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  2. Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy (British ...

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    The department was renamed the "Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources" in 1962 following its reorganization into its three namesake branches: the B.C. Lands Service, B.C. Forest Service, and B.C. Water Resources Service. It retained the same responsibilities as its predecessor until the disestablishment of the department in 1975. [6]

  3. Metro Vancouver watersheds - Wikipedia

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    In 1887, the Capilano River was selected as the source of water supply for the City of Vancouver.An intake pipe was constructed 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) upstream of the mouth of the river, and a pipeline carried this water across the First Narrows of Burrard Inlet and into the City of Vancouver.

  4. Water Sustainability Act 2014 - Wikipedia

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    The Water Sustainability Act (WSA) is a British Columbia water management law that came into force on February 29, 2016. [1] The WSA allows the government of British Columbia to control groundwater and also surface water in the province. It also includes provisions for restricting water usage during shortages.

  5. Coquitlam Lake - Wikipedia

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    Construction of the tunnel between Coquitlam Lake and Buntzen Lake began in 1902 and finished in 1905, supplying water to powerhouses on Indian Arm, which supplied electricity to Vancouver. [ 2 ] The first Coquitlam Dam , built to raise the water level by 5 feet (1.52 m), was begun in April 1904 and completed in 1905.

  6. Iskut River - Wikipedia

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    The project does not use a full dam and reservoir, rather a 7 m (23 ft) high weir diverts about 250 m 3 /s (8,800 cu ft/s) of water from the Iskut into a 3.3 km (2.1 mi) power tunnel, leading to an underground power station containing turbines and generators. A tailrace tunnel returns the water to the Iskut River downstream of the powerhouse.

  7. Columbia River Treaty - Wikipedia

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    In 1944, the Canadian and U.S. governments agreed to begin studying the potential for joint development of dams in the Columbia River basin. Planning efforts were slow until the 1948 Columbia River flood caused extensive damage from Trail, British Columbia, to near Astoria, Oregon, completely destroying Vanport, the second-largest city in Oregon.

  8. 10 Overrated Foods People Are Pretending to Enjoy - AOL

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    3. Foie Gras. Foie gras is probably the ultimate starter-pack item for acting like a rich person, and the one food item that chefs love to cook to appeal to said rich people.Redditors on the other ...

  9. Coldwater River (British Columbia) - Wikipedia

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    Tsillatko (or alternative spellings), the Shuswap name for the river, translates to "cold water". [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The earliest known documented use of the Coldwater River name is 1875. [ 4 ] G.M. Dawson's Southern Interior of B.C. map (1877) is the earliest map adopting this name.