BC Hydro has begun filling the Site C reservoir following completion of the necessary construction areas of the project.
According to BC Hydro, filling the reservoir is one of the last steps in building the Site C project, and allows the generating station, spillways, turbines and generators to come into operations.
They estimated it will take two-to-four months to fill the reservoir, with water levels rising between 30 centimetres and three metres a day.
The reservoir will be 83 kilometres long, covering 5,500 hectares of land, and will have a total surface area of approximately 9,330 hectares.
Further updates on the status of the filling will be provided on BC Hydro’s website.
Members of the public are urged to stay out of the reservoir area during filling and for at least a year after.
According to BC Hydro, this is due to potential hazards such as the surrounding land continuing to stabilize, and floating vegetation debris.
A notification will be issued once the public can access the reservoir again.
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