Projects and Reports

Alberta is at risk to drought and water shortages. The Council has several resources to assist communities and Albertans experiencing during these events.Read More

This project intends to build on the steps outlined in the AWC’s Guide to Source Water Protection Planning, specifically Step 1, “Involve key groups and create a vision” and Step 2, “Characterize your Source Water Area”. This involves collaboration with stakeholders and information gathering to identify and assess risks.Read More

One of the Alberta Water Council (AWC)’s primary goals is to periodically review and provide advice on the implementation progress of Water for Life. The AWC has achieved this through a standing committee, which convenes every few years to review progress and provide strategic advice to AWC members.Read More

This project proposes to host a simulation that will allow communities to test in a workshop environment proposed drought management structure, communications channels, tools, and resources.Read More

To identify the top future risks that may affect Alberta’s water management system and then assess the readiness of the system to respond to those emerging challenges and potential opportunities.Read More

To explore a potential high priority body of work relating to a review of implementation of the Alberta Wetland Policy.Read More

The goal of the WFL Action Plan project (Action Plan project) is for Partners to identify actions their community or sector is committed to undertaking to address risks and opportunities , and advance the goals and directions of Water for Life.Read More

This team is expected to produce a guide and workshop materials to assist Watershed Planning and Advisory Councils engage municipalities and communities within their watershed to better plan for, mitigate, respond to and recover from multi-year droughts.Read More

This work produced a guide and supporting companion document to help drinking water providers and other groups protect source water.Read More

The AWC launched this project team in June 2010 to improve understanding and management of non-point source pollution. This important work builds on two recommendations from the Council’s Healthy Aquatic Ecosystems team.Read More

This project team was formed in June 2011 to improve understanding of riparian land conservation and management.Read More

The Water for Life strategy established a target to improve water efficiency and productivity by 30% from 2005 levels by 2015. Since 2004, the AWC has supported Alberta’s seven major water-using sectors in voluntarily developing, implementing and reporting on water conservation, efficiency and productivity (CEP) plans to contribute to the target. Four project teams have contributed to this work.Read More

The Water Literacy Project Team was formed in March 2014 to develop recommendations to improve water literacy in Alberta.Read More

The Lake Management Project Team was struck in October 2014 when the AWC approved Terms of Reference for a project to provide recommendations for improved lake management in Alberta to support achievement of Water for Life goals.Read More

This symposium brought together representatives from water-using sectors to share global water reuse knowledge, challenges and solutions to inform the potential development of responsive water reuse policy in Alberta.Read More

The Aquatic Invasive Species Stakeholder and Jurisdictional Review Project Team was formed in June 2013. The team was tasked with identifying gaps and opportunities for improving awareness, communication and coordination of activities by stakeholders in Alberta that are working to prevent and manage the threats of aquatic invasive species.Read More

The Government of Alberta developed the Water for Life strategy to address existing and future water issues.Read More

One of the key challenges in implementing Alberta’s Water for Life strategy is aligning policy, legislation, and resources.Read More

Early in 2007, the Council accepted Environment Minister Rob Renner’s proposal to lead the renewal of the Water for Life strategy. The intent was to build on the experience gained to date and to highlight strategic areas of focus for the next phase of the strategy’s implementation, as described in the team’s terms of reference.Read More

In 2005, the Alberta Water Council established the Wetland Policy Project Team to develop recommendations for a new wetland policy and corresponding implementation plan for the Government of Alberta.Read More

In 2007, at the request of the Minister of Environment, the AWC created a project team to determine if the current approach on moving water from one sub-basin for use in another sub-basin was still valid and what, if any, changes should be made to the policy and under what conditions.Read More

This project team was formed in January 2007 to complete two main tasks outlined in their Terms of Reference.Read More

The Healthy Aquatic Ecosystems Project Team was formed in June 2008 to define the term healthy aquatic ecosystems and explore potential opportunities to advance the Healthy Aquatic Ecosystems goal of the Water for Life strategy.Read More

The Water Allocation Transfer System Upgrade Project (WATSUP) Team was formed in June 2008 to recommend how Alberta’s water allocation transfer system could be enhanced to better contribute to the Water for Life strategy’s goals.Read More

The objective of this team is to develop a suite of criteria that can be used to identify areas that are significant to the maintenance of aquatic ecosystem health.Read More

This project team was formed in June 2010 to improve communication and coordination between and among the Water for Life partnerships to identify shared strategic priorities that will contribute to achieving the Water for Life strategy’s three goals.Read More

The committee will provide a forum for AWC members to share information, seek and provide support from each other and their sectors, and to discuss and coordinate on their drought management activities.Read More