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Water Sustainability Action Plan for British Columbia
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Evolves into a comprehensive program for 'Convening for Action'
Released in 2004, the Water Sustainability Action Plan for British Columbia is sponsored by the Province of British Columbia, and the Action Plan elements are being delivered through partnerships and regional pilot projects and programs.
The Action Plan is a partnership umbrella for an array of on-the-ground initiatives that promote a 'water-centric' approach to community planning and development. The Action Plan comprises inter-connected program elements that give local governments and practitioners the tools and experience to better manage land and water resources.
Through outreach and education, the guiding vision is to influence land and water practitioners to learn about and use practices that better balance the necessary relationships of settlement activity and ecological assets in local and regional landscapes.
Under the Action Plan umbrella, the Water Sustainability Committee of the BC Water & Waste Association is the managing partner and is responsible for providing leadership, facilitation and organizational services for program delivery. The Water Sustainability Committee is a roundtable of organizations that have a specific interest or mission in implementing the Action Plan.
In 2004, the Action Plan was represented by a "puzzle piece" that comprised six elements and provided branding. Convening for Action in British Columbia was one of the six elements. Over the last three years, it has evolved into a "made in BC" process for moving British Columbians from awareness to action.
Tools developed under the Water Sustainability Action Plan umbrella include the Water Balance Model for British Columbia and the Water Bucket Website. Partnerships include the Water Sustainability Committee, Water Balance Model Inter-Governmental Partnership, Green Infrastructure Partnership, Convening for Action on Vancouver Island, Water Bucket Website Partnership, and the Vancouver Island Water Balance Model Coordinating Team.
Posted March 2008
More Resources in Partnerships
- Green Infrastructure Partnership and the Water Balance Model
- Vancouver Island Coordinating Team
- Water Sustainability Action Plan for British Columbia
- CAVI - Convening for Action on Vancouver Island
- British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario form an Inter-Provincial Partnership to promote Canada-wide use of the Water Balance Model