Building the case for water and resource recovery in Canada: practitioners' perspectives

Water and resource recovery (WRR) involves the collection and treatment of rainwater, stormwater, and/or municipal wastewater to a fit-for-purpose standard. There is no national policy for WRR in Canada, and there are minimal WRR-specific provincial regulations; given this lack of regulation, curren...

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Published in:Water policy 2021-02, Vol.23 (1), p.157-166
Main Authors: Noga, Jacqueline, Springett, Jane, Ashbolt, Nicholas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accounting
Approved projects
Building codes
Communication
Context
Financial support
Leadership
Legislation
Liability
Municipal wastewater
Political leadership
Public finance
Rain
Rain water
Recovery
Regulation
Regulations
Rehabilitation
Resource recovery
Risk communication
stakeholder engagement
Stormwater
Stormwater management
Verbal communication
Wastewater
Water
Water reuse
water stakeholders
Workshops
world café
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Summary:Water and resource recovery (WRR) involves the collection and treatment of rainwater, stormwater, and/or municipal wastewater to a fit-for-purpose standard. There is no national policy for WRR in Canada, and there are minimal WRR-specific provincial regulations; given this lack of regulation, current projects are highly specific to the local context and approved individually. We engaged people who work with water and wastewater services in the province of Alberta, Canada to discuss what WRR could look like in their context. During 3-h workshops, information on WRR was shared and participants engaged in discussions using a World Café process. Participants discussed the need for supportive regulations and government leadership, financial support, collaboration and knowledge sharing, education and communication, and accounting for risk and liability. Given that the participants are individuals who would be impacted by the development of regulations for WRR, we discuss concepts to provide the guidance needed for the successful implementation of WRR. This research connected experts in water and wastewater and gave space for developing ideas that make sense to those most closely involved in delivering WRR systems.
ISSN:1366-7017
1996-9759
DOI:10.2166/wp.2021.206