Full licensed use: a "what if" scenario
What if every current surface water licence in the watershed were used in full, every year? Total licensed demand would be 61.93 GL per year (F90). Today's modelled withdrawals are 21.31 GL per year (F80). This is a bounding scenario, not a forecast.
184.74
GL per year (working model 200.95)
Inflow to Okanagan Lake
F90
2.20
m³/s (working model 3.33)
August mean flow at 08NM116
F90
17.8
days per year (working model 6.1)
Kokanee-window days below 1.40 m³/s at 08NM116
F90
outputs/licence_scenario/OBWB_FullLicenceFlows_v1_20261011.csv; F90. Download data (CSV)outputs/lake_budget_v2/OBWB_LakeBudgetWY-wmdem_v2_20261011.csv, outputs/licence_scenario/OBWB_LakeBudgetWY-licfull_v1_20261011.csv. Download data (CSV)Limits
- Return flows are set to zero (F90).
- This run carries a known model mass-balance error of up to 2.1 mm, accepted as known (D65).
- Deliveries by water supplier are not shown on this site.
Confidence: Moderate (F90).
Numbers on this page and their sources
| Number | Value | Result file | Decision log | Second check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August mean at 08NM116, full licence (m3/s) | 2.20 | outputs/licence_scenario/OBWB_FullLicenceFlows_v1_20261011.csv | F90 | none |
| August mean at 08NM116, working (m3/s) | 3.33 | outputs/licence_scenario/OBWB_FullLicenceFlows_v1_20261011.csv | F90 | none |
| Full-licence demand (GL/yr) | 61.93 | outputs/licence_scenario/OBWB_FullLicenceDelivery_v1_20261011.csv | F90 | none |
| Kokanee days, full licence (d/yr) | 17.8 | outputs/licence_scenario/OBWB_FullLicenceFlows_v1_20261011.csvoutputs/licence_scenario/OBWB_FullLicenceEFN_v1_20261011.csv | F90 | licence EFN table, Table 3-15 basis |
| Kokanee days, working (d/yr) | 6.1 | outputs/licence_scenario/OBWB_FullLicenceFlows_v1_20261011.csvoutputs/licence_scenario/OBWB_FullLicenceEFN_v1_20261011.csv | F90 | licence EFN table, Table 3-15 basis |
| Lake inflow, full licence (GL/yr) | 184.74 | outputs/licence_scenario/OBWB_FullLicenceFlows_v1_20261011.csvoutputs/licence_scenario/OBWB_LakeBudgetWY-licfull_v1_20261011.csv | F90 | licfull lake budget WY mean |
| Lake inflow, working model (GL/yr) | 200.95 | outputs/licence_scenario/OBWB_FullLicenceFlows_v1_20261011.csv | F90 | v2 lake budget WY mean |
| Mean withdrawals (GL/yr) | 21.31 | outputs/lake_budget_v2/OBWB_LakeBudgetWY-wmdem_v2_20261011.csv | F80 | daily mm x area |