Water Quality Effectiveness Evaluations and Fish Passage Culvert Inspection

Water Quality Effectiveness Evaluations arose out of the Forest and Range Practices Act as a way of measuring the effectiveness of the Act in accomplishing its forest stewardship objectives. The field procedure for Water Quality Effectiveness Evaluation (WQEE, Carson et al, 2007) is accepted as a standard methodology by the Forest Investment Account for the Land Base Investment Program (Zapisocki, 2008).

The evaluation methods described the field guide were designed such that an efficient evaluation may be conducted effectively by non‐specialists. Using the measurements of the sites road, drainage structure and bank contributions to sediment transport and supply, the site can be categorized into low, moderate, high, very high and extreme classifications for impacts (Zapisocki, 2008).

Data and Resources

Contributing Organization

bc-timber-sales

BC Timber Sales

BC Timber Sales (BCTS) manages about 20 per cent of the province’s allowable annual cut for Crown timber, generating economic prosperity for British Columbians through the safe, sustainable development and auction of Crown timber. BCTS operates in...

Additional Info

Field Value
Author Viveiros, M.
Maintainer BC Timber Sales
Last Updated July 30, 2025, 21:36 (UTC)
Created December 10, 2019, 19:10 (UTC)