B.C. Tap Water
Alliance
Reports, Submissions
| January 31, 2020 (Pdf file, 7 Mb) |
After 30 Years & More:
Slaughter and Liquidation of BC's Old Intact Forests.
Submission to the Government of British Columbia's
Old Growth Strategic Review |
| January
27, 2020 (Pdf file, 43 Mb) |
SAY-NO-MORE. A Reconnaissance
Report of a Tributary Drainage of Convirs Creek,
Located on the Western Slopes of the North Arm of
Quesnel Lake, British Columbia (160 pages) |
| May
14, 2018 (Pdf file, 25.5 Mb) |
Peachland Community Watershed Photo
Backgrounder |
| January
19, 2018 (Pdf file, 1.3 Mb) |
Professional Reliance: The
Side-Kick of British Columbia's Recent (2001 - 2018?)
Deregulatory Regime. Submission to the BC
Government's Review of "Professional Reliance in Natural
Resources" |
| May
1, 2017 (Pdf file, 25 Mb) |
The Glade Creek Watershed Reserve:
No "Misnomer" / NOT "Just a Name" (The Second
Preliminary Report) |
| August 30, 2016 (Pdf file, 11.3 Mb) |
The Glade Creek Watershed Reserve: No "Misnomer" / NOT "Just a Name" (The First Preliminary Report) |
| April 16,
2016 (Pdf file, 5.4 Mb) |
BCTWA Bulletin # 01. BC Ministry of
Environment Cover-Up Continues in Posted "Community
Watershed History" |
| June 25,
2015 (Pdf file, 3.2 Mb) |
Update. A Chronological and Single
Document Reference Tool: For PSE's (Physicians,
Scientists, & Engineers') Health Energy Citation
Database on Shale Gas & Tight Oil Developments
(Version 2.0) |
| March 15,
2015 (Pdf file, 28.5 Mb) |
Withholding Water Flow Science in
the Wilson Watershed: An Examination of the Sunshine
Coast Community Forest's Wilson Creek Watershed
Assessments (2010-2012). Summary Report (Pdf file, 2.2 Mb) |
| December 1,
2014 (Pdf file, 63 Mb) |
Scene of the Crime: A
Preliminary Analysis and History of the Mount Polley
Mine Tailings Storage Facility Executive Summary (Pdf file, 2.5 Mb) |
| December 11, 2013 (Pdf file, 15 Mb) |
Frack-Math Confidential: Cracking
Open the Big Mystery on Water Volume Use in British
Columbia's Multi Fracking Operations |
| November
27, 2013 (Pdf file, 6 Mb) |
The Tip of BC's Fracking Iceberg:
Frac-Focus Toxic Chemical Data, Water Volumes, Fracking
Locations, and Operators in the Altares Gas Field, North
of Hudson's Hope, BC, Near and Within the Farrell Creek
Watershed Area - Main Reference Map (10 Mb) |
| September 30, 2013 Link to Full Report |
The Big Eddy. A History of
the Big Eddy Waterworks District and its Long-Standing
Battles to Protect the Dolan Creek Watershed Reserve
Link to Introduction and individual Chapters Page |
| September
10, 2013 |
Open Letter to the Canadian
Association of Petroleum Producers from B.C. Tap Water
Alliance |
| September
3, 2013 |
Open Letter to 15 B.C. First
Nations Participating in the LNG Pipeline Agreement(s) |
| January 28,
2013 |
No Timber Sales in the McNeill Lake
Watershed Reserve Link to Backgrounder |
| November
28, 2012 |
Should Fracking Be Allowed in
British Columbia? A Response to the November 15,
2012 report, From Stream to Steam: Emerging Challenges
for BC's Interlinked Water and Energy Resources |
| January 23, 2012 |
Frack EU: Unconventional Intrigue
in Poland |
| July
14, 2011 |
B.C. Tap Water Alliance Final
Argument - Kitimat LNG Export Licence Hearing by
the National Energy Board |
| May
16, 2011 (Pdf file, 4.5 Mb) |
Follow the GAS: Kitimat LNG Export
Terminal and Pacific Trails Pipeline Chronology |
| April 13,
2011 |
Public Inquiry Needed in British
Columbia to Address Human Health and Environmental
Risks Posed by Shale Gas Drilling, Coalition
Says |
| February 23,
2011 |
Ants to the Picnic: Canaccord's
2008 New Frontier Emphasis to Investors on the
Development of Quebec's Utica Shale Gas, and an Account
of What Happened to the Larin Family in Saint Louis |
| February
3, 2011 |
Presentation by Will Koop before
Canada's Standing Committee on Natural Resources (Theme:
Absence of cumulative effects studies in northeast BC) |
| November 9,
2010 (Pdf file, 14 Mb) |
Encana's Cabin No So Homey:
Cumulative Environmental Effects, an Unfolding and
Emerging Crisis in Northeastern British Columbia's
Shale Gas Plays. An Introduction Journey into BC's
Dirty Domino Zone |
| October 13,
2010 Pdf File, 6.5 Mb) |
24 / 7 Less Peace in the Peace.
