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<title>Integration of Rainwater Management &amp;amp; Green Infrastructure in British Columbia: A Provincial Perspective</title>
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<description>Because the Ministry of Community Services and Fisheries and Oceans Canada are on the Steering Committee for the Green Infrastructure Partnership, the Beyond the Guidebook Seminar in November 2007 provided a timely opportunity to inform local government and land use practitioners regarding the emerging policy framework and senior government expectations for applying a 'Beyond the Guidebook' approach to land development and watershed management.The key message from the Province is that today's expectations for green infrastructure are tomorrow's standards. 
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<title>Moving from Stormwater Management to RAINwater Management: A Federal Fisheries Perspective</title>
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<description>Because the Ministry of Community Services and Fisheries and Oceans Canada are on the Steering Committee for the Green Infrastructure Partnership, the Beyond the Guidebook Seminar in Novmber 2007 provided a timely opportunity to inform local government and land use practitioners regarding the emerging policy framework and senior government expectations for applying a 'Beyond the Guidebook' approach to land development and watershed management. A key message from Fisheries &amp;amp; Oceans Canada is that RAINwater management is about protecting stream health, not just how much runoff volume can be infiltrated. 
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<title>Inter-Provincial Partnership develops Technical Manual to meet information needs of Water Balance Model users</title>
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<description>The community of users has been asking for a technical manual that documents the intelligent interface that translates user information into data used by the QUALHYMO engine.</description>
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<title>Cowichan Valley Regional District is the sixth Vancouver Island local government to join the Water Balance Model community</title>
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<description>The CVRD Board and Staff see their participation in the Inter-Governmental Partnership as an excellent opportunity to advance the "design with nature" vision, goals and objectives in the Cowichan Valley.</description>
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<title>A Look Back to the SmartStorm Forum Series: Genesis for the Water Balance Model</title>
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<description>The genesis for the series was a focus group workshop held in October 1997. The coming together of a group of change agents in set in motion a chain of events that has reverberated through time in British Columbia. </description>
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