VICTORIA - Unless we act now, we will have a water crisis of our own making. This is the message from Oliver M. Brandes and Linda Nowlan in an article commenting on Living Water Smart, and published in the Victoria Times Colonist on June 15, 2008.

According to Brandes and Nowlan, and as reported in the Times Colonist, the real coming challenge will be to not only ensure the resources are available to see the Province's goals through to fruition, but also that a commitment to good watershed governance is the priority toward a sustainable approach to water.

To learn more about more than 40 actions and targets in a new government-wide plan that are intended to  help all sectors, communities and British Columbians keep our water healthy and secure, now and in the future, click on the following link to Living Water Smart: Province of British Columbia releases its Water Plan.

To view a printer-friendly version of the article by Brandes and Nowlan, please click on Water and the new business-as-usual in B.C..

About the Authors:

Oliver M. Brandes is the associate director and water sustainability project leader at the University of Victoria's POLIS Project on Ecological Governance, www.waterdsm.org. He is also a member of the Leadership Team for CAVI - Convening for Action on Vancouver Island.

Linda Nowlan is an environmental lawyer at the University of British Columbia's Program on Water Governance, whose website is www.watergovernance.ca.

Posted June 2008