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Fisheries and Marine Service
Manuscript Report 1527
November 1979
WATER REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FISHERIES RESOURCE
OF THE
SOOKE RIVER,B.C.
by
ROY E.HAMILTON
C.C.GRAHAM
Habitat Protection Division
Resource Services Branch
Fisheries and Marine Service
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Vancouver,B.C.V6E 2P1
Key Words:hydrology,fisheries resource maintenance flows,salmon
In March,1977,the Greater Victoria Water District made
application to divert water from the Leech River and Deception
Gulch,two tributaries of the Sooke River,B.C.The Fisheries
and Marine Service of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans,
expressed concern to the Water Rights Branch of the Provincial
Ministry of the Environment over the possible effects of such a
diversion on the salmon stocks in the river.Subsequently,a
study was initiated to determine the fisheries resource maintenance
flow requirements for the Sooke River.
This report presents the results of the study and
includes a review of the fisheries resource,the hydrology and the
resource maintenance flow requirements.The calculated resource
maintenance flow was compared to past stream discharge records
to determine whether the requirements for fisheries and the Water
District were compatible.
The Comptroller of Water Rights held a public hearing
on March 1,1979 to review the license application.A formal
presentation was made by Federal Fisheries at that hearing.On
June 21,1979,a license was issued to the Water District.The
clauses of this license are reviewed.
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Hamilton,R.and C.Graham.1979.
Resource of the Sooke River,B.C.
ABSTRACT
Water Requirements for the Fisheries
Fish.Mar.Servo M.S.Report 1527.
RESUME
En mars 1977,le District de gestion des eaux de la
region metropolitaine de Victoria a demande l'autorisation de
detourner des eaux de la rivi~re Leech et de Deception Gulch,
deux affluents de la riviere Sooke (C.-B.).Le Service des peches
et de la mer du ministere des P@ches et des Oc~ans a exprime son
inquietude a la direction des droits d'utilisation de l'eau,(Water
Rights Branch)du minist~re provincial de 1 I Environnement Quant
aux effects possibles dlun tel detournement sur les populations de
saumons de ce cours d'eau.On a donc lance une etude pour deter-
miner les debits necessaires au maintien des ressources halieutiques
dans la riviere Sooke.
Le rapport presente les resultat~de l'etude et comporte
un examen des res sources halieutiques,de l'hydrologie et des debits
necessaires au maintien des ressources halieutiques.On a calcule
le debit necessaire et on l'a compare aux ecoulements enregistres
afin de determiner si les besoins des res sources halieutiques et
ceux du District de gestion des eaux sont compatibles.
Le controleur des droits dlutilisation de lleau a tenu,
le 1 mars 1979,une audience publique concernant la demande de
permis;a cette occasion,Peches et Oceans a presente la position
officielle.Le 21 juin 1979,le District de gestion des eaux se
voyait accorder un permis,dont les clauses sont examinees dans le
rapport.
Mots cles:hydrologie,debits de maintien des ressources halieutiques,
saumon.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION . . .
FISHERIES RESOURCE
FISHERIES RESOURCE MAINTENANCE FLOWS
HYDROLOGY .•... . . . . • . . . .
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
SUPPLEMENT . . . . . . . . . . .
APPENDIX S1 -DECISION OF THE WATER
COMPTROLLER ...
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2 Sooke Ri ver Spawning Di stri bution . • • . . • . . . .5
3 Freshwater Life Cylces for Sooke River Salmon ....7
4 Sooke River Spawning Habitat Related to Flow . . ..9
5 Sooke River Watershed Map .....•...••...16
6 Isohyetal Map of South End Vancouver Island -
Mean Annual Precipitation • • • . • . . • . . . • . .17
7 Isohyetal Map of South End Vancouver Island -
May -September Preci pi tation • . . . . . . • . • . .18
8 Leech River Hydrograph -1963 -July -Dec •.•...19
9 Leech River Hydrograph -1964 -Jan.-June ..••.20
10 Leech River Hydrograph -1965 -July -Dec ••••.•21
11 Leech River Hydrograph -1965 -Jan.-June ••...22
12 Leech River Hydrograph -1965 -July -Dec ..••..23
13 Leech River Hydrograph -1966 -Jan.-June .••..24
14 Sooke River Hydrograph -1963 -July -Dec ..••..25
15 Sooke River Hydrograph -1964 -Jan.-June .••..26
16 Sooke River Hydrograph -1964 -July -Dec.• . . . •27
17 Sooke River Hydrograph -1965 -Jan.-June .••..28
18 Sooke River Stage Discharge Curve •e.'• e e ••••29
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Sooke River Location Plan ..••.
