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Water Policy in Canada - Problems and Possible Solutions (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
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Water Policy in Canada - Problems and Possible Solutions (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
Series: Springer Water
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This book deals with the water policy and management in Canada. It
discusses various problems and risks in the fresh and drinking
water supply in the second largest country in the world. Mohammed
Dore argues that water is underpriced and used wastefully in
Canada. In selected case studies, he illustrates the major threats
from human activity to Canadian freshwaters and drinking water
resources, including manufacturing, mining, oil sands production,
animal farming and agricultural use. Selected case studies include
reviews of even dramatic incidences, e.g. the Walkerton tragedy of
2000, when 7 people were killed and 200 went onto permanent
dialysis treatment because of water contamination with harmful
pathogens. The book warns that wastewater treatment standards are
often not sufficient, so that many drinking water resources are in
peril of wastewater contamination. As most of the water resources
are provincial responsibility, the book discusses the water
management policies in the different provinces separately. Through
a detailed discussion and statistical analyses, it can define water
policy and management lessons that emerge from the investigated
case studies. It ends by contrasting water policy and practice in
Canada with the practice in some European countries.
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