Water Governance Workshop
Penticton, British Columbia – February 22, 2011 
On February 22, 2011, the NRTEE hosted a one-day workshop in collaboration with the Okanagan Basin Water Board in Penticton, British Columbia.
The purpose of the workshop was to explore how collaborative governance might assist in achieving effective, efficient, and equitable water use by the natural resources sectors. An additional aim was to develop a better understanding of criteria for assessing when collaborative water governance models should be pursued.
This event was part of a national initiative from the NRTEE on the sustainable use of water by the natural resource sectors in Canada. The overall objectives of the program are to address the following questions:
(1) Does Canada have enough water to support economic growth while maintaining the health of our country’s ecosystems, given that the development of the natural resource sectors is on the rise (agriculture, mining, forestry and energy production), and with pressures on water resources due to increasing population and a changing climate?
(2) Is Canada in a position to manage water resources sustainably for future generations?
http://www.nrtee-trnee.com/eng/issues/programs/water/penticton-water-governance-workshop-eng.php
