Water Stewardship Information Sources
| Citation | Francoeur, A. 2011. Alberni Valley Drinking Water Reference Guide. Prepared for Save Our Valley Alliance. |
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| Organization | Save Our Valley Alliance |
| URL | http://www.acrd.bc.ca/cms/wpattachments/wpID70atID1008.pdf |
| Abstract/Description or Keywords | ave Our Valley Alliance Public Education Committee (SOVA-SPEC) identified that an overview of current water legislation and practices at local, regional, provincial, and federal levels was needed in order to raise the public’s awareness of drinking water and watershed values. The objective of this report has been to provide a synthesis of available information concerning drinking water in the Alberni Valley, to identify any problems and threats and, based on these, to make recommendations for improved governance, management, and usage. To this end, research included an overview of water history, legislation, management, the rationale for water treatment methods, inventories of the various drinking water supplies and requirements in the Alberni Valley, and watershed mapping. Despite an extensive institutional framework equipped with government regulations and experts who have responsibility for protecting and maintaining water resources and quality in Canada, concerns have arisen nationally and locally over the many challenges to meeting these responsibilities. Water resource managers have adopted a blind push to embrace water treatment technology rather than source protection to solve water quality issues. There is a lack of knowledge about drinking water sources by both the general public and water managers. What information is available is riddled with a proliferation of assumptions rather than facts. During our research, it became apparent that there are major challenges to managing water in British Columbia. Five of these were identified, explained, and their historical context. |
| Information Type | report |
| Regional Watershed | Vancouver Island South |
| Sub-watershed if known | Port Alberni |
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| Contact Name | Anita Francoeur |
| Contact Email | [email protected] |