Welcome to our case studies hub. Discover how Canadian water and wastewater utilities are moving forward in various areas, such as advancing service levels and full cost recovery. These case studies are being distributed to support knowledge sharing and guide other utilities in their journey toward excellence.
EPCOR’s road to becoming a net zero utility
In 2017, Public Sector Digest (PSD), Canadian Water Network (CWN), and the Canadian Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA) completed a national study of municipal asset management, focusing on how data is being used to inform decision-making on water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure. Surveyed municipalities and utilities identified a specific gap that exists in their infrastructure datasets. Respondents indicated that data pertaining to the impacts of climate change is either absent or not well integrated into local infrastructure decision-making. In response to the increasing severity and frequency of climatic events in Canada, along with recent studies confirming the predicted future impacts of climate change on our communities, local leaders are searching for a way to engage in climate change adaptation.
In response, PSD, in partnership with CWN, CWWA, and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), has compiled five case studies of Canadian municipalities and utilities who are incorporating climate change considerations into their asset data collection, analysis, and decision-making. Each case study highlights the types of data that are necessary to assess vulnerabilities to critical risks posed by climate change, and how these datasets are collected and analyzed by municipalities to inform decision-making on risk reduction and adaptation for municipal water systems.
