severely degraded

Water use restricted for critically low Koksilah River on Vancouver Island

Water use restricted for critically low Koksilah River on Vancouver Island

The British Columbia government is restricting water use around a river on southeastern Vancouver Island that is so low its fish populations — including steelhead, coho salmon and trout — may be threatened.
The Forests and Lands Ministry says the current flow of the Koksilah River south of Duncan has dropped below 180 litres per second, meaning habitat conditions are "severely degraded."