-mills in the Province are not as yet under permit;\nhowever, all these mills were contacted early during the year and are currently\nundertaking inventories and studies in preparation to making application. It is\nexpected that all pulp-mills will be under permit by end of 1970.\nThe Mining and Mineral Products Section is primarily concerned with the\nmetal- and coal-mining operations; however, included are the metal fabrication\nand finishing operations, smelting, and industrial mineral development for limestone, cement, and pozzolan.\nThe General Section is involved with discharges from the petroleum refineries\nand the petro-chemical industries, industrial chemicals, fermentation industries,\nfood-processing industries, feed-lot operations, laundromats, car-washes, etc., where\nthese industries are not on municipal sewers.\nIn addition to the evaluation of applications and technical negotiations with\nthe applicants, the Division is involved with field investigations, preparation of reports, recommending on the effluent, and receiving water-monitoring programmes,\nreviewing statistical tabulation and plots of monitoring results in order to evaluate\nthe effectiveness of disposal systems.\nThe Division is also used in an advisory capacity to the Taxation Department\nregarding property-tax exemption of pollution-abatement facilities as provided for\nunder section 24 of the Taxation Act.\nIn dealing with industrial applicants, considerable emphasis is stressed with the\napplicant to consider and employ, where practical, in-plant measures which will\nreduce waste load from the plant. This may be achieved by any one or a combination of the following means: Separation of sewer systems, monitoring and alarm\ndevices, recirculation and reuse of process waters, in-plant treatment devices, and\nthe implementation of good housekeeping practice.\nSuch systematic approach to waste management has its just rewards in economies which are realized in reduced product losses, reduced costs of water supply as\nthe result of reduced consumption, and reduction in the size, complexity, and cost\nof any out-plant treatment.\nSimilarly as in effluent control, the disposal of solid waste materials is directed\ntoward the utilization of the waste, either immediately through some useful purpose or stored in such manner that it would be available for some potential future\nuse which may be developed with improved knowledge and technology.\n GG 94 WATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nMUNICIPAL DIVISION\nJ. E. Dew-Jones, P.Eng., Chief of Division\nThe work of the Municipal Division comprises the processing of applications\nfor permits for all non-industrial discharges. Not only do all municipal discharges\ncome under this category, but also any private non-industrial development not\nexempted by regulation at this time. Such exemptions are now limited to single\nhouses and duplexes and discharges to a tile disposal-field of up to 5,000 gallons per\nday of domestic waste. Municipal discharges vary from small housing schemes\nunder the jurisdiction of improvement districts up to the volume discharged from\nthe Iona Treatment Plant of the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District. Private development includes discharges under such categories as subdivisions,\nconstruction camps, and trailer parks.\nThe first consideration when an application is submitted is whether or not it\ncomes within the scope of any policy laid down by the Pollution Control Board.\nApart from Pollution Control Board policy considerations, applicants must substantiate their submissions on technical grounds. This may involve considerable\nresearch and investigation by the applicant and (or) the Branch, particularly in\nregard to discharges to the sea.\nAnother technical consideration is that it is often preferable for industrial\nwastes to discharge to a municipal sewer (sometimes with some degree of treatment) rather than maintain their own treatment facility and local discharge. Much\nwork has been done which is not directly connected with the issuance of permits\nregarding this matter. Municipalities are beginning to recognize the need to assess\npresent and future industrial discharges which might affect their sewerage systems.\nAccordingly, the number of applications covering municipal works designed to\ntreat wastes from industry are growing.