Examples of Available Water in a sentence
For class 3 Transboundary Waters, the BMC will set Transboundary Water Quantity Objectives and identify, based on the best available scientific information and/or a desktop or other office-based method and/or an instream flow needs study, the amount of water needed to maintain the Ecological Integrity of the Aquatic Ecosystem and hence, the Available Water.
Long-term continuous monitoring of stream flow is important to characterize hydrology of a water body and to estimate Available Water.
For water quantity, the Parties have defined a Trigger as a percentage of the Available Water (e.g., <50%) that, if exceeded, results in Jurisdictional and/or Bilateral Water Management that will be determined by the BMC.
Available Water will be shared as per section 6.1 c) of the Agreement and the sharing will be formalized into a Transboundary Water Quantity Objective if the relevant Transboundary Water reaches class 3.
The setting of Transboundary Water Quantity Objectives requires site-specific knowledge of stream flow and Available Water.