Five Year Average Escapements for Sooke River .
Sooke River Watershed Areas .
Average Monthly Flows for Leech River
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Flow Measurements of Sooke River
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We would like to thank:Messrs.F.C.Boyd,
W.J.Schouwenburg and R.A.Robertson for their critical
review of this report;Messrs.W.J.Field,K.Johansen,
and B.R.Eliasen for their field a~d office support;and
Mrs.T.Collins for typing of the manuscript.
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1.Introduction
The Greater Victoria Water District,which includes
Victoria,Saanich,Sooke and interlying areas,has obtained its
domestic and industrial water supply for several decades from
the Sooke-Goldstream watersheds lying to the northwest of the
City of Victoria (Figure 1).During 1969 -1970,to increase
the capacity of their supply system,the G.V.W.D.constructed
a 91 inch diameter tunnel between the Sooke Lake Reservoir and
Japan Gulch Reservoir and raised the Sooke Lake dam to provide
42,000 acre feet of storage.It was then estimated that the
system would meet the demands of the Victoria District with no
further expansion until 1991 1 •In 1973 a diversion dam was
constructed on Charters Creek,a tributary of the Sooke River,
by the G.V.W.D.to supply water to the Sooke-Saseenos area.
The Charters Creek flow is supplemented by flow from the old
42 inch diameter concrete pipeline fron Sooke Lake (Figure l)
during low flow periods,which occur almost every summer and
occasionally during winter.
The drought conditions which occurred during the fall
and winter of 1976,led the Greater Victoria Water District to
consider another expansion of their water supply system.There-
fore,on February 21,1977 they applied for a water licence for
waterworks and storage of 80,000 acre feet per annum from the
Leech River and the total flow from Deception Gulch.On March
7,1977 these licence applications were reduced,so that the
proposed diversions are now 25,000 acre feet from Leech River,
and 1,500 acre feet from Deception Gulch.In addition,the Water
District proposed to allow a minimum of 10 cfs to continue flowing
in the Leech River,or the natural flow if less than 10 cfs,
for protection of the fishery resource.In Deception Gulch they
proposed to allow 1 cfs or the natural flow if less than 1 cfs.
On April 12,1977 representatives of the Greater Victoria
Water District,the Ministry of Environment,Water Rights Branch
and Department of Fisheries and Environment,Fisheries Management
Service,met to discuss the details of these proposed diversions.
At that time the Assistant Comptroller agreed to hold the water
licence applications in abeyance subject to the submission of
a report prepared by the Fisheries Management Service that would
review the fisheries resource of the Sooke River system and
address the flow proposals suggested by the G.V.W.D.
1 Report Proposed New Storage Dam at Sooke Lake by Ker~Priestman
&Graeme Engineering Ltd.~Aprit~1968.
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2.Fisheries Resource
The Sooke River system (excluding DeMamiel Creek)supports
populations of chum (Oncorhynchus ketaJ,coho (0.kisutchJ,and chinook
(0.tshawyt§chaJ salmon as.well as steelhead trout (SaZmo gairdnerii.)
This system is a major contributor to the commercial,recreational and
Indian food fisheries of Statistical Areas 19 and 20 located along
the southeast coast of Vancouver Island.Public interest in the
fisheries resource of the Sooke River system is very high,with local
groups actively involved in salmon enhancement projects on DeMamiel
and Mary Vine Creeks.
