The Council has had three different project teams examine the area of water conservation, efficiency and productivity. The first project team, the Water Conservation, Efficiency and Productivity Definitions Project Team produced a final report titled, Water Conservation, Efficiency and Productivity: Principles, Definitions, Performance Measures and Environmental Indicators, which defines key terms, identifies over-arching principles and highlights potential metrics to measure water conservation, efficiency and productivity. A second project team built upon this work to develop tools to help sectors develop Water Conservation, Efficiency and Productivity Sector Plans. This second team's final report, Recommendations for Water Conservation Efficiency and Productivity Sector Planning was approved by the Council in September 2008 and contains an Annotated Table of Contents and Framework for completing sector plans.
A third project team, Sector Planning for Water Conservation, Efficiency and Productivity, was formed at the Council's March 2009 board meeting. The team has three main tasks, as described in their Terms of Reference: (1) to support sectors in developing and implementing their Sector Plans by providing them with a forum to discuss issues and receive advice, (2) at the end of two years, to develop recommendations to enhance the Annotated Table of Contents and Sector Planning Framework to better support Sector Planning, and (3) to keep the Council and its stakeholders informed and up-to-date on sector planning activities.
In order to accomplish the third goal, the project team and Council have agreed to post DRAFT What We've Learned updates to this website. The material in these updates may not have the full consensus of the Council, but instead reflect the progress of the current project team.
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Completed Sector CEP Plans:
The Sector CEP Plans available below were prepared and approved by their respective sector organizations. The members of the Alberta Water Council have an opportunity to review and provide feedback on the plans, but do not have a role in approving them.
For more information on this team or its work, please contact Mr. Andre Asselin, a.asselin@awchome.ca.