Overview

Nicola Water Use Management Plan (March 2010, 101 pages, 797 KB) Click here

Response from the Province of British Columbia to the Plan (Aug 19, 2011) Click here

Steering Committee's response to the Province's response (Oct 11, 2011) Click here

Nicola River 10 km East of Spences Bridge (© NWCRT)

The Nicola Water Use Management Plan is the result of a community-led planning process. This process began in late 2004 and consisted of a plan initiation phase (Phase 1), plan development (Phase 2), plan evaluation (Phase 3) and review by the community, government and stakeholders. A draft plan was completed in March 2009 and a year later, the Plan was submitted to the provincial government for adoption.

The Nicola Water Use Management Plan (Nicola WUMP) was developed by a diverse group of people seeking solutions to long-standing water issues. The planning process came about in response to a desire to ensure that the future water supply would be divided equitably among all water users balancing the watershed’s social, economic, traditional and ecological values.