Integrated Water Resource Planning
Edition: 2
Copyright: 2024
Pages: 177
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The NEW Second Edition of Integrated Water Resource Planning introduces the principles and practice of watershed planning at the local and regional scale. This eBook is an introductory reader for planners, land managers, public health personnel, elected officials and environmental NGOs working in the area of watershed planning and water resource management.
The first chapter introduces the societal value of water, the hydrologic cycle, the myth of water superabundance in Canada as well as the importance of watershed protection and proactive planning. Chapter 2 examines some of the causes of water contamination, contaminant pathways and related human health impacts. The planning process is introduced in Chapter 3. In this chapter, the act of planning is defined as well as the role of the planner. Chapter 4 describes the concept of source water protection by providing a history and rationale for protecting sources of drinking water. The necessary steps to undertake a source water planning process are described in the following chapters (Chapters 5 through 9). Selected case studies covering source water protection planning are introduced in Chapter 10. Chapter 11 goes deeper into watershed planning by describing the purpose of planning on a watershed scale as well as the essentials of conducting watershed planning. The final chapter introduces the concept of integrated water resource management (IWRM) as both a concept but also a tangible, planning practice.
This eBook raises awareness of the importance of watershed planning. The chapters provide essential tools to assist present and future planners charged with the protection of Earth’s freshwater resources.
Chapter 1: Water Is Life
Chapter Objectives
1.1 What Is Water?
1.2 The Value of Water
1.3 Hydrological Cycle
1.4 The Myth of Global Water Abundance
1.5 What Is a Watershed?
1.6 Watershed Delineation
1.7 The Watershed as a Planning Unit
1.8 Drinkable Water
1.9 Water Contamination
Chapter Summary
References
Chapter Questions
Chapter 2: Drinking Water Characteristics
Chapter Objectives
2.1 Can We Drink the Tap Water?
2.2 Drinking Water Characteristics
2.3 Types of Water Contaminants
2.4 Water Contamination from Natural Factors
2.5 Water Contamination from Human Activities
2.6 Point Source Pollution
2.7 Nonpoint Source Pollution
2.8 Water Contamination Pathways
2.9 Water Treatment Opportunities
Chapter Summary
References
Chapter Questions
Chapter 3: The Planning Process
Chapter Objectives
3.1 Why Do We Plan?
3.2 Defining Planning
3.3 The Role of (Western) Planning
3.4 Planning in History
3.5 Elements of Indigenous Planning
3.6 Environmental Planning
3.7 Planning Approaches
3.8 Public Participation and Collaboration
3.9 The Role of the Planner
3.10 Where Do We Plan?
3.11 Watershed Planning
3.12 Essentials of Watershed Plan-Making
Chapter Summary
References
Chapter Questions
Chapter 4: Source Water Protection Planning—Getting Started
Chapter Objectives
4.1 What Is Source Water?
4.2 What Is Source Water Protection?
4.3 Why Should We Care about Source Water Protection?
4.4 Source Water Protection in History
4.5 Source Water Protection in Canada
4.6 How to Actually Do Source Water Protection
4.7 Principles and Practice of Source Water Protection Planning
4.8 Overview and Scope of the Process
4.9 Motivating Factors
4.10 Authority to Plan
Chapter Summary
References
Chapter Questions
Chapter 5: Establish the Working Committee (Stage 1)
Chapter Objectives
5.1 Motivating Factors to Plan
5.2 Role of the Planner
5.3 Authority to Plan
5.4 Establishing a Working Committee
5.5 Forming a Technical Committee
5.6 Committee Protocols
5.7 Setting the Plan Vision, Goals
5.8 Building Relationships
5.9 Identifying Key Stakeholders
Chapter Summary
References
Chapter Questions
Chapter 6: Source Water Risk Assessment (Stage 2)
Chapter Objectives
6.1 Description of Community, Demographics, Facilities
6.2 Description of Water Distribution System
6.3 Delineate Source Water Protection Area
6.4 Inventory Potential Contamination Sources
6.5 Risk Assessment
6.6 Prioritize Risk Ranking
Chapter Summary
References
Chapter Questions
Chapter 7: Risk Management Actions (Stage 3)
Chapter Objectives
7.1 Approaching Management Actions
7.2 Classification of Management Actions
7.3 Structural Management Actions
7.4 Nonstructural Management Actions
Chapter Summary
Chapter Questions
Chapter 8: Plan Implementation (Stage 4)
Chapter Objectives
8.1 Defining Plan Implementation
8.2 Source Water Protection Plan Implementation
8.3 Implementation Strategy
8.4 Water Quality Monitoring
8.5 Communication Program
Chapter Summary
References
Chapter Questions
Chapter 9: Plan Review and Update (Stage 5)
Chapter Objectives
9.1 Update Working Committee Membership
9.2 Reestablish Working Committee
9.3 Invite Watershed Stakeholders/Partners/Rights-Holders
9.4 Celebrate Successes
9.5 Review Threats and Risks
9.6 Review/Revise Management Actions
9.7 Plan Implementation Deadlines
Chapter Summary
References
Chapter Questions
Chapter 10: Selected Case Studies
Chapter Objectives
10.1 The Saskatchewan Provincial Approach
10.2 North Saskatchewan River Basin Council
10.3 First Nations Source Water Protection Planning
10.4 Saskatchewan First Nations
10.5 First Nations Water Governance
10.6 Source Protection in Ontario
10.7 SWOT Analysis
10.8 Strengths of Source Water Protection Planning
10.9 Weaknesses of Source Water Protection Planning
10.10 Opportunities for Source Water Protection Planning
10.11 Threats for Source Water Protection Planning
Chapter Summary
References
Chapter Questions
Chapter 11: Watershed Planning
Chapter Objectives
11.1 Purpose of Watershed Plans
11.2 Essentials for Watershed Planning
11.3 Taking a Watershed Approach
11.4 Six Steps to Watershed Planning
Chapter Summary
References
Chapter Questions
Chapter 12: Integrated Water Resource Management
Chapter Objectives
12.1 Conventional Water Management
12.2 Crisis? What Crisis?
12.3 Key Water Problems
12.4 The Water Governance Crisis
12.5 Changing Paradigms - IWRM
12.6 Principles of IWRM
12.7 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
12.8 Water and Climate Change
12.9 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Targets
12.10 Implementation of IWRM
12.11 Water Security
Chapter Summary
References
Chapter Questions
Dr. Robert Patrick is Associate Professor of Geography and Planning and member of the Global Institute for Water Security at the University of Saskatchewan. Bob worked as a regional planner with the Sunshine Coast Regional District in British Columbia for over a decade prior to joining the University of Saskatchewan. Internationally, Bob has worked in Peru and Australia in the areas of integrated water resource management and regional planning. Bob teaches watershed planning and sustainable community development to undergraduate and graduate students. His community-based research involves the protection of drinking water sources through watershed planning with Indigenous communities across western Canada. His current projects include collaboration on source water protection plans and community-based adaptation strategies with Indigenous communities in response to local and regional climate change impacts.