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The GMF water sector includes watershed management; water conservation; wastewater treatment; water distribution upgrades to reduce leakage; and storm water run-off management (wetlands, green roofs).
For more information, please contact:
Leela Ramachandran, Program Officer
613-907-6264 - lramachandran@fcm.ca
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- Research Report: Water Sector New
In 2008, FCM commissioned a series of comprehensive reports on issues, trends, emerging technologies, and current and best practices in four sectors of municipal activity. This report explores the latest developments and innovations in municipal water services (potable water, wastewater and stormwater) and related planning and management activities such as watershed management and water demand management.
Interested in other sector research? See similar reports for the energy sector, the sustainable community planning sector and the transportation sector.
- 2009–2010 Water Conservation and Soft Path Municipal Workshop Series;
A joint project by GMF, Friends of the Earth Canada and the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance
- Water Campaign Consultation Workshop;
Capacity Building Program, Victoria, British Columbia, September 2006
- Good Governance in Restructuring Water Supply:
A Handbook
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- Developing Water Soft Paths in Canadian Municipalities: A Guidebook for Municipal Staff,
Friends of the Earth, 2009. A practical introduction to water soft path (WSP) implementation, this guidebook describes the steps in water soft path planning for municipalities, illustrated with a case study.
- ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability: Water Campaign Actions Profile 2008
Features transferable actions undertaken by 13 participants in ICLEI’s Australian Water Campaign, demonstrating how local governments are approaching sustainable water management.
- Polaris Institute: Take the Plunge - Bottled Water Fact Sheet and Action Options for Municipalities
Visite the inside the bottle Website for more information on bottled water issues.
- The Source Water Protection Primer, Pollution Probe, 2004. This primer is intended to inform public discussion on what source protection is and how we can make it happen.
- Drinking Water Primer, Pollution Probe, 2002. This primer aims to enhance the public's understanding of the importance of ensuring clean and safe water.
- The Water We Drink, David Suzuki Foundation, 2007. As part of the Healthy Environment, Healthy Canadians series, this report compares Canada's water quality guidelines with corresponding frameworks in the U.S., the European Union, and Australia, as well as guidelines recommended by the World Health Organization.
- Water Campaign™ Actions Profile, ICLEI–Local Governments for Sustainability (Oceania), 2007. This document provides transferable examples of how local governments are approaching sustainable water management. The featured actions demonstrate some of the tangible contributions local governments are making to water resource management.
- Lexicon of Water Soft Path Knowledge, Friends of the Earth, 2007. This collection presents key written works developed by the Water Soft Path Project, and current water research and knowledge.
- From Source to Tap: Guidance on the Multi-barrier Approach to Safe Drinking Water, Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, 2002. Intended for a general audience, this paper communicates the concept of a multi-barrier approach to drinking water protection. It builds on the experiences of Canadian jurisdictions and serves as a template for the strategic alignment of the Canadian Water Quality Guidelines, best management practices, research and monitoring with an integrated source-to-tap approach to drinking water protection.
- Water Resources at Risk Due to Climate Change, Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network (C-CIARN), 2002. This website was established to help address the challenges posed by increased variation and changes to our climate.
- Centre for Sustainable Watersheds, 2008. The Centre aims to involve the community in conserving and protecting water resources by sharing information, resources and expertise.
- Sustainable Approaches to Water Resources, Waterbucket, 2008. This information partnership portal on water issues and sustainability is targeted to British Columbia communities.
- Water Sustainability Project, The POLIS Project on Ecological Governance, 2008. The Water Sustainability Project (WSP) aims to understand the structure and dynamics of urban water use, and to provide mechanisms to help reorient Canadian water management from supply to demand-side approaches.
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