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“A Water Conservation Strategy for British Columbia” was developed by a working group chaired by Prad Khare. The Strategy will contribute to a sustained and healthy resource and provide a common framework for water management activities throughout the province by advancing water as a valuable resource which must be utilized efficiently, wisely and cost-effectively to sustain a high quality of social, environmental and economic well-being, for now and in the future.

“The Water Conservation Strategy identified 10 strategic directions aimed at minimizing barriers to whole-system actions, and encouraging a broader understanding and adoption of water use efficiency actions. This opened the door to ecosystem-based thinking and the water balance approach. It also connected a myriad of dots in laying out a framework for action. For three years, 1998 through 2001, the committee responsible for implementation successfully delivered an outreach program that spread the word about the Water Conservation Strategy,” stated Eric Bonham.

In 1992, co-authored papers by Tom Heath and Kim Stephens and by Ted van der Gulik (left) and Kim Stephens, respectively, were published as an integrated magazine article. “Although there is a perception that BC is water-rich, the reality is that we are often seasonally water-short (mainly because of storage limitations) during the period when water demand is heaviest due to lawn and garden irrigation,” wrote the authors in their opening paragraph.

Released in 1998, the Catalogue was a compilation of existing or planned water use efficiency initiatives throughout British Columbia.