\nThe work of assessing applications is both technically and administratively\ncomplex. In general, applications are posted and advertised and commonly give\nrise to objections. In addition, copies of applications are distributed to certain\nother government agencies for their comment, and these must be taken into account.\nIt is the work of the divisions to assess all the facts and views put forward. In\ndoing so, the engineers involved must strive to keep up to date on the various subjects concerned with their work. The problem this poses will be appreciated when\nit is realized that a recent textbook on water-quality criteria lists some 3,000\nreferences.\nThis Division gives consultation upon request, relative to those technical\nmatters where financial assistance is being sought by the municipality under existing\nlegislation.\nApproximately 40 permits have been issued during 1969 and 20 applications\nfor municipal discharges are presently being processed.\nDISTRICT DIVISION\nM. W. Slezak, P.Eng., Chief of Division\nPrior to September 1, 1969, the district offices were supervised from Victoria by\nthe Assistant Director. To facilitate expansion within the Branch it became necessary to relieve the Assistant Director of these responsibilities by forming a District\nDivision and appointing a Chief of the District Division.\nWithin this Division of the Branch lies the responsibility to administer permits\ngranted under the Act.   At present the offices are located at Cranbrook, Vernon, and\n POLLUTION CONTROL BRANCH\nGG 95\nPrince George, in the Kootenay, Okanagan, and Prince George districts respectively,\nand a fourth district was created in 1969 for the Lower Mainland and an engineer\nexperienced in the waste-treatment field has been recruited to fill the position of District Engineer for this office. One of the first programmes in establishing a district\noffice is to inventory all major outfalls and sources of pollution within the district.\nDuring 1969, additional staff were also recruited for the established districts in\norder to carry out site investigations, surveillance work, and investigations of complaints.\nA heavy work load continues to be placed on district personnel due to the rapid\ngrowth in district office activities. Temporary staff is recruited whenever possible to\nassist the permanent staff to meet these growth demands. There is considerable diversification of responsibility allocated to district personnel as they monitor effluents\nto ensure that the quality and quantity are within the limits of the permits, and they\nassist operators in understanding the operation of treatment plants. District personnel also collect data on the assimilative capacity of the environment, which\ninformation is utilized to process and evaluate applications.\nDuring the latter part of the year the duties of the District Engineers have been\nexpanded to the public-relations field and it is anticipated that they will give talks to\nschools and interested groups in order to permit a better understanding of the\nmechanics of the Pollution Control Act, 1967.\nReports for the established districts are as follows:\u2014\nKootenay District\nL. N. Adamache, P.Eng., District Engineer\nThe Kootenay District was responsible for the administration of the Act in the\nRegional Districts of East Kootenay, Central Kootenay, Kootenay Boundary, and all\nof the Columbia-Shuswap east of Revelstoke. The District Office which was located\nin Nelson until November 1, 1969, was relocated in Cranbrook, and a sub-office\nestablished in Nelson. The move was made to enable more efficient administration of\nexisting pollution control permits and to provide better service to the public.\nThe staff in 1969 consisted of the District Engineer, an engineering technician,\nand a part-time clerk-typist. Ten new permits were issued in the Kootenay District\nin 1969, where there are now a total of 32. Of this number, 20 of the permittees\nhave constructed works in accordance with permit requirements. The remainder are\neither in the process of preparing to or constructing works. Site investigations were\nconducted and reports prepared for 19 permit applications in 1969. Inspection of\nworks under permit was conducted on a routine basis.