Reports and Publications

Brandes, O., and D. Curran. 2008. Water licences and conservation: future directions for land trusts in British Columbia. Prepared For: The Land Trust Alliance of British Columbia.
Hatfield, T. Ecofish Research Ltd. 2012. BC Ministry of Environment Winter Flows Project.
Hatfield, T., A. Lewis, D. Ohlson, M. Bradford. 2003. Development of Instream Flow Thresholds as Guidelines for Reviewing Proposed Water Uses. Prepared for British Columbia Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management and British Columbia Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection.
Independent Power Production in British Columbia: an interagency guidebook for proponents, 2008. British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Lands.

Norman, E., K. Bakker, C. Cook, G. Dunn, and D. Allen. 2010. Water Security: A Primer. The publication is part of a larger, four-year project on Water Security in Canada. For more information, see www.watersecurity.ca.
Brandes, O., K. Ferguson, M. M'Gonigle, and C. Sandborn 2005. At a Watershed: Ecological Governance and Sustainable Water Management in Canada
Brandes, O. and T. Maas. 2006. What We Govern and What Governs Us: Developing Sustainability in Canadian Water Management.
Brandes, O. and J. O'Riordan. 2007. Water Policy in B.C.: Directions and Possibilities for the B.C. Real Estate Association.
Brandes, O., L. Nowlan, and K. Paris. 2008. Going With the Flow? Evolving Water Allocations and the Potential and Limits of Water Markets in Canada. Prepared for the Conference Board of Canada.
Brandes, O. and D. Curran. 2009. Setting a New Course in British Columbia: Water Governance Reform Options and Opportunities. Victoria, British Columbia: Polis Project on Ecological Governance.
de Loë, R., J. Varghese, C. Ferreyra, and R. Kreutzwiser. 2007. Water Allocation and Water Security in Canada: Initiating a Policy Dialogue for the 21st Century.
Nowlan, L. and K. Bakker. 2007. Delegating Water Governance: Issues and Challenges in the BC Context. This report on evolving approaches to water governance in Canada, focusing on water governance issues and challenges in BC and was commissioned by the BC Water Governance Project.

Christensen, R. 2007. Review of British Columbia’s Groundwater Regulatory Regime: Current Practices and Options. British Columbia: Sierra Legal Defence Fund.
Council of Canadian Academies, 2009. The Sustainable Management of Groundwater in Canada.
Douglas, T. 2009. Groundwater & Healthy Streams: it’s all connected. Watershed Watch.
Nowlan, L. 2005. Buried Treasure Groundwater Permitting and Pricing in Canada. Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation, with case studies by Geological Survey of Canada, West Coast Environmental Law, and Sierra Legal Defence Fund.
Wei, M., D. M. Allen, A. P. Kohut, S. Grasby, K. Ronneseth, and B. Turner. 2009. Understanding the Types of Aquifers in the Canadian Cordillera Hydrogeologic Region to Better Manage and Protect Groundwater. Streamline Watershed Management Bulletin, FORREX Forum for Research and Extension in Natural Resources.
Watershed Watch, Secwepemc Fisheries Commission, Okanagan Nation Alliance Fisheries Dept., Northern Shuswap Tribal Council, and Nicola Tribal Assoc. 2009. Fish Out of Water: Tools to Protect British Columbia’s Groundwater and Wild Salmon.

The Institute for Research on Public Policy brings together a wide range of Canadian water experts to take stock of water policy in Canada.
A Handbook for Integrated Water Resources Management in Basins is a useful publication from The Global Water Partnership and the International Network of Basin organizations. May 2009.
Balancing Act: Water Conservation and Economic Growth discusses the linkages between water and economic growth and the importance of water conservation in water policy. Karen Wilkie. January, 2005
Eau Canada provides a complete discussion from leading water experts on current and future water issues facing Canada. Information regarding this book can be found here: http://www.eaucanada.ca/