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<\/a><\/p>\nWater is everywhere in the news.\u00a0 Globally, there are stories about aquifer depletion in China, Africa, and the Middle East.\u00a0 Water pollution in the Mississippi Basin is creating a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. Avocado trees are being pulled up in Southern California to reduce water use, while cities are looking seriously at “toilet to tap” water sources.<\/p>\n
British Columbia, a land of lakes and rivers, is not immune, and there is intense interest in collaborative approaches to water quality and supply problems.\u00a0 These reflections are about my unfolding experience running a watershed organization in the Okanagan, a sunny, arid valley in the southern interior of BC.<\/p>\n
The title, “Building Bridges,” encapsulates the\u00a0central theme of collaborative watershed governance and management.\u00a0 Everyone is a stakeholder. Everyone’s needs must be addressed, including the needs of the environment. Our work is to build bridges between communities and user groups, between the present and the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An insider’s view of water management Water is everywhere in the news.\u00a0 Globally, there are stories about aquifer depletion in China, Africa, and the Middle East.\u00a0 Water pollution in the Mississippi Basin is creating a dead zone in the Gulf … Continue reading