Environmental Farm Planning

Drainage Management Guide

It also provides guidance on agency contacts which are  required  prior to conducting maintenance works involving constructed ditches.

This Guide provides most of the
information that is required for constructed ditches and guidance on where to get additional information for channelized and natural streams. It is one of a number of publications prepared to support the implementation of the
Canada - BC Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) Program.
 

Download the Drainage Management Guide by using the links below. These various sections of the Guide are in Adobe PDF format.

• Introduction, Table of Contents
• Guide Document
• Appendix A

  –	Federal Fisheries Act and Watercourse      Maintenance
  –	Agricultural Watercourse Classification
  –	Agency Contact Requirements for Constructed      Ditch Maintenance
  –	Fishery Timing Windows for Maintenance Work      in Constructed Ditches
  –	Constructed Ditch Maintenance
  –	New Ditch Construction
  –	Filling in Constructed Ditches
  –	Sediment Control
  –	Sediment Traps
  –	Ditch Bank Stabilization Techniques
  –	Bank Re-vegetation for Agricultural Land
  –	Rock Revetments for Constructed Ditches
  –	Bio-Engineering Techniques
  –	Bridge Construction
  –	Culvert Installation in Constructed Ditches
  –	Beaver Dam Management
  –	Fish Salvage
  –	Drainage Water Quality
  –	Agency Contacts for Environmental Issues

• Appendix B

  –	Agency Contact Requirements for Channelized and Natural Streams
  –	Notification for Proposed Works and Changes In and About a Stream under Part 7 Regulation of the Water Act
  –	Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Project Review Information Requirements for Works Affecting Fish Habitat