THE SPRING CREEK WATERSHED ATLAS

Unlike the Centre Region, most communities with a population of several thousand or more are located adjacent to a river or a large body of fresh water. For those communities, water management is relatively simple: “Pump it and Dump It.” Water is pumped from the river upstream of the community, used, and after treatment, the wastewater is dumped back into the river downstream. Where the source is a lake, water drawn from the lake is treated, used and the treated wastewater

Dynamic Wetlands in Time and Space: Vernal pools are wetlands that experience alternating periods of flooding and drying, and are synonymous with animal species that exploit these seasonal waters that are free of predatory fish. Fish have a difficult time colonizing vernal pools because they dry up during seasons (or years) with moderate rainfall, or lack stream connections through which fish can immigrate. For these reasons, vernal pools are more broadly called seasonal po