Surface Water Quality Indicator None of the 33 monitored water bodies used for drinking water in British Columbia received Poor or Borderline rankings. All uses are protected andnone are threatened or impaired. Conditions rarely depart from natural or desirable levels. All uses are protected, with only a minor degree of threat or impairment. Most uses are protected, but a few are threatened or impaired.
Conditions often depart from natural or desirable levels.
Several uses are threatened or impaired. Most uses are threatened, impaired or even lost. BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, 2000. Water Management Branch. Since the WQI is based on sampling in areas where there are likely to be water quality concerns, the results may indicate a poorer state than if a random sampling of all water bodies in the province was considered.