Drinking Water - Associations and Resources

Water Associations

• BC Water and Waste Association (Best Practices, Technology, Training etc.)
• Canadian Water Resources Association (Source water, hydrology and water quality)
• BC Groundwater Association (Groundwater)

Small Water Associations & Resources

• Coastal Water Supply Association (Coastal Areas)
• Small Water Users Association (All of BC)
• Water Supply Association of BC (Okanagan & West Kootenay Areas)
• Sustainable Infrastructure Society (Umbrella organization and resource – All of BC)

Drinking Water Operator Training

• WaterSafe BC
• BC Water and Waste Association

Drinking Water Operator Certification

• Environmental Operators Certification Program (EOCP)

Groundwater Resources

• BC Groundwater Association
• Groundwater Regulation – (What Private Well owners should know)
• Background on Well Protection Toolkit
• Well Protection Toolkit (guide to protecting community groundwater supplies)

Source Water/Water Quality/Water Planning

• Water Use Planning in BC
• Water Conservation
• Water Quality (guidelines and Objectives)

Licensing/Permitting

• Rural Subdivision Approval Guide
• Water Users Communities
• Community Watershed Designations
• Water Licences
• Water Utilities (Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity)

Funding, Administration and Infrastructure

• BC Community Water Improvement Program
• Development Cost Charges: Best Practices Guide (c. 2005) – (for Municipal/Regional Governnments)
• Innovations and Best Practices (National Guide to Sustainable Municipal Infrastructure)

Federal Government Links

• Water Quality Health Fact Sheets – Health Canada
• Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality (+ Federal Water Quality documents)
• Bottled Water

First Nations Drinking Water

• Drinking Water Quality Monitoring within First Nations Communities
• Drinking Water Advisories for First Nations Communities

Health Authority Drinking Water Programs

• Fraser Health Authority
• Vancouver Island Health Authority
• Interior Health Authority
• Northern Health Authority
• Vancouver Coastal Health Authority

Maps and other Resources

• Observation well network (provides background on groundwater monitoring information in the Province)
• BC Water Resources Atlas (provides information on watersheds, water quantity and quality monitoring sites, aquifers, water wells and flood protection works)
• Integrated Land and Resource Registry Database (provides information on legal rights to Crown Land through tenures, licences and permits through a mapping system)
• Water Survey Data
  

Other Links

• Waterbucket (sustainable approaches to water resources - portal)