1、Community-led Resilience for a Healthy Watershed Muskoka Summit on the Environment October 4,20242023 Annual Community Roundtable,Fall 2023Margaret Birch,B.Sc.,R.P.Bio.Community-led Resilience for a Healthy Watershed Background Context Coquitlam/Muskoka Watersheds,Organizations Our Story,Community V
2、isioning What were the roadblocks?How to get past the tough stuff Accomplishments since forming the Roundtable What has changed?Challenges/Weaknesses Lessons learned,take aways Youth-led ARTicipaction Installation ProjectOur Coquitlam River Watershed Location,Watercourses,Population,HistoryCoquitlam
3、 River Watershed North shore of the Fraser Rivers lower reach,BCs lower mainland Coquitlam Dam divides watershed water source for Metro Vancouver 75%of lower watershed developed current census population Two cities,one First Nation territory Mainstem river and two sub-watersheds,30 watercourses Coqu
4、itlam RiverGravel Extraction Dam,Power,Drinking WaterUrban DevelopmentTwo municipalities,one Regional District Our Coquitlam and Muskoka River Watersheds Population,Governments,Services,Economy Coquitlam River Watershed Watershed Area -261 km2 Year-round permanent population 200,000 Two municipaliti
5、es,1 District,1 FN territory Two sub-watersheds,Coquitlam Lake Wastewater systems outside watershed Water extraction for power and drinking,power generation outside watershed Water control structures for one dam,intakes,few flow control gates Residential,sand and gravel,film production,light industr
6、y main areas of economy Stormwater issues affecting water quality Muskoka River Watershed Watershed Area -5,423 km2 Permanent 69,000/Seasonal 96,000 13 area municipalities,one District,one County Multiple villages and hamlets 8 municipal wastewater systems Multiple water control structures 3 navigat