Drought Contingency Planning and Implementation at the Local Level in Ontario

摘要: Responsibilities for water management in Ontario are shared among the federal, provincial and local levels of government. Recently, level (which includes municipalities conservation authorities) has been assigned significantly more responsibilities. For example, government’s Low Water Response plan (OLWR) assigns key responsibilities to authorities. However, it is not clear that all agencies capable assuming these greater This paper reports findings from a study used community capacity literature evaluate role drought contingency planning implementation two watersheds. The Big Creek watershed dominated by agriculture, while upper Credit River faces great pressure urban development. Both watersheds dependent upon groundwater have experienced reduced supply during recent episodes. Based on an investigation i...