Counting Every Drop: The Case for Water Use Reporting in B.C.

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dc.contributor.authorParfitt, Ben
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-24T19:39:17Z
dc.date.available2017-04-24T19:39:17Z
dc.date.copyright2013en_US
dc.date.issued2013-06-01
dc.descriptionThis report is the second in a two-part series addressing the water-energy nexus in British Columbia, published in partnership between the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance at the University of Victoria and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – BC Office. The report is also part of the Climate Justice Project, a five-year research project lead by the CCPA-BC and the University of British Columbia. This report is primarily supported by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, The Bullitt Foundation, Vancouver Foundation, the Walter and Gordon Duncan Foundation. It is also supported by the University of Victoria Eco-Research Chair of Environmental Law and Policy, and the University of Victoria Centre for Global Studies. The Climate Justice Project is primarily supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and Vancity, and additionally by Vancity and the Vancouver Foundation.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis report argues that the B.C. provincial government should safeguard the public interest by creating a robust, publicly accessible water-use database that covers all withdrawals from both surface and groundwater sources by major users. It recommends three immediate courses of action to set the stage for a robust water use reporting regime in future years.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis report is primarily supported by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, The Bullitt Foundation, Vancouver Foundation, the Walter and Gordon Duncan Foundation. It is also supported by the University of Victoria Eco-Research Chair of Environmental Law and Policy, and the University of Victoria Centre for Global Studies. The Climate Justice Project is primarily supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and Vancity, and additionally by Vancity and the Vancouver Foundation.en_US
dc.identifier.citationParfitt, B. (2013, June). Counting Every Drop: The Case for Water-Use Reporting in BC. Victoria/Vancouver, Canada: POLIS Project on Ecological Governance at the University of Victoria & Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-77125-073-3
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/7955
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPOLIS Project on Ecological Governance, University of Victoria & Canadian Centre for Policy Alternativesen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectwater-energy nexusen_US
dc.subjectwater managementen_US
dc.subjectwater-use reportingen_US
dc.subjectwater-use databaseen_US
dc.titleCounting Every Drop: The Case for Water Use Reporting in B.C.en_US
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_US

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