Water Act Modernization – what’s next?
Thanks for your patience everyone. Although the Blog has been quiet the last few months, there has been no summer hiatus for the Living Water Smart Team. Last December we released a Policy Proposal on BC’s new Water Sustainability Act that provides a proposed framework to respond to current and future pressures on water including population growth, resource development and climate change. We received almost 1400 written submissions including 540 comments on the Living Water Smart Blog.
Over the summer, we have been reviewing the public input and further detailing out the proposed policy solutions, and assessing implications. Throughout this process we’ve received suggestions and ideas on an unprecedented scale and quality. Many British Columbians expressed a need for more detail on the policies and legislation than what we provided in the Policy Proposal.
In response, Government has committed to take more time to further engage with British Columbians in 2012 on draft legislation before it is finalized and introduced into the Legislature. We’ll be providing more information on upcoming engagement opportunities and our progress this fall so stay tuned!
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I thank you for report on process progress and for the opportunity to participate in the modernization process. We need to continue this roundtable discussion with all stakeholders from all over the province so that the end product has ownership by all. Our group is very concerned about management of our water resource and want to be involved in the water management plans for the future. We wish to continue to be notified of updates and forums for reveiw and input.
Great, thanks for listening, we look forward to reviewing and providing comment on the draft legislation.
Thanks for the update! I appreciate the time and effort the government is taking to engage with citizens. Great to hear that the process continues to move forward.