Documents Library and Conference Proceedings

The document libary contains CWRA documents and conference proceedings.

Documents

Toward a Canadian National Water Strategy / Vers une Stratégie nationale de l’eau au Canada

Posted: June 18, 2008
This report, commissioned by the CWRA with funding from the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation, was authored by Professor Rob de Loë of the University of Guelph. It sets out the benefits for effective and efficient management of water that flow from a coherent, comprehensive, and facilitative national framework for water management.

• Press Release (pdf)
• Final Report (pdf)
• Rapport final (pdf)

Sustainable Water Management: State of Practice in Canada and Beyond

Posted: January 22, 2007

• Executive Summary(pdf) (CWRA Members Only)
• Full Document (pdf) (CWRA Members Only)

Protecting Ontario's Water. Supplement to the Globe and Mail

Posted: June 27, 2007
The CWRA Ontario Branch recently participated in a special supplement to the Globe and Mail on June 27, 2007 entitled, Protecting Ontario's Water. The special 6 page insert allowed the Ontario Branch an opportunity to promote its recent publication entitled "Mainstreaming Climate Change in Drinking Water Source Protection Planning in Ontario" which was produced by Pollution Probe and the Canadian Water Resources Association.
Click here to download a copy of the supplement (pdf)

CWRA Conference Proceedings

Conference Proceedings from the National and Branch annual conferences and workshops are provided below.

CWRA National Conference Proceedings

63rd Annual CWRA National Conference “Information, Infrastructure & Environment: What is our Water Legacy?”

2010 – Vancouver, British Columbia

• Abstract
• Conference Program

62nd Annual CWRA National Conference

2009 - Québec City, Québec

• Conference Proceedings (CWRA Members Only)
• Abstract

60th Annual CWRA National Conference

2007 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

• Conference Proceedings (CWRA Members Only)

59th Annual CWRA National Conference

2006 - Toronto, Ontario

• Conference Proceedings (CWRA Members Only)

CWRA Branch Conference Proceedings

2008 - CWRA Alberta Branch Annual Conference

2008 - Calgary, Alberta

• List of conference proceedings (CWRA Members Only)

2007 - CWRA Alberta Branch Annual Conference

2007 - Red Deer, Alberta

• Conference Proceedings (pdf) (CWRA Members Only)
• List of conference proceedings (CWRA Members Only)

2008 Ontario Branch Workshop: Integrated Watershed Management and 2008 Annual General Meeting

Ontario Branch
Black Creek Pioneer Village, Downsview, Toronto, Ontario
May 28, 2008

This workshop will bring together water managers, policy specialists, NGO community members and private sector representatives to compare the principles of Integrated Water Management (IWM to the current state of practice in the province and assess the contribution that IWM could make to sustainable management of Ontario's water resources.

• List of workshop presentations

2009 Ontario Branch Workshop: Adaptation to Climate Change, Understanding Water Management Needs

Ontario Branch
Black Creek Pioneer Village, Downsview, Toronto, Ontario
May 26, 2009

This workshop will be of particular interest to water managers, engineers, consultants, who have responsibilities or interests in water resource management and adaptation to climate change.

• List of workshop presentations

2010 Ontario Branch Workshop: Ontario Winter Workshop: Trans-boundary Issues in Water Quality Management - Multi-jurisdictional Approaches in Canada and the U.S

Ontario Branch
Burlington, Ontario
February 05, 2010

• List of workshop presentations

CWRA Workshop Proceedings

Intensive Industrial Development in Alberta's Industrial Heartland

Friday Feb 6, 2009 - Edmonton Alberta

• List of workshop presentations