Quantitative data on spawning escapement for the salmon
species utilizing the Sooke River system are available since 1934.
Maximum escapement to the spawning grounds over this period of time
were:chum,75,000;coho,3,500;and chinook,3,500.Five year
average escapement data over the time period 1953 -1977 is given in
Table 1.
The major spawning area in the Sooke River is between the
power line,approximately two miles upstream from the river mouth,
and the canyon falls,six miles upstream.Spawning distribution
by species within this river reach is shown in Figure 2.The canyon
falls are an impassable barrier to anadromous salmonids.The water-
shed above thfs point offers some potential for coho enhancement,
and at the present time,the Amalgamated Conservation Society operates
a small coho incubation box facility on Mary Vine Creek.Charters
Creek,which enters the Sooke River approximately one mile upstream
from its mouth,is also utilized for spawning by coho,chum and some
chi nook salmon.
The freshwater life cycles of Sooke River salmonids are
not well documented.However,based on available scale data, limited
juvenile sampling,escapement records,and observations of field
officers,the following estimate of the timing of the various fresh-
water phases has been developed:
1.Chum salmon first appear in the system in mid-September
with peak spawning occurring in late October or early November.
Incubation continues until March or April when the fry emerge from
the gravel and migrate downstream into salt water.Migration is
complete by the end of June.
2.'Chinook salmon first appear in the system in mid-
September and peak spawning occurs between mid-October and mid-November.
Incubation continues until approximately April.Following emergence
from the gravel,fry reside in the stream for about 90 days before
migrating downstream into salt water.
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TABLE 1:FIVE YEAR AVERAGE ESCAPEMENTS FOR SOOKE RIVER
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1972 -1968
1967 -1963
1962 -1958
1957 -1953
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3.Coho salmon arrive in the system in late September
with peak spawning occurring in mid-October to mid-November.Incu-
bation continues until about April.The majority of coho fry remain
in fresh water into their second year of life,and then migrate down-
stream into salt water as smolts in May and June.
The freshwater life cyle of each of these salmon species are summarized
in Figure 3.
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3.Fisheries Resource Maintenance Flows
In April,1977 two study sites were established in known
spawning areas on the Sooke River between Charters and Todd Creeks
(Figure 1).Four transects were permanently established at each
study site,and detailed measurements of velocities and depths were
made at each transect several times during the year.The behaviour
of spawning chum salmon was observed during the last series of
measurements in October.Using the data so obtained and the average
velocity/depth ranges preferred by the three species of salmon present
in the system,a graph was prepared relating spawning habitat to
river flow (Figure 4).The graph,obtained by averaging the results
from both study sites,shows that the optimum spawning flow is about
230 cfs,although there is very little difference in amount of
spawning habitat over the flow range 200 to 300 cfs.In any case,
the hydrographs for the few years of records (Figures 14 to 19)
show that during the spawning and incubation periods the flow seldom
went below 200 cfs.
Upstream migration into the Sooke River begins in September
and continues until the end of October.During this migration period
it is desirable to maintain natural flows in the river,including
peak flows,to provide attraction for the upstream migrants.During
the spawning and incubation periods,through to April 1,a minimum
flow of 200 cfs is desirable.After April 1 natural flows,again
including peaks,should be maintained to promote both downstream
migration and gravel turnover and cleansing.
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By analyzing the records of the Koksi1ah River,which
has 18 years of records,and the San Juar River,which has 15 years
of records,it was determined that the 1964 -65 period (November 1
to April 1)represents the lowest runoff likely to occur about once
in 8 years.
4.Hydrology
The Sooke River watershed above Charters Creek (Figure 5)
has an area of 108.4 square miles.The Leech River is the main
tributary with a watershed area of 39.3 square miles.Table 2 and
Figure 5 give watershed areas for all the significant tributaries.
