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What do we mean by water markets and water rights trading?

** UPDATE – We are now able to respond to many of your comments posted to the Living Water Smart Blog. We’re still working through the backlog. Due a widespread server outage – the Living Water Smart Blog, along with many other BC government sites, was down. We apologize for any difficulties this may have caused. [...]

The Water Sustainability Act Framework

In today’s post, Living Water Smart Team Member Ted White introduces the proposed Water Sustainability Act framework in greater detail. Your previous comments have helped shape this framework. British Columbia is a geographically large area with a diverse hydrology and climate, and uneven population distribution. As Ted discusses, the proposed Water Sustainability Act will have three levels [...]

The next stage of our conversation on the proposed Water Sustainability Act starts today

On December 17, we released the Policy Proposal on British Columbia’s new Water Sustainability Act on the Living Water Smart Blog.  The paper summarizes the key policies we’re proposing  and the overall direction we’re heading.  Thanks for your great response so far!  Starting tomorrow we’ll get into the proposed new Water Sustainability Act in greater [...]