FLASHBACK TO 2002: Metro Vancouver hosted inaugural Partners Forum that initiated development of the web-based "Water Balance Model for British Columbia" (July 2002)
The ‘date of record’ for formal launch of the Inter-Governmental Partnership (IGP) to ‘make real’ the vision for the WBM initiative is July 17, 2002. On that date the Greater Vancouver Regional District (now known as Metro Vancouver) convened a meeting of representatives from three levels of government. “The defining outcome of that inaugural Water Balance Partners Forum was the decision to fund and proceed with WBM development,” stated Kim Stephens.