Calculations using precipitation data given in Figures 6
and 7 indicate that about 50%of the annual Sooke River runoff comes
from the Leech River.This agrees closely with the runoff data
available (Table 3)which shows that,on the average,the Leech River
represents approximately 52%of the annual runoff.There is,however,
considerable monthly variation.Table 3 shows that the Leech River
has contributed from 21%to 122%of the total runoff.Random flow
measurements by the Fisheries and Marine Service in 1977 in the Sooke
River and tributaries (Table 4)indicate that the Leech River repre-
sents from 64%to 100%of the total.Both sets of information show
that there is no definite monthly pattern explaining the range of
contributory flows,but some of the variation will be due to the
operation of the Sooke Lake reservoir.For the purposes of this
report it is assumed that the Leech River represents,on the average,
75%of the runoff of the Sooke River watershed above Charters Creek
during the months November to March inclusive.
Therefore,to provide the recommended Fisheries·Resource
Maintenance Flows of 200 cfs for spawning and incubation in the
Sooke River above Charters Creek,it follows that,during the period
November 1 to April 1,G.V.W.D.should only divert water when the
flow in the Leech River is in excess of 150 cfs.This requirement
has been superimposed on the Leech River hydrographs,Figures 8 to 13.
The shaded areas above the 150cfs line show the amount of water
available for storage.The upper boundary of the shaded areas repre-
sents the n~ximum diversion capacity of a 400 cfs tunnel.The volumes
represented by the shaded areas add up to the following:
Nov.1,1963 to April 1,1964 -62,000 ac.ft.
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Sooke Lake -26.8
Deception Gulch -1.9
Council Creek -4.6
Old Wolf Creek -5.4
Golledge Creek -10.7
Sooke Mainstream -19.7
(Charters Creek to Sooke Dam)
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TABLE 2:SOOKE RIVER WATERSHED AREAS
Watershed
Total Sooke watershed above
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Charters Creek
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Gages:8HA18 SOOKE
8HA17 LEECH
Jan.Feb.Mar.-Apr.May June July Aug.Sept.Oct.Nov.Dec.Mean
A Leech R.459 382 259 211 120 26.1 13.1 7.7 11.7 185 393 386 193
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Watershed Date of flow measurement (cfs)
Area in April 20 May 5-6 Sept.28-Oct.26
Sq.Mi.1977 1977 29,1977 1977
A Leech River 39.3 105.7 41.8 20.0 450.0
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As it is unlikely that the diversion works could operate
with 100%efficiency,the volumes available would be somewhat less.
However,the amount that could be diverted each season between
November 1 and April 1 would represent a large part of the 42,000
acre foot capacity of'the Sooke Lake reservoir.The diversion works
would have to be designed in such a way (possibly utilizing an
arrangement of weirs)that the tunnel does not operate until the
flow in the river exceeds 150 cfs.
Deception Gulch has a watershed area of 1.9 square miles.
As this represents less than 2%of the Sooke River watershed it
could be diverted into the Sooke Lake reservoir without appreciably
affecting the salmon fishery.However,the Provincial Fish and
Wildlife Branch should be consulted respecting the effect of this
diversion on resident sport fish.
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5.Conclusions and Recommendations
The suggestion that a minimum flow of 10 cfs be provided
in the Leech River for fisheries is not acceptable for the high flow
period November 1 to April 1.Figures 8 to 13 and Table 3 shows
that the natural monthly flow may be approximately 10 cfs during the
dry,late summer months,but from November 1 to April 1 the natural
flow has seldom dropped below 150 cfs.
As a result of our study of the fisheries resource of the
Sooke River system,and of the hydrological characteristics of the
watershed,we recommend the following:
1.No diversion of the Leech River except during
the period November 1 to April 1.
2.No diversion of the Leech River when the natural
flows are less than 150 cfs.
3.The diversion works be designed to pass a minimum
flow of 150 cfs down the Leech River during every
period of diversion.
4.The gage established by Fisheries Management
Service on the Sooke River above Charters Creek
be read daily,and a record of the readings be
made available to Fisheries Management Service
upon request.(The stage discharge curve for
the gage is included as figure 18.)
