Water Sustainability Regulation (B.C. Reg. 36/2016).

The present Regulation is made under the Water Sustainability Act. In particular, the Regulation addresses the requirements to allocate both ground and surface water (e.g., application requirements) and identifies the requirements for using water or making changes to a stream in accordance with the Regulation. This Regulation replaces Parts 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8 and Schedules C and D of the former Water Regulation under the previousWater Act – which described the procedures related to the acquisition of a water right, the calculation and payment of water fees and rentals to government, and activities conducted within a stream or a stream channel. The text consists of 56 sections divided into 7 Parts as follows: Interpretation (1); Licensing, diversion and use of water (2); Changes in and about a stream (4); Use of deep groundwater (5); Offences (6); Transitional provisions (7).