In January of this year, the BC government joined Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba to become the fourth province to announce that it is considering creating tradable water rights as a way of curbing use and improving the efficiency of allocation. The announcement came as a vague reference to “water markets” in the latest draft of [...]
Entries Tagged as 'water'
Tradable Water Rights – Coming to a province near you
March 5th, 2011 · Robin Roff · Comments Off · Environment, resources & sustainability, Privatization, P3s & public services
Tags: privatization·water
Lack of water data a cause for public concern
August 19th, 2010 · Ben Parfitt · Comments Off · Energy, Environment, resources & sustainability
In our high-speed digital world, there is no excuse for regulators failing to post and update information that is readily available to them and of evident public interest. This is especially true when the fate of vitally important, publicly owned assets such as water hangs in the balance. To have faith that water resources are [...]
Tags: accountability·BC Oil and Gas Commission·oil and gas·water
