Water Policy in Canada Problems and Possible Solutions /

• Main Author: Dore, Mohammed H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Water
• Subjects: Environment.; Water quality.; Water pollution.; Environmental health.; Environmental management.; Environmental economics.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Environmental Economics.; Environmental Management.; Water Quality/Water Pollution.; Water and Health.

This book deals with the water policy and management in Canada. It discusses various problems and risks in the fresh and drinking water supply in the second largest country in the world. Mohammed Dore argues that water is underpriced and used wastefully in Canada. In selected case studies, he illust...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Drinking Water Management
• Principles for Sound Drinking Water Management: A Review
• Canadian Small Water Systems: Demand and Treatment Costs
• Water Policy in Ontario
• An In Depth Study of Water Demand: An Ontario Case Study
• Water Policy in Newfoundland and Labrador
• Water Policy in Alberta
• Water Policy in British Columbia
• Water Policy in Ontario and Europe: A Study in Contrasts.