Canadian Water Resources Journal back issues from December 2008:
Invited commentary: Canada needs a national water strategy.(Report)
Dec 22, 2008; ... Introduction Canada lacks an overarching Canada-wide water strategy to facilitate stronger, more effective water management. The need for such a strategy, and the benefits that would flow from it, have been identified by numerous groups including the Canadian Chamber of ...
Harmonization versus subsidiarity in water governance: a review of water governance and legislation in the canadian provinces and territories.(Report)
Dec 22, 2008; ... Introduction Water policies and legislation across the Canadian provinces and territories are remarkable for their degree of diversity. Vertically, there is interjurisdictional fragmentation between the federal and provincial governments. Horizontally, there is fragmentation ...
Implementing integrated water resources management: the importance of cross-scale considerations and local conditions in Ontario and Nova Scotia.(Report)
Dec 22, 2008; ... Introduction To ensure the sustainability of water resources, reduce water scarcity, and/or avoid potential water crises, particular consideration must be given to the management approaches employed (Conca, 2006; Shrubsole and Draper, 2007; United Nations, 2000). Jonch-Clausen ...
Maintenance of wet stormwater ponds in Ontario.(Report)
Dec 22, 2008; ... Introduction Wet retention ponds are widely used for erosion and stormwater quality control (Ontario Ministry of Environment (MOE), 2003). These ponds usually appeal to the public because they create green space, wildlife habitat and are aesthetically pleasing (Polta, 2004) ....
Good to the last drop? An assessment of Canadian water value estimates.(Report)
Dec 22, 2008; ... Introduction "The final recommendation from the work of the Leaders Forum on Water Resource Management and Governance is a call for greater use of market-based instruments in watersheds facing scarcity, in order to reveal the economic value of water and to allocate water to its ...
Navigating from history into the future: the water management plan for the South Saskatchewan River Basin in Alberta.(Report)
Dec 22, 2008; ... Introduction In August 2006 the Alberta government Cabinet approved a water management plan for the Alberta portion of the South Saskatchewan River Basin (SSRB). The plan focused on establishing a broadly acceptable balance between water allocation and river flow for the aquatic ...
Arsenic in groundwater wells in quaternary deposits in the Lower Fraser Valley of British Columbia.(Report)
Dec 22, 2008; ... Introduction The occurrence of arsenic (As) in drinking water is emerging as a major health problem around the world (Bhattacharya et al., 2007a; Tseng, 2007; Nordstrom, 2002). The process of As entering groundwater depends upon local geology, hydrogeology geochemical ...