WC148 MayJune 2026 - Magazine - Page 35
FRESHWATER
Building a Foundation
Experts cite challenges and bene昀椀ts of creating national freshwater data strategy
BY WARREN FREY
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Canada has an abundance of freshwater data
but it’s not always easily available or easy to
integrate across data sets.
SERIES OF EXPERTS highlighted both the need to
share water data at a national level and the challenges
in doing so while pursuing a national freshwater data
strategy.
The Canada Water Agency (CWA) presented a
webinar entitled “National Freshwater Data Strategy Webinar: Data Governance for Informed Decision-Making” that
dived into the many factors needed to improve freshwater
data collection and collaboration.
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“While Canada has about seven per cent of the
world’s renewable supply of fresh water, it’s
unevenly distributed throughout the country
and it’s not always available in the quantities
that we need and when we need it.”
Warren Frey is
Associate Editor of
Water Canada.
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