A Photo report on Talisman Energy's Fracking Operations
near Hudson's Hope |
| June 17, 2010 |
The World's Biggest Experimental
Frack Job!! (Fracking 24 / 7 ... Fracking All
Night Long) A Dubious Honour for British Columbia and,
Water In-Frack-Tions at 2 Island Lake? |
April 30, 2010 (Pdf file - 75 kb) |
WATER
FIRST!: Seeking the Ultimate Good of the Land, its
Creatures, and the Public - The Possibility of a
'Modernized' Water Act for British Columbia.
Submission to the BC Ministry of Environment, regarding
the overhaul, or 'modernization', of the BC Water Act.
(This document includes an appendix, listing a
ten-part series of YouTube videos of the April 21, 2010
Vancouver Water Act 'Modernization' public workshop.) |
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Submission
to
BC Liberals Premier Campbell's Green Energy Advisory
Task Force |
| December 8, 2008 (Pdf file, 8.1 Mb) |
Good Servants / Bad Service. An
Examination of Records and Reports Relating to
Rossland City's Drinking Watershed Reserves
(1923-2002) Executive Summary (Pdf file, 400 kb) |
| July 9, 2008 (pdf - 4,937 kb) Executive Summary & Conclusion Only (pdf - 288 kb) |
The Topping Creek Crisis: Community Resistance Against Resort Residential and Golf Course Development Proposals in Rossland City's Community Watershed Reserve |
| May 20, 2008 (pdf 19,904 kb) Text Only - pdf - 1,038 kb Summary Information |
The Community Forest Trojan Horse - The Sunshine Coast Community Forest Proposal and Probationary License in Two Watershed Reserves - A Case History (2003-2008). |
| Response presentation
to the Metro Vancouver Water Committee regarding
February 13, 2008 Metro Vancouver staff report made in
response to B.C. Tap Water Alliance November 14, 2007
presentation to the Water Committee on Metro Vancouver's
Drinking Water Management Plan. |
|
April 3, 2008 (pdf - 141 kb) |
Response Submission to the Private Managed Forest Lands Council Decisions regarding a May 21, 2007 complaint by BC Tap Water Alliance against TimberWest for violating the provincial private forest lands Regulation, clearcutting a riparian corridor on Beech Creek, a tributary of the Comox Lake drinking watershed, Comox, Vancouver Island. |
| July 23, 2007 (pdf - 178 kb) |
Presentation to the
Sunshine Coast Regional District's Board of Health
Hearings regarding a complaint against Western Forest
Products (via the Ministry of Forests) |
| March 24, 2007 (pdf - 21,697 kb) |
Presentation to the Port Alberni Save Our Valley Alliance (SOVA) (Happy First Anniversary ! ) |
| March/April 2007 (pdf - 1,170 kb) |
FROM WISDOM TO TYRANNY. Article in the March/April 2007 edition of the Watershed Sentinel (Vol.17, No.2) |
|
July 10, 2006
Part 1, Main
Submission
(Pdf - 1,541 kb) Part 2, Appendix A - Oil Timeline (Pdf - 3,750 kb) Part 3, Appendix B - request for info (Pdf - 12 kb) |
Pushing the Tar Sands Envelope: Kinder Morgan's Anchor Loop Application and the Oil Sands Agenda. A submission to the National Energy Board regarding Kinder Morgan's pipeline proposal expansion through Jasper National and Mount Robson BC provincial parks (Note: Some have downloaded the 80-page Oil Timeline (Appendix A) and posted it on their websites without attributing the source document's author, Will Koop, and without notifying the context of the document as a submission to the National Energy Board by Will Koop.) |
| June 2, 2005 (MS Word Document) |
Presentation of Information to
Delegates Attending the International Conference on
Landslide Risk Assessment held at the University of
British Columbia |
| November 10, 2004 (Pdf - 150 kb) |
Presentation to the
Sunshine Coast Regional District: Is It Feasible to
Protect the SCRD�s Community Watersheds Under Community
Forest Tenure? |
August 14, 2004 (Pdf - 79 kb) |
Comments to the
provincial Mines Inspector on AJB Investments
(subsidiary SureSpan Bridges) application for aggregate
mining in the Chapman Creek Watershed Reserve, the
drinking source for the Sunshine Coast Regional
District. |
| August 10, 2004 (Pdf - 180 kb) Newspaper articles (Pdf - 182 kb) |
Presentation to Pemberton
City Council regarding Weyerhaeuser's cutblock
purposal in the Pemberton Creek Watershed Reserve |
April 30, 2003 (Pdf - 1,924 kb) |
The Working Forest: "End of the Commons". The New Forest Corporate Management Plan for British Columbia. A response to the provincial government's re-proposal, through the Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management, for the creation of a "working forest" reserve on Public lands. |
August 24, 2002 (Pdf - 147 kb) |
Submission to the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK), Nelson, B.C., regarding: the uncessary filtration treatment of Arrow Creek; the elimination of the Erickson Improvement District; and the implication for communities of the RDCK's involvement as a shareholder in the Creston Valley Forest Corporation. |
