Adding nutrients to Arrow Lakes Reservoir

Project Year: 2018-2019

Nutrients dispersed, Arrow Lakes Reservoir

Project Lead

Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development

Watershed/Sub-region

Columbia Region

West Kootenay

Project Type

Habitat-Based Actions

FWCP Contribution

$821,386

Action Plan Alignment

Large Lakes Action Plan

Project ID

F19 Arrow Lake Reservoir nutrient restoration

To address the nutrient losses in Arrow Lakes Reservoir as a result of the construction of the Hugh Keenleyside, Mica, and Revelstoke dams. A bottom-up approach is taken with the addition of nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus in the form of liquid agricultural grade fertilizer), to support phytoplankton populations that are suitable for the production of Daphnia, a main food source for Kokanee.