Elbow River Basin Water Management Plan

Over the past two years, a steering committee of dedicated stakeholders and scientists has been working on developing a water management plan for the Elbow River basin. On May 30, 2008, the final draft of the Elbow River Basin Water Management Plan was completed. A few editing changes were made to the document in January 2009. If you would like a copy of the plan, please send an email to coordinator@erwp.org or call (403) 268-4520. Click here to access the main page of the Elbow River Basin Water Management Plan initiative.

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Bow Basin Watershed Management Plan

The Bow River Basin Council (BRBC) recently completed Phase One of the Bow Basin Watershed Management Plan (BBWMP). This phase focused largely on issues of surface water quality and had the following objectives:

• Recommend site-specific water quality objectives (WQOs) for key parameters for the
  • Bow River mainstem,
  • Nose Creek and West Nose Creek mainstems, and
  • Elbow River mainstem from Glenmore Dam upstream.
• Recommend an action plan and implementation plan to help meet the desired outcomes and the recommended WQO thresholds and targets.

For more information, contact Mark Bennett, BRBC Executive Director, at (403) 268-4596.