As the amount of water available for diversion from the
Leech River between November 1 and April 1,after provision of a
fisheries flow of 150 cfs,is greater than the 25,000 acre feet
specified in the licence application,except possibly in extremely
dry years,Fisheries Management Service does not object to granting
a licence providing it incorporates the foregoing recommendations.
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SUPPLEMENT TO
FISHERIES RESOURCE MAINTENANCE FLOW STUDY
OF THE SOOKE RIVER,VANCOUVER ISLAND,B.C.
On March 1,1979,the Comptroller of Water Rights held
a public hearing to consider the application by the Greater
Victoria Water District to divert 25,000 acre feet of water from
the Leech River.Presentations were made by the Water District,
by our Department,and by others who could be affected by the
proposed water diversion.Our presentation was based on the
contents of the report,of which this is a supplement,and on
information on fisheries values (given in the following table)
requested by the Water Comptroller at the hearing and forwarded
to him subsequent to the hearing.
On June 21,1979,the Water Comptroller made his decision
(Appendix Sl).It varies from the recommendations given in our
report as follows:
The Comptroller specified a "cut-off flow"(that is,
the flow below which no diversion will be allowed)of 200 c.f.s.
on the Sooke River,rather than 150 c.f.s.on the Leech River
as our report recommended,although these values are nearly
equivalent insofar as fisheries value is concerned.
A major difference in his decision is covered by clause (f)
which permits diversion from the Leech River at any time of the
year,rather than only during the period November 1 to April 1
as our report recommended.This could result in reduced upstream
migration attraction flows in October if the Water District were
to start diverting during that time (which they would likely
want to do after a dry summer).
Clause (k),however,provides for some flexibility
and participation in water management,allowing changes in the
"cut-off flow"(either upward or downward)"so that a higher "cut-
off flow"could possibly be negotiated if conditions warranted.
The Comptroller agreed with the recommendation that
the diversion dam be designed to pass flows as required,and he
went further in specifying that two guaging stations be established
and maintained by the Water District.
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WHOLESALE VALUE ASSOCIATED WITH SALMON OF THE
SOOKE RIVER
10 year 1
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escape-Catch Wholesale Estimated
ment escape-Estimated value value
1968-1977 ment catch per fish of catch
Species pieces ratio 2 -'p'ieces $1977 $1977
chinook 966 3:1 2,898 24.64 71,407
coho 100 1 .2:1 120 10.60 1,272
chum 32,800 1:1 32,800 15.13 496,264
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I J\verage annual escapement-1901f-1977.
2 Catch escapement ratios were designed to estimate total coastal salmon
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VWATER'I?I~HT~m.~t-?Ali 9 1 2
Enclosures
The terms of this Water Licence have taken all the foregoing conc.:=rns
into consideration.
(1)The need for addit:ional water in view of the increasing
demand on the Sooke Lake watershed.
H.D.DeBeck,
Comptroller of Water Rights.
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Fil c No.0340847
21st'June,1979
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Yours truly,
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He:Application for Water Licence by Greater
Victoria Water District to authorize
cC'lstruction of a dam and tun'1el on the
Leech River.
I found that evidence and statistics provided by the Greater Victoria
Wa~er Board indicated a realistic need for additional water and that
suffi~ient lead time is required to provide for the forecast demand.
Enclosed is a copy of the Notice of Decision and the Water Licence
which I have issued today authorizing the construction .and operation
of a dam and tun.'1el on the Leech River.
With respect to the effeCt of the darn on fish habitat,evidence was
produced by Federal Fisheries members,vlhich convinced me that pro-
visicn should be Trude'in the Wat.cr L:i.cci"lC(;lo ensLU~C t.l-iit t11cl"E:.
would be no reduction in the amount of \'Jater required to provide
adequate water for the needs of the various fish species.
(2)The possibility of adverse effects on fish habitat and
productivity,and on the envi ronment in general.
At the Hearing,concern was mainly directed at b.'IO aspects of the
project,namely:--
Attention:W.J.Schouwenburg
Dear Sirs:
Fisheries Pacific Region,
1090 West Pender St.,
V<lncouver,B.C.
