BC: New Water Policies Cover Licensing Groundwater Use, Water Rights, and Provisions for Dam Safety

Much of the detail related to implementation of BC’s new Water Sustainability Act will be provided in regulations and operation policies. Due to the complexity of the new act and the number of proposed regulations, government is taking a phased approach to implementation. Four papers describing proposed new policies have been released and relate to core water management activities. The papers discuss:

Pending government review and approval, the proposed policies are to be incorporated into new regulations that will come into force along with the Water Sustainability Act in 2016.


Canadian Water and Wastewater Association