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Water ranges at two massive dams in japanese B.C. are sitting at under regular for the second 12 months in a row.
In keeping with B.C. Hydro CEO Chris O’Riley, water ranges on the Williston reservoir in northeast B.C. and the Kinbasket reservoir within the southeast are a number of metres under regular.
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The newest B.C. Hydro figures present the water degree at Mica Dam on the Kinbasket reservoir is at 729.7 metres, shut to a few metres under regular for February.
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The height degree at Mica Dam is 754.44 metres. The dam, north of Revelstoke, is the tallest in Canada and was constructed underneath the Columbia River Treaty.
As of February 2024, the water degree on the Williston Reservoir at WAC Bennett Dam is at 661.6 metres, which is 1.6 metres decrease than the February common.
B.C.’s reservoir system in japanese B.C. was affected by drought situations within the northeast and by low snowpack within the southeast in 2023.
In keeping with the B.C. Drought Data Portal, the Prince George area was in Drought Degree 5 in fall of 2023 (probably the most extreme). The portal can be up to date in spring.
The newest Snow Situations and Water Provide Bulletin reviews the provincial snowpack is extraordinarily low, averaging 44 per cent under regular throughout B.C.
Low water ranges over the previous 12 months turned B.C. Hydro from an influence exporter ($1 billion in 2022) to an influence importer ($500 million in 2023).
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— with information from Derrick Penner
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