Reports Archive – Page 3 of 13 – Canadian Water Network

15 02, 2020

Agent-Based Modeling: Linking Public Health and Well-Being to Ecological Goods and Services in the Credit Valley Watershed

cwn-rce2020-07-22T20:11:41-04:00February 15th, 2020|

The linkages between environmental interventions and public health benefits are not well-articulated, which means the potential co-benefits of environmental and public health interventions are underrealized. This project created a computer model to simulate and explore some of the critical relationships that exist between ecosystem health and public health and well-being in the Credit Valley Watershed. [...]

15 02, 2020

A Review of Conceptual Frameworks Linking Public Health and Well-Being to Ecological Goods and Services in the Credit Valley Watershed

cwn-rce2020-07-22T20:49:12-04:00February 15th, 2020|

Conceptual frameworks are used to clarify and link different fields or ideas. Making the link between environmental changes and public health requires conceptual frameworks that represent possible health pathways and the key mechanisms that bring public health, the environment and natural resource management together. They create spaces for new conversations and generate new ideas and [...]

3 02, 2020

Spirit, survival and a stand-off: storytelling research through video animation with Yellow Quill First Nation

admin2020-02-03T18:12:48-05:00February 3rd, 2020|

This project was developed in response to a request from Yellow Quill First Nation to share Elders’ lived experiences of water on a reserve as a story, and reveal how those experiences influenced the state of the water today. Elders, community leaders, youth and researchers built relationships through a process of creating an empowering art-animation [...]

29 10, 2019

Using Better Data to Identify Climate Change-Related Infrastructure Vulnerabilities in Canadian Communities

admin2025-01-07T11:56:08-05:00October 29th, 2019|

PSD, Canadian Water Network, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and the Canadian Water and Wastewater Association have partnered on a project that highlights five Canadian utilities (EPCOR/Edmonton, Kenora, Moncton, Saskatoon and Union Water Supply System) that are collecting and utilizing data to support infrastructure vulnerability assessment and increase resilience to climate change. These case studies [...]

24 10, 2019

A Screening Approach to Assess the Impacts of Municipal Wastewaters on Aquatic Systems

cwn-rce2019-10-24T15:24:14-04:00October 24th, 2019|

In 2013, Canadian Water Network and the Water Environment Research Foundation convened an expert workshop to compile and prioritize a suite of elements that would be effective in assessing endocrine system impacts on fish as a direct result of exposure to contaminants in municipal wastewaters. CWN subsequently funded three studies in Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec [...]

1 10, 2019

Improving Flood Risk Evaluation through Cross-Sector Sharing of Richer Data

admin2019-10-08T17:36:02-04:00October 1st, 2019|

Large-scale flood risk models used by Canada’s insurance sector currently use low-resolution topographic data as inputs, and also give limited consideration to flood mitigation infrastructure or defense measures that have been implemented by Canadian municipalities. In a comparative study undertaken by Canadian Water Network and the Insurance Bureau of Canada, incorporating higher resolution topographic data [...]

22 01, 2019

2018 Municipal Consortium Update

admin2019-01-22T20:26:29-05:00January 22nd, 2019|

Learn more about the 2018 activities of the Canadian Municipal Water Consortium. The insights generated for decision-makers have accelerated, advanced and improved water management on a national scale. Researchers, governments, industry and other organizations see the Consortium as an important group to connect with about municipal water issues and perspectives.

1 05, 2018

Canada’s Challenges and Opportunities to Address Contaminants in Wastewater

admin2018-12-06T17:53:57-05:00May 1st, 2018|

In October 2017, Canadian Water Network embarked on a national review of contaminants in municipal wastewater and Canada’s options to deal with them. A national expert panel was established to guide the process and experts were consulted across the country. The panel’s culminating report informs and empowers decision makers and stakeholders to choose the most [...]

11 04, 2018

Leveraging Asset Management Data for Improved Water Infrastructure Planning

admin2018-10-28T19:00:01-04:00April 11th, 2018|

Canadian Water Network and the Canadian Water and Wastewater Association partnered with Public Sector Digest to investigate what asset data is being collected by Canadian municipalities/utilities and how it is being used. The report highlights potential challenges in the reliability of asset data, which could impact decisions at the municipal level and points to opportunities [...]

22 03, 2018

Balancing the Books: Financial Sustainability for Canadian Water Systems

admin2018-10-26T19:02:01-04:00March 22nd, 2018|

This report was prepared by Canadian Water Network on behalf of the Canadian Municipal Water Consortium to articulate the elements involved in full cost recovery; provide a snapshot of typical financial practices of Canadian utilities; highlight the challenges to achieving financially sustainable water systems; and identify a menu of opportunities to advance financial sustainability.

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