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PROJECTS l POLICY l INNOVATION
July/August 2023
VOLUME 23, NUMBER 4
FE AT UR E S
INNOVATION
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Real-Time Solutions
The City of Brandon updates its water systems data access
with a little help from ESRI Canada.
By Brian Bell
WATERSHEDS
12 Water In Focus
The importance of putting water at the centre of naturebased solutions
By Emily Sharma
DRINKING WATER
15 Conscious Collaboration
What’s required to ensure the provision of safe drinking
water in Canada’s Indigenous communities?
By Wes Bova
LEGAL
18 Local Responsibility
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New legislation in Quebec empowers municipalities to better
ensure the protection and sustainability of the province’s
water resources.
By Adina Georgescu
WATER CANADA SUMMIT SPECIAL
20 Water Celebrates!
DEPAR TMENT S
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Meet the incredibly inspiring people, projects, and ideas that
were celebrated at this year’s Water Canada Awards!
Editor’s Note
By Jen Smith
Jen Smith talks about
delicate balances.
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24 Water Connects!
A retrospective of the 14th annual Water Canada Summit.
Front
By Jen Smith
Canada Water Agency,
CEPA 2023, and more!
38 People
Appointments and events.
ASSET MANAGEMENT
26 A Case For Groundwater
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The City of Guelph is including groundwater in their asset
management plan as a way to manage what is measured.
By Scott Cousins
TOP100 PROJECTS
30 Top100 Water
A close up on the water projects that made
ReNew Canada’s annual Top100 list.
By John Tenpenny
INDIGENOUS ISSUES
34 Treading Water
How can we ensure that Canada includes Indigenous
perspectives about water in a national innovation agenda?
ABOUT THE COVER
The 2023 Water Canada Awards finalists
and winners represent an incredible
pool of talent, innovation, and passion
from across the Canadian water sector.
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By Keyvan Maleki
Photo credit: Water Canada
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