DOWNLOAD A COPY OF: “Living Water Smart in British Columbia: A window into the green infrastructure journey in the Metro Vancouver region” – released by the Partnership for Water Sustainability in October 2023
Note to Reader:
Published by the Partnership for Water Sustainability in British Columbia, Waterbucket eNews celebrates the leadership of individuals and organizations who are guided by the Living Water Smart vision. The edition published on October 3, 2023 featured the clear thinking and innovation of Jim Dumont in evolving the Water Balance Methodology to the point where it underpins a risk reduction approach to protecting streams in a changing climate.
British Columbia is falling behind the West Coast states in protecting streams and reducing risk
Jim Dumont is a pioneer water resources professional who has served as the Partnership for Water Sustainability’s Engineering Applications Authority and has taught professional development courses for Engineers and Geoscientists BC for the past two decades. And to top it off, Jim Dumont is known across Canada and beyond for his knowledge and innovation.
Jim Dumont is an original and critical thinker. Original thinkers are non-conformists, have ideas and the courage to try to change the world. Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of analyzing and synthesizing information.
In the first decade following the release of Stormwater Planning: A Guidebook for British Columbia in 2002, Jim Dumont evolved the Water Balance Methodology through a rigorously analytical approach. This work was founded on case study applications.
His methodical approach to applied research was keyed to a building blocks process. Jim Dumont systemically tested assumptions and verified the numbers to demonstrate how to reduce risk and protect streams.
“We must start and end with the stream for a true measure of success,” says Jim Dumont
“While many advances have been made in managing rainwater on-site, BC communities are failing to utilize practices that directly benefit streams during droughts and floods,” observes Jim Dumont.
“The needs of BC communities closely align with the other west coast areas that suffer from adverse stream flows rather than the degradation of water quality which is the case on the east coast.”
“The western states of California, Washington, and the Oregon DOT require that stormwater management systems maintain stream flow duration to protect against stream erosion and flooding.”
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