Cheakamus
Water Use Plan (WUP)
From WKABC’s “RiverWatch”, July 2005
Despite documented evidence that demonstrates the proposed WUP will remove more
water from the
Cheakamus, and negatively impact, angling, kayaking commercial rafting,
local residents, and just about everyone who uses the river, BC Hydro is
pushing their WUP, and the BC government is on the brink of approving it.
This will mean dewatering to the extent that the commerical operations
(rafting, guiding, etc) are likely to
fail. Instream use will become possible only in high flow periods when they can
not capture the flows behind the dam.
When 12 of the 15 member Consultative Committee voted to oppose this flow
regime, BC Hydro simply pushed forward.
In a plan supposed to consider the uses other than power generation, this is a
travesty, as none of the
competing uses has been given consideration, and the increased water diversion
will mean absolutely low flows - fed almost exclusively by the downstream
tributaries, and no benefit to anyone, except
BC Hydro, and their desire for more generation.
Please ACT NOW.
You can write the following politicians:
Federal - John Reynolds reynoj0@parl.gc.ca
Provincial - Joan McIntyre joan.mcintyre.mla@leg.bc.ca
You can also send a message to the statutory decision maker, Land & Water
BC:
Pieter.Bekker@gems4.gov.bc.ca
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