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Library Annex

Aquifers and Groundwater

This annex supports our page about Aquifers and Groundwater which delves into the science and issues concerning aquifers in British Columbia.  

AQUIFER #559 Fact Sheet and (attached) Companion Document. This highly interesting 2012 document describes with maps and charts, the North Pender aquifer #559 using data from existing wells to determine productive aquifer levels and flows. 

AQUIFER #559 AQUIFER CLASSIFICATION WORK SHEET December 10, 2002. (Aquifer extents and statistics updated March 2012).  This document is perhaps the best overall narrative about aquifer #559 using data from both registered and other wells.

Determining the Likelihood of Hydraulic Connection – (2016) Guidance for the Purpose of Apportioning Demand from Diversion of Groundwater on Streams. Version 1.0. Province of British Columbia. Science Series, WSS2016-01. Prov. B.C., Victoria B.C.

GUIDE TO USING THE BC AQUIFER CLASSIFICATION MAPS. FOR THE PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF GROUNDWATER. BY: J. Berardinucci and K. Ronneseth June 2002. BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection Water, Air and Climate Change Branch

Groundwater Vulnerability Assessments and Integrated Water Resource Management. Streamline Watershed Management Bulletin. 13. By: Liggett, Jessica & Talwar, Sonia. (2009).

Lower Mainland Surficial Geology from Wisconsin Ice Age to Protocol 21, Presented at BCEIA BEST Conference 2018, Whistler BC. By Kalina Malowany and Virginie Brunetaud. An exceptionally informative presentation explaining the effects of the last ice age.

Best Practices for Prevention of Saltwater Intrusion 2016, presented online by the government of BC.  A very good source of information on saltwater intrusion in coastal aquifer with practical advice and further references. Photo credits: S Barroso, G. Henderson.

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