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In BC, the Province enables outcomes. It does not prescribe solutions. Everyone needs to agree on expectations and how all the players will work together. After that each community can reach its goals in its own way. “The regional team approach is founded on partnerships and collaboration; and seeks to align actions at three scales – provincial, regional and local,” states Glen Brown, General Manager, Union of BC Municipalities.

British Columbia is moving from asset management to ‘sustainable service delivery’, with a focus on protecting the ‘water balance services’ that a watershed system provides. “Moving beyond traditional engineered infrastructure asset management to also account for nature’s services will help influence ‘standards of practice’ and represent a leading-edge evolution in how infrastructure is planned, financed, implemented and maintained in BC,” stated Wes Shoemaker, BC Deputy Environment Minister.