\nThe basic water-quality monitoring programme initiated for the Columbia River\nBasin in August of 1968 was conducted with some modifications to the programme\nin 1969. It is expected that this programme will continue indefinitely to establish the\nnatural, physical, and mechanical characteristics of the water resources and to enable\ndetection of any changes in water quality as a result of changes within the river basin.\nThe Elk River study was initiated with the co-operation and assistance from the\nInland Waters Branch of the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources and the\nBritish Columbia Fish and Wildlife Branch, and the study will determine the effects\nof coal-mining operations on the streams in the Elk River Basin. Initially, five monitoring stations will be established.\nThe Libby Reservoir study was commenced in 1969 for the purpose of\n(a) examining the potential effects of upstream pollution on the Libby Reservoir;\n(b) establishing data so that the potential effects of the Libby Reservoir on\ndownstream water quality may be ascertained.\n GG 96 WATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nOkanagan District\nW. A. Kastelen, P.Eng.(Alta.), District Engineer\nThe Okanagan District Office was responsible for the administration of the Act\nin the Regional Districts of Okanagan-Similkameen; Central Okanagan; North\nOkanagan; Columbia-Shuswap, west of Revelstoke; and the Thompson-Nicola. The\nDistrict Office was relocated from Oliver to Vernon as of July 1, 1969. The office\nspace in Oliver was converted to a sub-office.\nThe permanent staff in the Okanagan consisted of a District Engineer, engineering technician, and a clerk-stenographer. Two university students were hired as temporary help in July to assist the permanent staff with sampling and stream surveys.\nA continuous sampling programme of the major outfalls and streams in the\nOkanagan District commenced on September 1st, and lake-sampling was added to\nthis programme in November. In addition to the permit sampling, samples were\ncollected monthly at 19 outfalls, 17 stream and 11 (2 samples per station) lake stations for chemical and bacteriological analyses.\nThe Canada-British Columbia-Okanagan Basin Agreement was signed in October, 1969, and it is expected that the joint Federal-Provincial water-quality studies\nwill be fully under way in the near future. In May of this year sampling stations were\nestablished for the purpose of this study. The three-year Okanagan study initiated by\nthe Pollution Control Branch in 1968 has provided the base-line programme for the\njoint study and the inventory of all major domestic and industrial-waste discharges in\nthe Okanagan Drainage Basin was completed this year.\nThirteen new permits were issued during the calendar year, giving a total number of 46 being administered by this office. Site investigations were conducted and\nreports prepared for 19 permit applications. Inspection of treatment works under\npermit were attended to on a regular basis.\nSeveral requests for information were received and numerous pollution complaints were investigated throughout the year. One public hearing was held in Vernon in connection with the issuance of a permit to a distillery.\nPrince George District\nJ. W. Thomas, P.Eng., District Engineer\nThe Prince George office was responsible for the administration of the Act in the\nRegional Districts of Cariboo, Fraser-Fort George, Bulkley-Nechako, Skeena A,\nSkeena B, Peace River, and Stikine.\nDuring 1969 the District Office was initially allocated space in the office of the\nWater Rights Branch in the Government Building. In February, office space in the\nProfessional Centre was acquired and the office was subsequently relocated.\nOn September 17th a part-time clerk-typist commenced work and in November\na chemical engineering graduate was added to the staff as an engineering technician.\nDuring the year some 16 new permits were issued in the district and a total of\n46 permits are now being administered by the Prince George office. Twenty-four site\ninvestigations were made and reports prepared.\nA start was made on a study of the Upper Fraser from Hope to Valemount, and\nan inventory of the major domestic and industrial-waste discharges is in progress. A\nsampling programme in conjunction with the study has been prepared and will be\ninitiated in the spring of 1970.\nSeveral requests for information were received and numerous pollution complaints were investigated throughout the year.