Community Watersheds - Current

Boundaries (polygons) of areas designated as community watershed by government - that are all or part of the drainage area that is upslope of the lowest point from which water is diverted for human consumption by a licensed waterworks, if satisfied that, to protect the water that is diverted for human consumption, the area requires special management that is not otherwise provided for under this regulation or other enactment: to conserve the quality, quantity and timing of water flow; or to prevent cumulative hydrological effects that would have a material adverse effect on the water . Supercedes the '(DEPRECATED) BC Community Watersheds' dataset BC_COMMUNITY_WATERSHEDS

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Last Updated April 17, 2026, 20:50 (UTC)
Created April 17, 2026, 20:50 (UTC)
contact_email David.Maloney@gov.bc.ca
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data_dictionary EPSG:3005,EPSG,unknown
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open_canada_date_published 2011-03-09 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords {"en": ["Canada", "Hydrology", "community watershed", "domestic water", "drinking water", "watershed", "Government information"], "fr-t-en": ["Canada", "Hydrologie", "bassin versant communautaire", "eau domestique", "eau potable", "bassin versant", "Information gouvernementale"]}
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sensitivity_level unrestricted
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update_frequency as_needed