Canada Water Act Annual Report for April 2011 to March 2012

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Executive summary
  
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  Comprehensive water resource management
  (Part I of the Canada Water Act)
  • 1 Federal-provincial/territorial programs
    • 1.1 Data collection and use
      • 1.1.1 The National Hydrometric Program
      • 1.1.2 Water use and supply
      • 1.1.3 Water quality
      • 1.1.4 Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI)
    • 1.2 Inter-jurisdictional water boards
      • 1.2.1 Ottawa River Regulation Planning Board
      • 1.2.2 Prairie Provinces Water Board
      • 1.2.3 Mackenzie River Basin Board
      • 1.2.4 Lake of the Woods Control Board
    • 1.3 Partnership-based ecosystem approaches
      • 1.3.1 Ecosystem Initiatives
      • 1.3.2 Other partnership-based ecosystem approaches and activities
      • 1.3.3 Action Plan for Clean Water
  • 2 Water research
    • 2.1 Wastewater
    • 2.2 Pathogens and parasites
    • 2.3 Algal blooms and health of the aquatic ecosystem
    • 2.4 Agricultural and industrial runoff
    • 2.5 Oil sands monitoring
    • 2.6 Northern Canada
    • 2.7 Hydro-meteorological modelling and prediction
  
  
• Public information program (Part IV of the Canada Water Act)
  1. 1 Environment Canada's Water website
  2. 2 Biosphere Environment Museum
  3. 3 WaterSense partnership
  
  
• Appendix A: Agreements
  
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  List of figures
  • Figure 1: Major drainage areas and drainage flows in Canada
  • Figure 2: National Hydrometric Monitoring Network
  • Figure 3: Water Availability Indicator for 2005
  • Figure 4: Water Availability Indicator for 2007
  • Figure 5: Water Availability Indicator for 2009
  • Figure 6: Water Availability Indicator based on the 30-year long-term yearly average water supply (1980 to 2009 or best number of years available to 2009)
  • Figure 7: Long-term water quality monitoring sites
  • Figure 8: Automated Water Quality Monitoring Network sites
  • Figure 9: CABIN network stations by year
  • Figure 10: National freshwater quality indicator for 2007–2009, Canada
  • Figure 11: National freshwater quality indicator change between 2003-2005 and 2007-2009
  • Figure 12: Prairie Provinces Water Board water quantity and quality monitoring stations and basins
    
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  List of Tables
  • Table 1: Stations within the National Hydrometric Monitoring Network
  • Table 2: Water Availability Indicator ratio variations