\n pollution control branch gg 97\nProjects and Research Section\nR. H. Ferguson, P.Eng.\nThis Section was established in mid-1969 and consists of an engineer, a\ndraughtsman, and a chemical-analyst who works within the Health Branch Division\nof Laboratories in Vancouver.\nIt is the responsibility of this Section to establish a programme of water-quality\nmonitoring to co-ordinate monitoring work requiring analytical determination within\nthe capacity of the Provincial Laboratories, to assess and report on receiving water\nquality and waste-water assimilation capacity, to carry out special studies related to\npollution control, and to investigate and advise Branch members on technical matters\nrelated to pollution.\nThe work performed under this Section in 1969 has been primarily concerned\nwith the initial establishment of a water-quality monitoring network and investigation\ninto miscellaneous matters related to pollution control.\nThe Bridge Creek-Hendrix Creek-Canim Lake study initiated in 1968 continued\nuntil late summer of 1969. This study involved sampling of the major contributory\nstreams to the system and the outgoing waters from the system to determine the effect\non the receiving waters of agricultural drainage and domestic-waste discharge and to\nestablish base-line data for future investigations of these waters.\nGeneral Office\nS. J. Hives\nA Senior Clerk is responsible for the operation of this Section. To assist him in\nthese duties are three stenographers, a typist, and a junior clerk. This Section records\nall incoming mail and carries out the functions necessary to facilitate the administration of the Main Branch Office, and in this regard it should be noted that 300 pieces\nof mail were registered in November, 1968, and that 750 pieces of mail were registered in the same month in 1969.\nIn Summary\nThe problem of pollution control is essentially that of the management of the\nunmarketable or socially undesirable by-products of man's activities and in this regard it is reassuring to note that the immediate and potential effectiveness of the\nPollution Control Act, 1967, is being recognized.\nIt is acknowledged that education of, communication with, and co-operation by\nthe public is necessary to effect the requirements of the Act so that pollution may be\ncontrolled.\nPollution is not only everyone's business it is everyone's responsibility. By positive action major industries are indicating their willingness to accept their responsibilities and it behooves those at all levels of Government to ensure that they in turn\nrecognize, accept, and demonstrate a similar attitude toward effecting pollution control measures.\nThere is no question that if the Act as amended is accepted, respected, and\nsupported by all, it can provide the vehicle to effectively control pollution in the\nProvince of British Columbia.\n  INSPECTOR\nOF\nDYKES\n  INSPECTOR\nOF\nDYKES\nW. R. Meighen, P.Eng.\nInspector of Dykes\nThe spring run-off in the Fraser and other major river systems was of normal or\nbelow-normal proportions and did not produce any major threat to any of the dyking\nsystems in the Province.\nAs a result, work on the dykes and on the allied pumping and drainage works\nwas of a routine nature, consisting largely of necessary maintenance.\nPumps in Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows No. 2, Coquitlam, West Nicomen, Sumas, and Matsqui Districts were lifted and necessary overhaul or repair carried out.\nRepairs were made to three pumphouses in the Coquitlam Dyking District.\nA considerable number of meetings with municipal officials were attended to\ndiscuss the transfer of responsibility for the dyking and drainage works to the various\nmunicipalities.\nNumerous meetings of the Joint Programme Committee, established by the\nFederal-Provincial Governments to carry out the Flood Control programme in the\nFraser Valley, were attended throughout the year. As well, many meetings and field\ninspections of work groups established by this Joint Programme Committee were\nalso attended.\nSurveys for the Flood Control programme, authorized by the Joint Programme\nCommittee, are now under way in many parts of the Fraser Valley. It is anticipated\nthat construction will commence in some areas early in the next year.