Gord Edwards

1. Gord Edwards
May 29, 2012

2. Water for Life
The Water for Life strategy identified three goals:
 Safe, secure drinking water supplies
 Healthy aquatic ecosystems
 Reliable, quality water supplies for a sustainable
economy

3. Provincial-Scale Watershed
Watershed
Policy Alberta Planning
Planning
Advice Water
and Advisory
Council
Councils
Watershed Government
Stewardship Of Alberta
Groups Responsibility
Local Projects and
Accountability

4. About the Alberta Water Council
 A multi-stakeholder partnership of 24 industry,
NGO, and government sectors with an interest in
water
 Uses consensus decision making
 Originally a Minister’s Committee formed in 2004,
in 2007, the Council transitioned to become a
not-for-profit society
 Where possible was modeled after CASA

5. The Sectors/Members
Industry NGO Provincial Other Government
Government
• Chemical and • Environmental (3 • Agriculture & • Rural
Petrochemical seats) Rural • Small Urban
• Cropping • Fishery Habitat Development • Large Urban
• Forestry Conservation • Energy • Métis
• Irrigation • Lake Environment • Environment and Settlements
• Livestock Conservation Sustainable
• Mining • Watershed Resource • Treaty 6, 7, & 8
• Oil & Gas Planning and Development • Federal
• Power Advisory Councils • Health & Government
Generation • Wetland Wellness
Conservation • Alberta Innovates
– Energy and
Environment
Solutions, Water
Research

6. AWC Core Businesses
s Steward the Implementation of Water of Life
Provide Valued Policy Advice
o Provide a Forum for Discussion and
Resolution of Water Issues

7. AWC Projects
 Water for Life Implementation Review
 Sector Planning for Water CEP
 Non-Point Source Pollution
 Riparian Land Conservation and Management Policy

8. Sector Planning for Water CEP
 Team supports the seven major water-using sectors as they
voluntarily develop water CEP plans through their various
sector associations.
 Supports the WFL goal of improving overall efficiency and
productivity of water use in Alberta by 30% from 2005 levels
by 2015.

9. Non-Point Source Pollution
 Provide recommendations on how to better manage the
total non-point source contaminant loading in our
watersheds to achieve Water for Life goals.

10. Riparian Lands Conservation and
Management
 Project aims to enhance knowledge and provide
recommendations for effective conservation and
management of riparian lands.

11. WFL Implementation Review
 Provides feedback and recommendations to the GoA
and other stakeholders to help advance the
achievement of the WFL strategy’s three goals.

12. Thank you!
Questions?