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Samantha Ward

    LIVING WATER SMART IN BRITISH COLUMBIA: “Integration is the KEY MESSAGE – integration with the ecosystem, recreation, land use, and community groups. Use effective green infrastructure, lighten the ‘water footprint’, and protect stream health,” stated Carrie Baron, former Drainage Manager with the City of Surrey


    When senior governments cut programs in the 2000s and downloaded responsibilities to local government, the City of Surrey and Carrie Baron stepped up. Her passion and commitment garnered internal support at Surrey to fund data collection and performance monitoring programs. These advanced science-based understanding. “It was disheartening when senior governments started cutting all the science and data collection programs. The more you learn, the more you try to bring in. That was always the key – we knew that as technology advanced and we learned more, we had to change,” stated Carrie Baron.

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