Links

Links – General

Considerations for Local Government Elected Officials: Primer on Drinking Water Management in BC, published in 2018 by the Auditor General for Local Government. http://www.aglg.ca/app/uploads/sites/26/2018/12/AGLG-Primer-on-Drinking-Water-Mgmt-Booklet.pdf Drinking Water & Watershed Protection Program: 10 Year Action Plan Implementation Review, published by the Regional District of Nanaimo in 2018. https://www.rdn.bc.ca/dms/documents/dwwp-reports/region-wide-reports/10_year_action_plan_implementation_review_-_september_2018.pdf Well Protection Toolkit, published … Read more

Links – Monitoring and reporting

BC Wildlife Federation Conservation App. https://bcwf.bc.ca/initiatives/conservation-app/#:~:text=Conservation%20at%20your%20fingertips,now%20easier%20to%20use%20offline. FrontCounter B.C. http://www.frontcounterbc.gov.bc.ca/ Geography Open Textbook, 2014. British Columbia in a Global Context: Tools for Spatial Data Collection and Utilization. https://opentextbc.ca/geography/back-matter/tools-for-spatial-data-collection-and-utilization/ Government of British Columbia, Share Your Water Data. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/air-land-water/water/water-science-data/water-data-tools/real-time-water-data-reporting/water-data-submission Government of British Columbia, EcoCat Ecological Reports Catalogue. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/research-monitoring-reporting/libraries-publication-catalogues/ecocat Government of British Columbia, iMapBC. … Read more

Links – Emergency preparedness and response

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, 2014. Emergency Response Plan for Drinking Water Systems in First Nations Communities: Guide and Template. https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2014/aadnc-aandc/R3-203-2014-eng.pdf City of Nanaimo, 2017. Water System Emergency Plan. https://www.nanaimo.ca/docs/default-document-library/water-system-emergency-plan-2017.pdf Ministry of Health, 2017. Emergency Response and Contingency Planning for Small Water Systems: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating an … Read more

Links – Natural assets and green infrastructure

Integrating Natural Assets into Asset Management published by Asset Management B.C. in 2019. https://www.assetmanagementbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/Integrating-Natural-Assets-into-Asset-Management.pdf The Partnership for Water Sustainability in B.C., 2019. Primer on the Ecological Accounting Process (EAP): A Methodology for Valuing the “Water Balance Services” Provided by Nature. https://waterbucket.ca/gi/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/07/Primer-on-Ecological-Accounting-Process_Jan-2019.pdf Natural Asset Primer published by the Municipal Natural Asset … Read more

Links – Education and engagement

Source Water Protection Justification Toolkit published in 2019 by the American Water Works Association. https://www.awwa.org/Portals/0/AWWA/ETS/Research/Final_Source%20Water%20Protection%20Toolkit.pdf?ver=2019-10-10-122210-203 Econics, 2018. Regional District of Nanaimo Drinking Water & Watershed Protection Program: 10 Year Response Plan Implementation Review. https://www.rdn.bc.ca/dms/documents/dwwp-reports/region-wide-reports/10_year_action_plan_implementation_review_-_september_2018.pdf Hayhoe, K., TEDWomen, 2018. The most important thing you can do to fight climate change: talk … Read more

Links – Policies, plans and bylaws

Preparing for Climate Change: An Implementation Guide for Local Governments in British Columbia, published in 2012 by West Coast Environmental Law. https://www.wcel.org/sites/default/files/publications/WCEL_climate_change_FINAL.pdf Green Bylaws Toolkit. https://stewardshipcentrebc.ca/green-bylaws-toolkit/ 

Links – Funding

Sustainable Financing in Drinking Water Management: Considerations for Local Government Administrators published in 2020 by the Auditor General for Local Government https://www.aglg.ca/app/uploads/sites/26/2020/12/AGLG-Drinking-Water-Perspectives-Booklet-4_Dec-2020.pdf Civic Info BC Grants database https://www.civicinfo.bc.ca/grants Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Funding Opportunities. https://www.fcm.ca/en/funding?f%5B0%5D=filter_by_topicf%3AWater Government of British Columbia, Infrastructure Planning Grant Program. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/local-governments/grants-transfers/grants/infrastructure-planning-grant-program Government of British Columbia. Economic Development … Read more

Links – Collaboration

Collaboration Toolkit: How to Build and Maintain Effective Partnerships to Protect Sources of Drinking Water website developed by the Source Water Collaborative https://sourcewatercollaborative.org/how-to-collaborate-toolkit/ A Handbook for Water Champions: First edition. Strengthening Decision-Making and Collaboration for Healthy Watersheds, published in 2019 by the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance Water Sustainability Project. … Read more

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We are all downstream.

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A healthy watershed is central to clean and abundant source water.

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Establishing setbacks, restoring riparian buffer zones along watercourses, and acquiring watershed segments can save money by preventing costly impacts to source water.

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British Columbia legislation related to source water protection is complicated, and the Government of British Columbia does not have a lead water agency.

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Local action supported by stable funding and consistent and coordinated approaches is imperative to maintaining source water quality.

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Funding for this project was provided by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Interior Health Authority, City of Kelowna, City of West Kelowna and the Okanagan Basin Water Board. This project was also supported through the Healthy Watersheds Initiative, which is delivered by the Real Estate Foundation of BC and Watersheds BC, with financial support from the Province of British Columbia as part of its $10-billion COVID-19 response.