Announcements

2022 CWRA Annual Conference Call for Papers

A friendly reminder that the deadline for abstract submission for the 2022 CWRA  annual conference is Friday, February 4th. Full submission details found here at https://conference.cwra.org/program/abstracts/

In conjunction with the conference, North American Stream Hydrographers (NASH) is planning to host a flow regatta at the Marmot Creek Research Basin in Kananaskis on Sunday June 5th. Shout out to the University of Saskatchewan, Coldwater Institute, for providing the hosting location for this event. This regatta encourages the investigation, evaluation, and implementation of new techniques and methodologies for hydrometric data. Those interested in participating and demonstrating their equipment are encouraged to contact me as I'll be the main point of contact for the event. Confirmed hosts and vendors include Hoskin Scientific, Fathom Scientific, and Geo-Scientific.

Furthermore, we are planning an "Intro to Hydrometric Monitoring" training workshop on Saturday, June 4th highlighting hydrometric station installations, conducting flow measurements, and providing data peer reviewing and grading.

So lasso those colleagues to submit their abstracts to the NASH session and get ready for the NASH workshops. Further registration details are coming for the workshops.

As always please share with your colleagues new and old and those interested in the advancement of hydrometric data. 

NOTE: NASH (North American Stream Hydrographers) 2022 is planning to propose an update to our bylaws as we look into a formal affiliation with CWRA and the creation of new positions within our executive committee to include a vice-president and director of communications to help facilitate our Mission " to better the understanding of the collection, compilation, and use of hydrometric data, along with providing assurance that data production and analysis have been undertaken with appropriate methods with due care to needs of clients and users of hydrometric data."

2022 River Restoration Symposium:

February 8th to 10th

Virtual Short Courses late January | Field Trip on Feb 11th

2022 Symposium Registration is now open for members only at this time. If you are a member you should have received an email on November 15th with registration details.

Please contact Peggy McCormick our Event Coordinator at: registrar@rrnw.org

The 20th annual River Restoration Northwest Symposium will be held February 7 - 11, 2022 

Registration will initially be limited to 200, this number will be re-evaluated as the event grows closer, if this number changes we will post an announcement to our social media accounts.  Registration for RRNW members is projected to open on November 1st. and projected to be available for non-members on November 8th.  

We will be announcing sponsorship opportunities on November 1st. If your organization has sponsored the event in the past, an invitation letter will be sent out in the near future. 

We look forward to reconvening with you!

 

RRNW Membership is a great way to get involved with like-minded river restoration enthusiasts! Become a member.

We will be announcing sponsorship opportunities on November 1st. If your organization has sponsored the event in the past, an invitation letter will be sent out in the near future.

Thank you to our amazing 2021 Sponsors!

Platinum: NV5 Geospatial, Interfluve, TetraTech
Gold: Northwest Hydraulic Consultants, Wolf Water Resources, Kleinschmidt Associates
Silver: GeoEngineers, Natural Systems Design, ESA, WRA, River Design Group, Stillwater Sciences, West Consultants Inc., Otak
Bronze: Aspect Consulting, CBEC, Mead&Hunt, Ecological Land Services, Waterfall Engineering

 

B.C. Streamflow Inventory Map

B.C. Streamflow Inventory Map B.C. Streamflow Inventory Map (arcgis.com) based on previously published 6 (six) regional streamflow inventory reports is now available for use. The map provides access to key streamflow statistics and basin parameters for each hydrometric station from these reports. Upstream watershed boundaries were delineated in-house to calculate the basin parameters and therefore vary from the values published by the Water Survey of Canada. The standard discharge data used are published by the Water Survey of Canada (WSC) collected through the Canada-British Columbia Hydrometric Program (CBCHP). Most of the parameters presented in these reports are calculated based on data from the 1981 to 2010 Climate Normal period. Flow duration analyses and recurrence intervals of peak and low flows, which are based on all available data.

The results of these analyses are compiled in datasheets, maps, tabular and graphical forms and grouped by hydrologic zones. This information enables hydrologists and engineers to make quicker and easier preliminary hydrologic estimates for water management purposes and the planning and preliminary design of water resource projects.

For More information please contact:

Ashfaque.Ahmed@gov.bc.ca

 

Release of New Streamflow Reports (Dec. 10, 2020).

Revised and updated regional streamflow inventory reports are now available in the EcoCat website. There are six reports cover Natural Resource Region under the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. The revision includes updated data and a new 30-year normal period of 1981–2010 and flow duration analyses of mean daily discharge. The standard discharge data used are published by the Water Survey of Canada (WSC) through the Canada-British Columbia Hydrometric Program (CBCHP). Most of the parameters presented in these reports are calculated based on data from the 1981–2010 Climate Normal period, except for flow duration analyses and recurrence interval of peak and low flows which are based on all available data. The results of these analyses are compiled in datasheets, maps, tabular and graphical forms—grouped by hydrologic zones. This information enables hydrologists and engineers to quickly and easily make preliminary hydrologic estimates for water management purposes and the planning and preliminary design of water resource projects.

Revised and updated Inventory of Streamflow reports are available at:

Inventory of Streamflow in the Kootenay Region: http://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/acat/public/viewReport.do?reportId=59010

Inventory of Streamflow in the Thompson Okanagan Region: http://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/acat/public/viewReport.do?reportId=58628

Inventory of Streamflow in the South Coast and West Coast Regions: http://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/acat/public/viewReport.do?reportId=53344

Inventory of Streamflow in the Cariboo Region: http://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/acat/public/viewReport.do?reportId=52707

Inventory of Streamflow in the Omineca and Northeast Regions: http://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/acat/public/viewReport.do?reportId=48460

Inventory of Streamflow in the Skeena Region: http://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/acat/public/viewReport.do?reportId=40801

For More information please contact:

Ashfaque.Ahmed@gov.bc.ca

 

Flow Analysis Summary Statistics Tool for R- fasstr

fasstr, the Flow Analysis Summary Statistics Tool for R, is now published on CRAN.  fasstr, provides a variety of functions to clean and screen, daily discharge data; calculate and visualize summary statistics; and compute annual trending and volume frequency analyses. It features useful function arguments for filtering of and handling dates, customizing data and metrics, and the ability to pull daily data directly from the Water Survey of Canada hydrometric database. More information and instructions on installing fasstr in R can be found on CRAN (https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=fasstr) and Github (https://github.com/bcgov/fasstr).