Water Monitoring in British Columbia: Scanning the Data Landscape A Report for the Water Monitoring Working Group of the BC Water Funders Collaborative prepared by Carol Luttmer, BSc (Eng), MSc. 2018
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Tags: BC, British Columbia, water, water monitoring, Water Monitoring in British Columbia
Tags: BC, British Columbia, water, water monitoring, Water Monitoring in British Columbia
Rules governing wells and groundwater come into effect across the province
March 3, 2016 – InfoNews.ca British Columbia’s water sustainability act quietly came into effect this week, finally giving the province the groundwater protection most other jurisdictions have had for decades. “We’re one of the last holdouts in North America not…
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Tags: BC, British Columbia, Groundwater, groundwater licensing, water licensing, Water Sustainability Act
Tags: BC, British Columbia, Groundwater, groundwater licensing, water licensing, Water Sustainability Act
Victoria must take action on mussels
Vernon Morning Star – February 22, 2015 One has to wonder why the provincial government isn’t getting the message? Other jurisdictions across Western Canada and in the U.S. are taking direct action against quagga and zebra mussels, and yet officials…
Water Board Asks Senior Government “Why so slow to act on mussels” – Requests Meeting
Kelowna, B.C. – With public support growing for action from senior levels of government on invasive mussels, and with word that Alberta now has inspection stations, the Okanagan Basin Water Board is asking senior levels of government “what’s taking so…
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Tags: BC, Don't Move A Mussel, Ministry of Environment, quagga mussel, Zebra Mussel
Tags: BC, Don't Move A Mussel, Ministry of Environment, quagga mussel, Zebra Mussel
Water board has suggestions about new water act
Kelowna Capital News – November 5 As a key body in water management in the Okanagan, the valley’s water board would like the chance to have a look at the actual Water Sustainability Act before it heads to the politicians…
The new Water Sustainability Act – What issues do YOU want addressed?
We’re finalizing our submission to the province re: the new Water Sustainability Act. Are you submitting one too? What issues do YOU want addressed? DEADLINE for input: November 15, 2013 Capital News-Kelowna story: “Water board has suggestions about new water…
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- Our water future is just beginning“Patience, time and money accommodate all things.” – Spanish Proverb BC is in the middle of another resource development boom. Water isn’t one of them, but as always, is central to everything. More than 100 years ago, the Water Act was … Continue reading →
- Not waiting for Noah“Planning is best done in advance.” – Anonymous Flying into Calgary at the end of June, everyone on the plane was glued to the windows, staring at the mess of mud and debris from the Great Flood. Eventually, rivers always … Continue reading →
- Zebra mussels: scarier than Jurassic Park.“They’ll clump on rock, they’ll clump in pipe, and they’ll clump mussel-next-to-mussel-atop-mussel in astonishing congregations of as many as 70,000 individuals a square foot” – Sue McGrath It’s hard to get people excited about invisible threats that haven’t arrived yet, but … Continue reading →
