Citation | Partnership for Water Sustainability in BC. Primer on integrated rainwater and groundwater management for lands on Vancouver Island and beyond. Water Sustainability Action Plan for British Columbia. |
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Organization | Ministry of Environment |
URL | http://bc.waterbalance.ca/files/2012/05/3_Primer-on-Integrated-Rainwater-Groundwater-Management-for-Lands-on-Vancouver-Island_April-2012.pdf |
Abstract/Description or Keywords | This Primer introduces building blocks that can inform ‘water-centric’ policy development by BC municipalities. Embedding a science-based understanding in an Official Community Plan, for example, can make a difference on the ground. Thus, the Primer objectives are three-fold: provide insight into the regulatory and educational context for moving from awareness to action in order to protect watershed and stream health in BC; explain how introduction of the Rainfall Spectrum concept a decade ago led us to look at rainfall differently in BC; foreshadow how pioneer research in the Englishman River watershed can similarly lead us to look at groundwater differently. The City of Parksville OCP is a demonstration application for the Primer. The learning captured in this Primer will also be shared with other local governments on Vancouver Island. Knowledgetransfer will be facilitated through the current Inter-Regional Education Initiative. |
Information Type | report |
Regional Watershed | Vancouver Island South |
Sub-watershed if known | Englishman River |
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Project status | complete |
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