BCWWA Annual Conference 2013 Successful Model for Water Use Management Throughout BC Jonathan Lowe, P.Eng ca.linkedin.com/in/jonolowe www.bcwaterusereporting.ca
BCWWA
Annual
Conference
2013
Successful Model for
Water Use Management
Throughout BC
Jonathan Lowe, P.Eng
ca.linkedin.com/in/jonolowe
www.bcwaterusereporting.ca
Michelle Cook, MASc Project Manager
BC Water Use Reporting Centre
Water Resource Planner - Urban Systems
office 250.762.2517
cell 250.215.1774
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Presentation Outline
Background and overview
Project highlights
Feedback from existing users
Reporting centre walk through
Case studies
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Project Partners
Ministry of Environment
Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
Ministry of Forest, Lands and Resource Operations
Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development
Okanagan Water Purveyors Nanaimo Water Purveyors
Software Developers
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“Government will require all large water users to measure and report their water use.”
Living Water Smart - British Columbia’s Water Plan
livingwatersmart.ca
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Project Overview
Website: www.bcwaterusereporting.ca
Online reporting system
Improve the accuracy and timeliness of water usage reports
Make reporting water use easier for water purveyors
Supports XML or CSV data formats
Facilitate more frequent reporting
Integration with SCADA systems
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Project Timeline
March 2011
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“Reporting water use makes sense. You can’t manage what you don’t measure.”
- Conrad Pryce, Section Head, Water Allocation, B.C. Ministry of Forest, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
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Top Highlights of the BC Water Use Reporting Program
• Year 2 of Pilot = success
• 16 consistent water utility users
• All 3 Okanagan Regional Districts
• Prints the provincial annual water systems return form
• Enhanced data security
• Live basin reservoir map and new reservoir recording
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Top Highlights of the BC Water Use Reporting Program
• New water use reports and bar graphs for internal or external use
• Viewer accounts available
• Integration with Supply and Demand Study data available
• Media material (brochure, video, new material on OBWB website)
• Updated user guide (available on website)
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Water Utility Users
• City of Armstrong • BMID • RDCO (3) • Kaleden Irrigation District • City of Kelowna • RDNO (5) • Okanagan Falls Irrigation
District • RDOS (4)
• Town of Oliver • District of Peachland • City of Penticton • Skaha Estates • SEKID • District of Summerland • Town of Osoyoos • WFN
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"It is worth the time to get familiar with the system, as it provides a convenient and secure location to store the data and have the ability to trend it once it is loaded, and it makes it easy to stay on track with the data entry. Overall I am quite impressed with the usefulness of the system.”
– Alistair Wardlaw,
District of Summerland,
Water Supply Technician
www.bcwaterusereporting.ca
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Insert contact details and name of water system.
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"The BC Water Use Reporting Centre allows utilities to provide current water use data and access historic data for trending. And just as importantly, we are able to see what other water utilities in the valley are extracting, helping us work together and manage our common water resource.”
– Bob Hrasko, Water Supply Association of B.C Vice-Chair and Black Mountain Irrigation District (BMID) Administrator
Generate Annual Water System Return Form
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KELOWNA CITY OF All water usage 2009 - 2011
cubic meters (m3)
Printed Dec 03, 2012 Page 1 of 1
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BLACK MOUNTAIN IRRIGATION DISTRICT All water usage 2010 - 2012
cubic meters (m3)
Printed Dec 03, 2012 Page 1 of 1
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User Examples
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User Example: RDOS • The RDOS has produced a Regional Growth Strategy in the
past years that includes water usage for some of the larger water purveyors in the District. – RDOS was recently looking for water usage data from the following
purveyors:
• City of Penticton
• District of Summerland
• Town of Oliver
• Town of Osoyoos
– They asked - Which of these purveyors are currently using the BC Water Use Reporting tool? All of them!
• “Our hope is to contact those purveyors who are actively using the site and request a user account be setup for the RDOS to be able to access this data annually.” - RDOS
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Latest Features
• Live basin reservoir map
• New reservoir level recording
• Enhanced security
• Integration with Supply and Demand study
• New water use reports and bar graphs for internal or external use
• Hydrometric stations (historical data being uploaded for the local hydrometric data warehouse project)
• Water Use Entry Contest
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Live Basin Reservoir Map
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New Reservoir Level Recording
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Hydrometric Stations
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Water Use Entry Contest
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Options for the Future
• Link to the provincial wastewater return online system
• Create reservoir graph report - consistent reporting to newspapers across the Okanagan Basin (RDNO)
• News Release Bulletin (OBWB) – similar to the River Forecast Centre’s Snow Survey and Water Supply Bulletin
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Water Use Entry Contest
BCWWA
Annual
Conference
2013
Successful Model for
Water Use Management
Throughout BC
Jonathan Lowe, P.Eng
ca.linkedin.com/in/jonolowe
www.bcwaterusereporting.ca
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User Example: RDNO and Coldstream Ranch
• RDNO supplies water to Coldstream Ranch, but Coldstream Ranch still has legal holding on those licences – How we integrate that kind of structure into the program has been a
challenge.
• Is RDNO responsible for reporting the water use of Coldstream Ranch to the province?
• Does RDNO report its water use amount including the water used by Coldstream Ranch? Or minus the water used by Coldstream Ranch?
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Integration with Supply and Demand Study
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User Example: RDCO
• Regional District of Central Okanagan is responsible for 5 water utilities:
– 3 surface water utilities
– 2 ground water utilities
• RDCO has chosen to use the program for reporting water use for the 3 surface water utilities only
• Reason: “The amount of ground water used is not monitored by the province, so I will report on it when it is necessary.”