Water Science Series

WSS 2025-01:   French Creek Area Hydraulic Connectivity and Aquifer Mapping Study
WSS 2025-02:   Aquifer Mapping and Monthly Water Balances, Nicomekl-Serpentine Watersheds, Lower Mainland B.C.
WSS 2025-03:   Environmental Flow Needs Determination, Nicomekl-Serpentine Watersheds, Lower Mainland B.C.
WSS 2025-04:   Impact of Cumulative Groundwater Withdrawal on Surface Water and Groundwater Interaction in the Stoney Creek Watershed

WSS 2024-01:  Surficial Mapping British Columbia's Landforms to Support Groundwater Understanding, Phase 1: Vanderhoof Study Area
WSS 2024-02:  Fort Nelson Aquifer Mapping and Hydrostratigraphic Characterization
WSS 2024-03:  Analysis of Licensed Water Use in British Columbia
WSS 2024-04:  Desktop Watershed Characterization Resources and Methods for British Columbia 
WSS 2024-05:  Aquifer Mapping in the Kootenay/Boundary Region of British Columbia: Creston, Rossland, Castlegar, and Salmo
WSS 2024-06:  Comparison of Two Methods for Determining Long-Term Well Yield in British Columbia
WSS 2024-07:  Updated Water Budget for Salmon River Valley Aquifers Upstream of Falkland
WSS 2024-08:  Compendium of Provincial Groundwater Science and Monitoring Projects: 2023-24 
WSS 2024-09:  Preliminary Assessment of Hydraulic Connection for the Chilliwack Area
WSS 2024-10:  Aquifers 178 & 1287 Complex, Cowichan Valley, B.C. Stratigraphy and Characterization
WSS 2024-11:   Hydroecological Assessment of Hydraulic Connectivity: Phase 3 Field Investigation at Otter Park, Langley
WSS 2024-12:   Watershed Modelling to Support Water Allocation and Planning in the Shawnigan Creek Watershed, Vancouver Island, B.C.
WSS 2024-13:   Exploring Methods for Setting Groundwater Allocation Extraction Limits and Improving Understanding of Hydraulic Connection in B.C.
WSS 2024-14:   Surficial Mapping British Columbia’s Landforms to Support Groundwater Understanding: Phase 2 Southern Interior Study Area Pilot

WSS 2023-01:  Indicators of Groundwater Drought in British Columbia
WSS 2023-02:  Integrated Hydrological Model for Windermere Creek Watershed: Groundwater Dynamics and Connectivity with Surface Water
WSS 2023-03:  Oyster River and Black Creek Watersheds: Preliminary Assessment of Hydraulic Connection
WSS 2023-04:  Kiskatinaw-Peace Aquifer Mapping and Hydrostratigraphic Characterization 
WSS 2023-05:  Compendium of Provincial Groundwater Science and Monitoring Projects: 2022-23
WSS 2023-06:  Correlating Wells to Mapped Aquifers, Township of Langley, British Columbia
WSS 2023-07:  Mapping the Snow Sensitive Zone in the Upper Columbia River Basin, Canada

WSS 2022-01: Chemainus and Bonsall Watersheds: Preliminary Desktop Assessment of Hydraulic Connection
WSS 2022-02: Assessing the "Snow Sensitive Zone" at Multiple Scales in the Kettle River Watershed, Southern British Columbia
WSS 2022-03: Mapping the Likelihood of Flowing Artesian Conditions in the Okanagan Basin and Fraser Valley, British Columbia
WSS 2022-04: Peace-Beatton Aquifer Mapping and Hydrostratigraphic Characterization
WSS 2022-05: Hydrogeologic Interpretation and Updated Aquifer Mapping in the Cariboo Area
WSS 2022-06: Aquifer Mapping in the Clinton Creek Watershed
WSS 2022-07: Compendium of Provincial Groundwater Science and Monitoring Projects: 2021-22
WSS 2022-08: Evaluating the Use of Electrical Resistivity Sounding to Characterize Aquifers in the Beaufort Watershed, B.C

WSS 2021-01: Analysis of Current Groundwater Use in the West Coast Region
WSS 2021-02: Hydrogeology and Environmental Flow Needs Assessment of a Groundwater Licence Application near Lumby, B.C.
WSS 2021-03: Classification of Groundwater Response Mechanisms in Provincial Observation Wells Across British Columbia
WSS 2021-04: Applying the Extended Drawdown Method to Interpret Pumping Tests in British Columbia
WSS 2021-05: Assessment of Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) and Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Potential in British Columbia: Regional Opportunities and Regulatory Approaches
WSS 2021-06: GIS Modelling of Sea Water Intrusion Risk along British Columbia’s Coast
WSS 2021-07: Estimating Groundwater Availability for Allocation in British Columbia
WSS 2021-08: Compendium of Provincial Groundwater Science and Monitoring Projects: 2020-21

