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