materials specific to the lake erie-to-guelph pipeline and alternatives

• our materials
  • "stop the pipeline" pamphlet you can read/share/distibute!
• council of canadians - guelph chapter materials
• response letter to guelph's water supply master plan and the pipeline alternative, from coc chapter president david sills to the city (april 4, 2006)
• city of guelph green plan steering committee (gpsc) documents
  • gpsc position paper strongly opposing the pipeline:
    • green plan steering committee (gpsc) position paper - principles for the city of guelph's water supply master plan (jan 18, 2005)
      • on the city of guelph website, we did not find a link to the above document itself (which we scanned from hardcopy), but it is referenced on page 4 of the green plan steering committee, 2004 annual report
• city of guelph water supply master plan (wsmp) - official site
  • latest version of the wsmp: the 12 sept, 2006 water supply master plan draft final report (127 pages, 19mb)
  • the city's quick overview: march 2006 city of guelph water supply master plan - newsletter #2

external materials on related issues

• threats to great lakes water:
  • dr. gail krantzberg, professor and director, dofasco centre for engineering and public policy, mcmaster university
    • "shared concerns and shared responsibilities: an overview" (pdf) (used with kind permission, but please note that this presentation was prepared to give a broad context of great lakes issues.)
• places to grow (the province of ontario growth plan for the "greater golden horseshoe" region, released june 16)
  • http://www.pir.gov.on.ca/userfiles/html/cma_4_44867_1.html
• water-related urban planning:
  • polis project on ecological governance, university of victoria
    • oliver m. brandes and keith ferguson, "the future in every drop: the benefits, barriers, and practice of urban water demand management in canada": http://www.polisproject.org/polis2/pdfs/drop.pdf
    • oliver m. brandes and tony maas, "developing water sustainability through urban water demand management": http://www.waterdsm.org/discussion%20paper_files/fed_backgrounder.pdf
    • "thinking beyond pipes and pumps: top ten ways communities can save water and money": website, brochure (shows the 10 recommendations), full report
  • the ontario federation of naturalists, "a smart future for ontario: how to create greenways and curb urban sprawl in your community"  click on the "shop" tab at www.ontarionature.org
• public-private partnerships in municipal water supply:
  • council of canadians: the problem with public-private partnerships for water: click "water" at the left and "fighting water public-private partnerships" at the right, from: www.canadians.org
• caring for our watershed:
  • grand river conservation authority, "the grand river watershed report 2005. (general website: www.grandriver.ca)
  • conservation ontario , "who's looking out for our water". (general website: conservation-ontario.on.ca)

external materials on general water issues

• need for national water policy
• council of canadians, "latest water pipeline proposal underscores need for national water policy". (see also their general page on the need for a water policy)

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