Building the case for water and resource recovery in Canada: practitioners' perspectives

Water and resource recovery (WRR) involves the collection and treatment of rainwater, stormwater, and/or municipal wastewater to a fit-for-purpose standard. There is no national policy for WRR in Canada, and there are minimal WRR-specific provincial regulations; given this lack of regulation, curren...

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Autores principales:	Jacqueline Noga, Jane Springett, Nicholas Ashbolt
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Publicado:	IWA Publishing 2021
Materias:	resource recovery stakeholder engagement water reuse water stakeholders world café River, lake, and water-supply engineering (General) TC401-506
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a4b7e645b10a421b9b136c5b5d2a6a222021-11-05T20:08:15ZBuilding the case for water and resource recovery in Canada: practitioners' perspectives1366-70171996-975910.2166/wp.2021.206https://doaj.org/article/a4b7e645b10a421b9b136c5b5d2a6a222021-02-01T00:00:00Zhttp://wp.iwaponline.com/content/23/1/157https://doaj.org/toc/1366-7017https://doaj.org/toc/1996-9759Water and resource recovery (WRR) involves the collection and treatment of rainwater, stormwater, and/or municipal wastewater to a fit-for-purpose standard. There is no national policy for WRR in Canada, and there are minimal WRR-specific provincial regulations; given this lack of regulation, current projects are highly specific to the local context and approved individually. We engaged people who work with water and wastewater services in the province of Alberta, Canada to discuss what WRR could look like in their context. During 3-h workshops, information on WRR was shared and participants engaged in discussions using a World Café process. Participants discussed the need for supportive regulations and government leadership, financial support, collaboration and knowledge sharing, education and communication, and accounting for risk and liability. Given that the participants are individuals who would be impacted by the development of regulations for WRR, we discuss concepts to provide the guidance needed for the successful implementation of WRR. This research connected experts in water and wastewater and gave space for developing ideas that make sense to those most closely involved in delivering WRR systems. Highlights Guidance is provided on delivering water and resource recovery systems for municipal water services in the absence of national and limited provincial regulations.; Collaboration/engagement from inception supports the organized and efficient implementation of a WRR project.; Overall, WRR guidance needs to be simple and sensible, and collaboration must be across different sectors, stakeholders, and rights-holders.;Jacqueline NogaJane SpringettNicholas AshboltIWA Publishingarticleresource recoverystakeholder engagementwater reusewater stakeholdersworld caféRiver, lake, and water-supply engineering (General)TC401-506ENWater Policy, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 157-166 (2021)
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description	Water and resource recovery (WRR) involves the collection and treatment of rainwater, stormwater, and/or municipal wastewater to a fit-for-purpose standard. There is no national policy for WRR in Canada, and there are minimal WRR-specific provincial regulations; given this lack of regulation, current projects are highly specific to the local context and approved individually. We engaged people who work with water and wastewater services in the province of Alberta, Canada to discuss what WRR could look like in their context. During 3-h workshops, information on WRR was shared and participants engaged in discussions using a World Café process. Participants discussed the need for supportive regulations and government leadership, financial support, collaboration and knowledge sharing, education and communication, and accounting for risk and liability. Given that the participants are individuals who would be impacted by the development of regulations for WRR, we discuss concepts to provide the guidance needed for the successful implementation of WRR. This research connected experts in water and wastewater and gave space for developing ideas that make sense to those most closely involved in delivering WRR systems. Highlights Guidance is provided on delivering water and resource recovery systems for municipal water services in the absence of national and limited provincial regulations.; Collaboration/engagement from inception supports the organized and efficient implementation of a WRR project.; Overall, WRR guidance needs to be simple and sensible, and collaboration must be across different sectors, stakeholders, and rights-holders.;
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title_short	Building the case for water and resource recovery in Canada: practitioners' perspectives
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Building the case for water and resource recovery in Canada: practitioners' perspectives

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