| September 4, 2002 (Pdf - 102 kb) |
Letter of concern with recommendations to the twenty RDCK Councils regarding the takeover of the Erickson Improvement District. |
| June 30, 2002 (Pdf - 310 kb) |
Report Submission. Results-Based Management of British Columbia's Drinking Water Source Watersheds. A Submission to the Public Panel and Review Process for a Results-Based Forest and Range Practices Regime for British Columbia. |
| May 15, 2002 (Pdf - 443 kb) |
Report. Doctoring Our Water: From a Policy of Protection to a Policy of Submission. Regarding the Provincial Health Officer's Annual Report for 2000: Drinking Water Quality in British Columbia: The Public Health Perspective. |
| February 1, 2002 (Pdf - 488 kb) |
Foresters Should be Leading the Way. Article for the Association of British Columbia Professional Foresters' newsletter. |
| January 23,
2002 (Pdf - 1,319 kb) |
The Arrow Creek Community Watershed. Community Resistance to Logging and Mining in a Domestic Watershed: A Case History. |
| January 15, 2002 (Pdf - 96 kb) |
Comments in Response to the Drinking Water Review Panel's Interim Report. |
| November 29,
2001 (Pdf - 98 kb) |
Letter to Minister of Health Planning, Sindi Hawkins, regarding the Provincial Health Officer's Annual Report for 2000 on Drinking Water. |
| November 12, 2001 (Pdf - 3,596 kb) |
Submission to the Drinking Water Review Panel. |
| October 1, 2001 (Pdf file, 2.1 Mb) |
Red Fish Up the River. A
report written for the Kwiketlem First Nation (the
Coquitlam River). |
| September 10, 2001 (Pdf - 116 kb) |
Submission to the Forest Stewardship Council regarding domestic watersheds. |
| February 20, 2001 (Pdf - 275 kb) |
Submission to the government's process on protecting drinking water sources. |
| November 21,
2000 (Pdf - 117 kb) |
Submission to the Provincial Aggregate Review Panel at the Public Meeting in Coquitlam, City Hall. |
| July, 2000 (Pdf - 146 kb) |
The World is Watching: British Columbia Community Drinking Supply Watersheds - A State of Crisis. Response to the Ministry of Environment, Lands, and Parks' position paper to the Watershed 2000 conference on Community Watersheds. |
| November 1, 1999 (Pdf file, 2.1 Mb) |
Silty Sources: A Critique of the
GVRD's Ecological Inventory Project Annex and Analysis
Reports. |
| October 18, 1999 (Pdf - 112 kb) |
Summary critique of the B.C. provincial Auditor General's March 1999 report "Protecting Drinking Water Sources" |
April 23, 1998 (Pdf - 616 kb) |
Report. The History and Recent Debate on Watershed Reserves - The Sunshine Coast's Referendum on their Community Water Supply Source. An Evaluation of a Recent Meeting with the Sunshine Coast Regional District and Regional Representatives of the Ministries of Environment, Lands, and Forests Regarding the Government's Integrated Watershed Management Plan (IWMP). |
| 1998 (Pdf file, 1.6 Mb) |
Seymourgate related discussions: A
collection of Water Committee delegations, letters,
presentations, and newspaper articles regarding the
controversy over logging and the agenda in the former
Seymour Demonstration Forest. |
| December 10, 1997 (Pdf file, 10.3 Mb) |
Seymourgate - The Off-Catchment
Lands of the Lower Seymour Valley. An
Investigation Into: The History of the Lower Seymour;
The First Regional Park Proposal; The Seymour Advisory
Committee and the Related Establishment and Operation
of the Seymour Demonstration Forest. |
| July 7, 1997 (Pdf file, 184 kb) |
Comments on the Scientific Review
Panel's Draft Report, "Protecting Vancouver's Water",
and Related Matters. |
| March 27, 1997 (Pdf file, 200 kb) |
A Delegation to the Greater Vancouver
Regional District Board, and an Overview of Negotiations
and Related Matters Between the Provincial Government
and the Greater Vancouver Water District Regarding the
Amending Indenture. |
| December 8, 1995 (Pdf file, 6.3 Mb) |
Not Coming Clean: The Culvert Creek
Landslide. A Report on the Landslide into the Capilano
Reservoir, and the Greater Vancouver Water District's
Claims to the Public. |
| August 1995 (Pdf file, 1.7 kb) |
Misinforming the Public - A
Critique of the Greater Vancouver Regional District's
(GVRD'S) Watershed Management Booklet "Protecting a
Precious Resource" (A GVRD Exercise in Controlling
Information). |
| March 18, 1995 (Pdf file, 15 Mb) |
A Critique of the Landslide Report
from John Morse to the Water Committee, Being Item
2(D) of the February 10th, 1995 Water Committee Agenda,
An Overview of Other Relevant Details which were not
Reported on, and Some General Observations. |
| April 6, 1994 (Pdf file, 146 kb) |
A History of the Coquitlam River
and Watershed: 1898-1914. |
| April 26, 1993 (Pdf file, 24.3 Mb) |
Wake Up Vancouver! An
Historical Outline of the Policies and Administration,
Including some of the Debates, Circumstances, and
Controversies, of the Greater Vancouver Watersheds. |