WSS 2020-01: Guidance for Technical Assessment Requirements in Support of an Application for Groundwater Use in British Columbia (Version 2)
WSS 2020-02: Water Use and Management in the Koksilah River Watershed
WSS 2020-03: Assessment of Aquifer-Stream Connectivity Related to Groundwater Abstraction in the Lower Fraser Valley: Phase 2 Field Investigation at Otter Park, Langley
WSS 2020-04: West Coast Region Foundational and Detailed Aquifer Mapping Studies
WSS 2020-05: Compendium of Provincial Groundwater Science and Monitoring Projects: 2019-20
WSS 2020-06: Quantifying Aquifer-Stream Exchanges Along Bertrand Creek, British Columbia and Washington State, Using a Numerical Groundwater Flow Model
WSS 2020-07: Vanderhoof and Houston Aquifer Mapping and Hydrostratigraphic Characterization

WSS 2019-01: Aquifer Mapping and Monthly Groundwater Budget Analysis for Aquifers on Salt Spring Island
WSS 2019-02: Detailed Aquifer Mapping Study, Shawnigan Lake Area, Vancouver Island, BC
WSS 2019-03: North Okanagan Aquifer Mapping & Geologic Modelling Phase III: Okanagan Valley Aquifer Update
WSS 2019-04: Chilliwack Hydrostratigraphic Interpretation and Aquifer Mapping
WSS 2019-05: Koksilah River Watershed: Preliminary Assessment of Hydraulic Connection
WSS 2019-06: Groundwater Quality Assessment and Proposed Objectives for the Osoyoos Aquifer
WSS 2019-07: Improving Statistical Methods for Modeling Species Sensitivity Distributions
WSS 2019-08: Compendium of Provincial Groundwater Science and Monitoring Projects: 2018-19
WSS 2019-09: Groundwater Quality Survey of Aquifers in South Cowichan, Vancouver Island

WSS 2018-01: Liard and Petitot Sub Basins Transboundary Groundwater Resources Assessment
WSS 2018-02: North Okanagan aquifer mapping and geologic modelling Phase II: Tappen, Westwold and Coldstream Areas
WSS 2018-03: A revised geological model and hydrostratigraphic framework for the Kelowna-Mission Aquifers
WSS 2018-04: Mapping aquifer stress, groundwater recharge, groundwater use, and the contribution of groundwater to environmental flows for unconfined aquifers across British Columbia
WSS 2018-05: Compendium of Provincial Groundwater Science and Monitoring Projects: 2017-18
WSS 2018-06: Mission Creek Groundwater - Surface Water Interactions Project: Analysis of Discharge and Water Level Records

WSS 2017-01: Preliminary Groundwater Budgets, Cobble Hill / Mill Bay Area, Vancouver Island, B.C.  
WSS 2017-02: Assessment of Aquifer-Stream Connectivity Related to Groundwater Abstraction in the Lower Fraser Valley: Phase 1 Field Investigation
WSS 2017-03: North Okanagan aquifer mapping and geologic modelling: Summary of results and 3D interpretation
WSS 2017-04: Assessment of Aquifer-Stream Connectivity Related to Groundwater Abstraction in the Lower Fraser Valley: Stream vulnerability mapping
WSS 2017-05: Cowichan River: A Summary of Historical Disturbances, Water Use Pressures and Streamflow Trends

WSS 2016-01: Determining the Likelihood of Hydraulic Connection - Guidance for Determining the Effect of Diversion of Groundwater on Specific Streams
WSS 2016-02: Screening Tool for Guiding Short-Term Groundwater Curtailment during Water Scarcity
WSS 2016-03: Monthly Water Budget for the Similkameen Valley Aquifer, British Columbia
WSS 2016-04: Hydrostratigraphic, Hydraulic and Hydrogeochemical Descriptions of Dawson Creek-Groundbirch Areas, Northeast BC
WSS 2016-05: Groundwater Quality Survey of Aquifers in South Wellington, Cassidy and North Oyster, Vancouver Island
WSS 2016-06: Monthly Groundwater Budget for the Hopington Aquifer – Salmon River Area, BC
WSS 2016-07: Monthly Water Budgets for Aquifers in the Oliver, B.C. Area (Aquifers 254, 255 and 256)
WSS 2016-08: Guidance for Technical Assessment Requirements in Support of an Application for Groundwater Use in British Columbia (Revised August 2020)
WSS 2016-09: Modelling Tools for Estimating Effects of Groundwater Pumping on Surface Waters
WSS 2016-10: Monthly Groundwater Budget for the Aquifers in the Kelowna BC Area