\n101\n  SOUTHERN\nOKANAGAN\nLANDS\nPROJECT\n IRRIGATION SYSTEM, SOUTHERN OKANAGAN LANDS PROIECT\nInstallation of 60-inch steel pipe used to\nreplace part of the Oliver siphon. The old\nwood-stave pipe can be seen in the background.\nZllZZig\ni?\u00ab#IJtilt\n' :_a.v4si-.\nH lli\nInstallation of No. 4a domestic pump\nat well-site.\nFill area for elimination of flume.\n SOUTHERN\nOKANAGAN\nLANDS\nPROJECT\nL. A. Pinske\nProject Manager\nADMINISTRATION\nOperation and maintenance of the irrigation system and the continuation of the\nrehabilitation programme being carried out under the Agricultural Rehabilitation and\nDevelopment (British Columbia) Act were the main functions of the Southern Okanagan Lands Project during the year. The reconstruction programme is continuing\nand on completion of the rehabilitation the administration of the system will be\nhandled by the Southern Okanagan Lands Irrigation District formed as an improvement district under Letters Patent dated July 7,1964.\nIn May, 80.3 acres of land in the Tinhorn Creek area were sold after being\ntendered for sale unsuccessfully on two previous occasions.\nThe disposition of numerous small portions of land and old river oxbows, which\nwere created by the Okanagan Flood Control channel, was continued as surveys and\nadministrative procedures were completed.\nOPERATION\nRehabilitation of the system for the Southern Okanagan Lands Irrigation District was continued by Southern Okanagan Lands Project crew. Construction included No. 4 domestic pump system; commencement of survey and constructing of\nNo. 1 pump system; building of chlorinator facilities at No. 7 pumphouse; completion of No. 6 pump system; replacement or reconstruction of flumes Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7,\n11, 12, 13, and 14; installation of rotary screen at No. 4 pump system intake; commencement of rehabilitating the main siphon; fencing and covering of the main\ncanal through residential area of Oliver.\nPump and motor inspection, servicing, and overhaul as well as replacement of\ndeteriorated timbers on trestles, cleaning and pitching of the main canal were carried\nout under the normal annual maintenance programme.\nWater was diverted from the Okanagan River into the main canal on April 22,\n1969, and all pumping stations energized shortly after that date.\nOn July 25, 1969, at approximately 9 p.m., the No. 2, 150-horsepower electric\nmotor burned out at No. 4 pump station. Water service was maintained on a restricted basis with the remaining pumps until July 28, 1969, at 11 p.m., when full\nservice was restored to No. 4 pump system.\nWater service to the West Lateral area was curtailed on August 24, 1969, due\nto a portion of a flume being knocked out by fire-fighting equipment while battling a\n105\n GG 106\nWATER RESOURCES SERVICE\nforest fire north of Oliver. Service was fully restored in the early evening of August\n25, 1969.\nThe usual ditch-riding service was provided for the Black Sage Irrigation District\nuntil September 20, 1969, when they requested to be turned off for the season.\nWater which was being diverted to the main irrigation canal for irrigation and\ndomestic purposes was turned off September 30, 1969. No. 4a pump, pumping from\na well, and No. 8 pump, pumping from Osoyoos Lake, were immediately placed in\noperation to provide domestic water on that same date.\nProject crews were engaged in the installation of aeration equipment in Osoyoos\nLake for the Water Resources Service to be used in a study of aeration as a possible\nmeans of improving water quality in the No. 9 pump system.\nAnnual Revenue to December 9,1969\nIrrigation collections\nLand sales (principal)\n$82,100.18\n23,386.80\nSundries (topsoil, maps, payments from irrigation\ndistrict, interest, and lease rentals)      104,622.03\nTotal\n$210,109.01\n PERSONNEL\nOFFICE\nAND\nACCOUNTING\nDIVISION\n  PERSONNEL\nOFFICE\nK. M. Hanson\nPersonnel Officer\nIn 1969, the permanent establishment of the Water Resources Service was increased by 19 new positions. Eleven of these positions were in the Pollution Control\nBranch, seven in the Water Investigations Branch, and the remaining position in the\noffice of the Deputy Minister.\nWork under the Fraser River Flood Control Agreement commenced this year\nand four temporary continuous positions were established.\nThe table below indicates a slight increase in activity over both 1967 and 1968.