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Water Quantity

    British Columbia’s Irrigation Scheduling Calculator

    The Irrigation Industry Association of British Columbia (IIABC), with funding from the National Water Supply Expansion Program, has developed a new agriculture irrigation scheduling calculator. The calculator will determine an irrigation schedule for all types of agricultural irrigation systems and crop types.

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    DROUGHT PROGRAMS


    BCMAL Production Insurance brochures collage
    The webpage provides information on programs that are available to offset drought in British Columbia. Links are provided to the Production Insurance for British Columbia website, as well as a web link for federal programs. To view webpage, click on “Read more…”

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    DROUGHT FACTSHEETS and PUBLICATIONS


    The “Drought Publications” webpage provides a list of publications and factsheets on drought and water conservation. Links are provided for you to access the listed publications.

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    DROUGHT LINKS


    Drought Strategies – BC Min of Agriculture
    This webpage provides many links to agencies who devote some of their resources to drought strategies – in Canada and the USA. To view webpage,

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    State of Environment Reporting

    About 97% of water licensed in British Columbia is for power production, including storage for power production. The remaining 3% of water licensed is for consumptive uses such as industrial, commercial, drinking water or agriculture

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    A Consensus on Sensitive Streams

    Some agriculture producers have expressed concerns that existing water rights on sensitive streams may be withdrawn and that water for fish will have a priority over other uses.

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    NOGWCA

    UBC Okanagan is a partner in the NOGWCA project. This is a three year study funded by the Canada-British Columbia Water Supply Expansion program made available through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC).

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