6 Whose Water? Canadian Water Management and the Challenges of Jurisdictional Fragmentation

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures, Boxes, and Tables viii
4. Foreword xi
5. Preface xv
6. Acknowledgments xvii
7. Abbreviations xviii
8. Introduction 1
9. Muddy Waters: How Well Are We Governing Canada’s Waters?
10. Great Wet North? Canada’s Myth of Water Abundance 23
11. On Guard for Thee? Water (Ab)uses and Management in Canada 37
12. Out of Sight, Out of Mind? Taking Canada’s Groundwater for Granted 55
13. Challenging the Status Quo: The Evolution of Water Governance in Canada 85
14. Is Canada’s Water Safe? 105
15. Whose Water? Jurisdictional Fragmentation and Transboundary Management
16. Whose Water? Canadian Water Management and the Challenges of Jurisdictional Fragmentation 119
17. Drawers of Water: Water Diversions in Canada and Beyond 143
18. Thirsty Neighbours: A Century of Canada-US Transboundary Water Governance 163
19. Blue Gold: Privatization, Water Rights, and Water Markets
20. Commons or Commodity? The Debate over Private Sector Involvement in Water Supply 185
21. Liquid Gold? Water Markets in Canada 205
22. Trading Our Common Heritage? The Debate over Water Rights Transfers in Canada 219
23. Waterwise: Pathways to Better Water Management
24. A Tangled Web: Reworking Canada’s Water Laws 245
25. Are the Prices Right? Balancing Efficiency, Equity, and Sustainability in Water Pricing 263
26. Moving Water Conservation to Centre Stage 281
27. Water Worldviews: Politics, Culture, and Ethics
28. The Land Is Dry: Indigenous Peoples, Water, and Environmental Justice 303
29. Half-Empty or Half-Full? Water Politics and the Canadian National Imaginary 321
30. Rising Waves, Old Charts, Nervous Passengers: Navigating toward a New Water Ethic 335
31. Conclusion: Governing Canada’s Waters Wisely 359
32. A Survey of Water Governance Legislation and Policies in the Provinces and Territories 369
33. Additional Resources and Reading 393
34. The Waterkeeper Alliance 396
35. Contributors 397
36. Index 402