\nThis, combined with the above-mentioned new positions, has brought about considerable more work for this office.\n1966\n1967\n1968\n1969\n24\n18\n10\n4\n4\n17\n3\n25\n6\n4\n31\n15\n18\n5\n3\n18\n35\n4\n3\n37\n8\n9\n3\n28\n1\n36\n5\n2\n36\n10\n17\n4\n1\n28\n1\n40\n8\nExtensions of service granted-   \u2014.  \t\n2\nIn 1969 only one retirement took place, that of Mr. E. J. Folwell, Administrative Officer, Improvement Districts Division, Water Rights Branch, who retired after\n11 years in this position.\nDue to ill health, Mr. A. F. Paget, Deputy Minister, resigned and was appointed\nas Consultant. Mr. Paget was replaced by Mr. V. Raudsepp. Other promotions\nincluded Mr. B. E. Marr, Chief Engineer, Water Investigations Branch, replacing Mr.\nRaudsepp; and Mr. P. M. Brady, Chief of the Projects Division, replacing Mr. Marr.\nIn the Pollution Control Branch, Mr. C. Keenan, Director, resigned to take up a position in industry. Mr. W. N. Venables was appointed in his place. Mr. A. J. Chme-\nlauskas and Mr. J. E. Dew-Jones, along with Mr. M. W. Slezak, were all appointed\nas Division Heads in the Pollution Control Branch as a result of competitions.\nField trips included a trip to the Nelson, Kelowna, Vernon, and Prince George\noffices. Other trips to Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, and Regina were\nundertaken in order to recruit new staff.\nThe year 1969 was indeed busy, with developments such as the Fraser River\nFlood Control project, and activity in the future would appear to be somewhat similar, with the Federal-Provincial study of the Okanagan Basin in the offing.\n109\n  ACCOUNTING\nDIVISION\nM. B. Maclean\nDepartmental Comptroller\nThe steady growth of Water Resources Service over the past several years continued through 1969 with increasing demands on the services of the Accounting\nDivision, particularly in respect of payroll, expenditure control, and the collection of\nrevenues.\nThe Federal-Provincial Fraser River Flood Control Agreement is now well under way and the recently signed Federal-Provincial Agreement on Okanagan Basin\nStudies will shortly be activated, all of which require additional expenditure control\nand the preparation of claims on both the Federal and local governments.\nWater-licence accounts increased from 23,116, January 1, 1969, to 23,659,\nDecember 31,1969.\nFollowing is a statement of Water Resources Service revenue from annual\nrentals for water licences and from application fees under the Water Act, arranged\nby major purposes of the water licences for 1969, and a statement of comparative\nrevenues over a 10-year period:\u2014\nDomestic, incidental use, and fees      $104,712.94\nWaterworks\nIrrigation\t\nPower\t\nFunds received on application.\nTotal\t\n16,160.15\n4,121.04\n3,205,934.49\n33,648.50\n$3,364,577.12\nComparison of Revenue for 10-year Period, 1960 to 1969, Inclusive\n1960 $1,510,278\n1961  1,853,653\n1962  2,115,738\n1963  1,935,778\n1964     2,175,223\n1965 $2,251,025\n1966  2,285,932\n1967  2,431,010\n1968  2,749,848\n1969  3,364,577\nPrinted by A. Sutton, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty\nin right of the Province of British Columbia.\n1970\n1,500-670-4815\n111\n ","@language":"en"}],"Genre":[{"@value":"Legislative proceedings","@language":"en"}],"Identifier":[{"@value":"J110.L5 S7","@language":"en"},{"@value":"1970_V02_16_GG1_GG111","@language":"en"}],"IsShownAt":[{"@value":"10.14288\/1.0373682","@language":"en"}],"Language":[{"@value":"English","@language":"en"}],"Provider":[{"@value":"Vancouver: University of British Columbia Library","@language":"en"}],"Publisher":[{"@value":"Victoria, BC : Government Printer","@language":"en"}],"Rights":[{"@value":"Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy or otherwise distribute these images please contact the Legislative Library of British Columbia","@language":"en"}],"SortDate":[{"@value":"1970-12-31 AD","@language":"en"},{"@value":"1970-12-31 AD","@language":"en"}],"Source":[{"@value":"Original Format: Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Library. Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia","@language":"en"}],"Title":[{"@value":"REPORT of the WATER RESOURCES SERVICE DECEMBER 31 1969","@language":"en"}],"Type":[{"@value":"Text","@language":"en"}],"Translation":[{"@value":"","@language":"en"}],"@id":"doi:10.14288\/1.0373682"}