Twenty-one municipalities and utilities attended the COVID-19 Strategic Sharing Group meeting on April 24. The objective of the meeting was to better understand approaches and responses taken by municipalities and utilities across Canada for maintaining municipal water services with scaled back staff and considerations for scaling back up operations during the uncertain and rapidly evolving circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic. The discussion kicked off with a presentation by guest expert Michèle Prévost, professor at Polytechnique Montréal and NSERC Industrial Chair on Drinking Water, provided a presentation on safely re-commissioning buildings following a prolonged period of inactivity.
A meeting summary and Dr. Prevost’s presentation slides are now available in the documents library (click on the “COVID-19 Response” folder under “Strategic Sharing Groups”) or can be downloaded below.