This snapshot presents highlights of a detailed water sector report completed for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Green Municipal Fund. There were three objectives for the project:

• Articulate insights on trends in the municipal water sector.
• Analyze the drivers and needs of this sector.
• Identify leading practices and opportunities for innovation.

Canadian Water Network conducted a national survey of senior water managers across Canada, as well as in-depth interviews with selected sector experts. The research scan identified high-level decision trends in Canada’s municipal water sector, which can be characterized as either existing trends that are driving the sector as a whole or emerging trends that are on the near horizon.

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