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These documents present a summary of the Burrard Intlet, British Columbia, and propose water quality objectives designed to protect existing and future water uses.
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Author: R. J. Nijman, L. G. Swain
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Date Published: Jul 1990
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Report ID: 11247
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Audience: Government and Public
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This report assesses the water quality of the Burrard Intlet. The report has two parts : an overview report and a technical report. The report deals with the water quality of Burrard Inlet, False Creek and some selected tributaries. Provisional water quality objectives are set to protect aquatic life, wildlife and primary-contact recreation in Burrard Inlet, Lynn Creek and School House Brook; aquatic life and wildlife in False Creek (and recreation near its mouth); and aquatic life, wildlife, primary-contact recreation and drinking water supplies in the Capilano River.
Burrard Inlet sustains runs of salmonids while the tributaries provide important habitat for these runs.
Most of the water contamination comes from bulk loading facilities, oil refineries, chemical plants, combined sewer overflows and stormwater discharges. As a result, there are areas with lower than desirable levels of dissolved oxygen, bacteriological contamination which on occasion can require that beaches be closed for swimming and high concentrations in the water column and sediments of metals which can be passed along the food chain. Burrard Inlet is closed to shellfish harvesting based on sanitary considerations of the tributary area.
Provisional water quality objectives have been set for metals, nutrients, chlorophenols, PCBs, PAHs, tributyltin, microbioloical indicators and some other variables. Attainment of these objectives will protect all used including aquatic life and recreation. A strategy to reduce the sources of contaminants to Burrard Inlet will need to be developed to achieve these objective consistently. Attached : Technical report
Overview report found at : http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/wq_objectives.html
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Water Information - Water Quality |
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