Water Sustainability Action Plan adds depth to Living Water Smart initiative in British Columbia

BCWWA Water Sustainability Committee responsible for delivering the Action Plan program

Released in June 2008, Living Water Smart is the provincial government’s vision and plan to keep British Columbia's water healthy and secure for the future. Contributing an on-the-ground dimension to Living Water Smart is the Water Sustainability Action Plan for British Columbia.     (Read more...)

BCWWA Partners with the Province to Deliver Water Sustainability Action Plan

Minister of Environment praises continuing success of the partnership

Through a partnership with the Ministry of Environment, program delivery for the Water Sustainability Action Plan is being carried out by the Water Sustainability Committee.     (Read more...)

Tim Pringle nominated for inaugural BCWWA Leadership in Water Sustainability Award

Funding from the Real Estate Foundation enabled the testing of a precedent-setting, practitioner-oriented and incremental approach to consensus-building which is captured with this mantra: “It starts with a conversation.”     (Read more...)

Water Sustainability Committee links vision, education and tools in telling its story at 2009 Resilient Cities Conference

Kim Stephens sets the scene for a cascading presentation by Eric Bonham, Mike Tanner and Ted van der Gulik

Set the vision based upon community values, support the vision with information and education via the Water Bucket website, and apply web-based water management tools to make better decisions.     (Read more...)

Water, Water Everywhere....Does British Columbia Really Need a Water Conservation Strategy?

Flashback to 1992 and an article written by Ted van der Gulik, Tom Heath and Kim Stephens

In 1992, three founding members of the BCWWA Water Sustainability Committee collaborated on a magazine article that addressed drought management and water conservation issues in the British Columbia context.     (Read more...)