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NOTICE OF DECISION
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WATER RIGHTS B~ANCH
Ministry of
the Environment
Province of
British Columbia
Dated at Victoria,B.C.this 21st day of June ,1979.
THAT Greater Victoria Water District has shown good and sufficient
reason for the construction of the proposed project and that the
proposed project would be in the public interest;
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H.D.DeBeck,
Comptroller of Water Rights.
AI'lD THAT a Conditional Water Licence will issue to the Greater Victoria
Water District authorizing construction of the proposed project subject
to the terms and conditions set out in the said Conditional Water
Lic'7-"1ce,a copy cf \·±1ich is heretc attFlched.
IN 1HE fv1ATIER OF 1HE WA1ER PeT
TAKE NOTICE TK~T following a Public Hearing held by me pursuant to the
provisions of the Water Act at Sooke,British Columbia on 1st March,
1979,having heard and duly considered all evidence including exhibits
produced at the said Hearing,and having carefully considered all argu-
ments submitted both for and against the above mentioned application
for a Water Licence,and having considered all representations made
wi.th respect to the effects on existing and potential resources,and
of the environmental and social impacts of the project,I find:
and
IN 1HE fv1ATTER OF'AN APPLICATION BY GREATER VICTORIA WATER DISTRICT FOR
A vJATER LICENCE TO DIVERT,STORE AND USE WATER OUT OF '!HE LEECH RIVER
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LAND AND WATER MANAGEMlHl
WATER RIGHTS BRANCH
MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT
The Province of British Colwnbia -Water Act
CONDITIONAL WATER LICENCE
Greater Victoria Water District of 479 Island Highway,Victoria,B.C.V9B lH7
is hereby authorized to divert,store and use water as follows:-
(a)The source of the water-supply is Leech River and the reservoir is Sooke Lake.
(b)The point of diversion and storage is located as shown on the attached plan.
(c)Th€datA from which this licence shan hav~precedence is 231~d Fc:bru?,Y"y,i977.
(d)The purpose for which the water is to be used is waterworks.
(e)The maximum 'quantity of water which may be diverted and stored is 25,000.
acre feet per annum and such additional quantity as the Eng~!1eer n~ay from
time to time determine should be allowed for losses.,
(f)The period of the year during which the water may be diverted into storage
is the whole year,subject to clause (k).The period dUI"ing which water
may be used is the whole year.
(g)T~e land upon v/hich the water is to be used and to which this licence is
appurLel1ant is the I,vaterworks undertakiny of G('eaLel"Vi(;Lorid i-:aLer'Di~Lr'icL.
(h)The works authorized to be constructed are diversion dam,tunnel,canal
and dam which shall be located approximately as shown on the attached
plan.
(i)The construction of the said works shall be commenced on or before the 31st
day of Decembel",1982,and shall be completed and the 'tlater beneficially
used on or before the 31st day of December,1992.
(j)Hydrometric guaging stations shall be constructed,maintained and operated
on the Sooke and Leech River to the satisfaction of the Comptroller of
Water Rights.
(n)The rights granted under this licence are subject to reserves established
by Order-in-Council No.156/1909 and by Order-in-Council No.444/1915.
(1)The diversion dam authorized under clause (h)hereof shall be·designed to
allow a continuous flow in the Leech River in an a~ount to be determined
from time to tiw.e by the Comptroller of Water Rights.
(m)The \'!crks authorized .under clause (h)hereof shall not be commr:nced until
plans of same have been submitted to and have been approved by the Comptroller
of Water Rights.Upon completion of construction,the licensee shall submit
to the Comptroller of'Water Rights,two copies of drawings of the dam and
appurtenances as built,certified by the licensees engineer.
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not authorize the diversion of water at any time when
at a hydrometric guage,located on the Sooke River above
200 cubjc feet per second or less or such other amount as
by the Comptrol1er of Water Rights,a!ter consultation
and with Federal and Provincial fisheries agencies.
Date issued 21st June,1979FileNo.0340847
(k)This licence does
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