Living Water Smart: A Plan for Water Sustainability in British Columbia

Fifty percent of new community water needs will have to come through conservation measures by the year 2020

Living Water Smart is a blueprint for cultural, environmental, industrial, community and agricultural change that will help safeguard the province’s water resources into the future. Drawing on a variety of policy measures, including planning, regulatory change, education, and incentives like economic instruments and rewards, the plan commits to new actions and builds on existing efforts to protect and keep B.C.’s water healthy and secure.     (Read more...)

Canadian Premiers endorse 'Council of the Federation Water Charter' at their 2010 annual conference

Premiers direct their Ministers to use the Water Charter as a guide in their work; and challenge individual Canadians, businesses and governments to do better.     (Read more...)

Province of British Columbia unveils web-based Water Conservation Calculator at CWWA National Conference in Victoria

The freeware Water Conservation Calculator is an on-line user-friendly tool geared for water purveyors of smaller communities. Use of the tool may become a requirement as part of BC's infrastructure grant application process     (Read more...)

Plug-a-Leak Week (and other gimmicks)

Summer 2010

The most successful promotions – all of which are nothing more than gimmicks – tend to have some form of visual appeal.     (Read more...)

The Canadian Myth of Abundance: Canadians’ water conservation efforts declining

Unilever Canada and RBC release results of National Canadian Water Attitudes Survey

There is a disconnect between attitudes towards water conservation and what people are actually doing. This should be a huge concern, given that the long-term supply of this presource is already at risk in many parts of the country.     (Read more...)