Most rivers in Canada carry some flow year-round, even during the heart of winter, even under a thick ice cover. You may not hear it, you may not see it, but the channel is alive. I personally like to say that the water does not like to freeze, it wants to keep flowing.
Water, in its liquid state, is critical to life in its many forms. It is also useful to produce low carbon emitting energy when the demand is peaking. Multiple right holders and stakeholders have an interest in knowing the amount of water that flows in a river at any time of year. But how does that...
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