Clients: Sakwi Creek Hydro LP/Wind River Power Corporation
Years: 2015 – 2020
Key Personnel: Stephen Sims, Assunta McCullough, Thibault Doix
Project Description: Sakwi Creek Run-of River Hydroelectric Project is a 5.5 megawatt power generation facility located on Sakwi near Agassiz, British Columbia. Sartori was involved with preliminary environmental assessments, construction monitoring and recently completed the 5-year Operational Environmental Monitoring Plan.
Services Provided: the 5-year OEMP included the following:
- Project footprint impact assessment
- Water Quality Monitoring
- Invertebrate drift monitoring
- Coastal tailed-frog surveys
- Fry rearing and adult salmon spawning assessment in compensation channels
- Native revegetation plant survival and invasive species recruitment assessment
- Science-based conclusions on the benefits and suitability of compensation
- Before/AFTER-Control-Impact (BACI) statistical analysis
- Comparative analysis of monitoring results to baseline conditions