Eau Canada : The Future of Canada's Water Book

Figures, Boxes, and Tables     viii
Foreword   David Schindler     xi
Preface     xv
Acknowledgments     xvii
Abbreviations     xviii
Introduction   Karen Bakker     1
Muddy Waters: How Well Are We Governing Canada's Waters?
Great Wet North? Canada's Myth of Water Abundance   John B. Sprague     23
On Guard for Thee? Water (Ab)uses and Management in Canada   Dan Shrubsole   Dianne Draper     37
Out of Sight, Out of Mind? Taking Canada's Groundwater for Granted   Linda Nowlan     55
Challenging the Status Quo: The Evolution of Water Governance in Canada   Rob de Loe   Reid Kreutzwiser     85
Is Canada's Water Safe? A Photo Essay     105
Whose Water? Jurisdictional Fragmentation and Transboundary Management
Whose Water? Canadian Water Management and the Challenges of Jurisdictional Fragmentation   J. Owen Saunders   Michael M. Wenig     119
Drawers of Water: Water Diversions in Canada and Beyond   Frederic Lasserre     143
Thirsty Neighbours: A Century of Canada-US Transboundary Water Governance   Ralph Pentland   Adele Hurley     163
Blue Cold: Privatization, Water Rights, and Water Markets
Commons orCommodity? The Debate over Private Sector Involvement in Water Supply   Karen Bakker     185
Liquid Gold: Water Markets in Canada   Theodore M. Horbulyk     205
Trading our Common Heritage? The Debate over Water Rights Transfers in Canada   Randy Christensen   Anastasia M. Lintner     219
Waterwise: Pathways to Better Water Management
A Tangled Web: Reworking Canada's Water Laws   Paul Muldoon   Theresa McClenaghan     245
Are the Prices Right? Balancing Efficiency, Equity, and Sustainability in Water Pricing   Steven Renzetti     263
Moving Water Conservation to Centre Stage   Oliver Brandes   David Brooks   Michael M'Gonigle     281
Water Worldviews: Politics, Culture, and Ethics
The Land Is Dry: Indigenous Peoples, Water, and Environmental Justice   Ardith Walkem     303
Half-Empty or Half-Full? Water Politics and the Canadian National Imaginary   Andrew Biro     321
Rising Waves, Old Charts, Nervous Passengers: Navigating toward a New Water Ethic   Cushla Matthews   Robert B. Gibson   Bruce Mitchell     335
Conclusion: Governing Canada's Waters Wisely   Karen Bakker     359
Appendices
A Survey of Water Governance Legislation and Policies in the Provinces and Territories      369
Additional Resources and Reading     393
The Waterkeeper Alliance     396
Contributors     397
Index     402