Respond by Friday, February 26, 2010 at 4:30 p.m. to attend workshop!

Living Water Smart: B.C.’s Water Plan identifies modernizing theWater Act as an important way to
ensure water security for B.C.’s future. Modernizing the Water Act is about making our water laws
simpler to understand, administer and enforce. A modern Water Act will also provide greater
certainty for people, businesses and the environment and allow us to better adapt over time
to changing demands and priorities.
The purpose of the one-day workshops is to share information, discuss principles for a new Water
Act, and explore proposals for change. Options and solutions proposed in a discussion paper,
to be released in February, will be the main focus of the workshops. Facilitated group discussions
involving stakeholders from a range of sectors will help inform a modernized Water Act for B.C.

To ensure that a diversity of interests and issues are fully explored, we invite representatives
from a range of sectors including:

• Water licensees
• Local and senior governments
• Riparian landowners
• Water supply organizations
• Environmental NGO’s
• Academic institutions
• Industry sectors
• Recreation groups
• First Nations
• Professional associations and unions

To attend a workshop, please respond directly to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or (250)387-9481.
Please let us know which workshop you would like to attend and the organization you represent.
Provide your contact information including phone and email.

Seating at the workshops is limited and it is possible that not all requests can be accommodated.
Participant selection will ensure that the widest range of interests is represented at each session.

The workshops are only one of several opportunities to provide input on modernizing the
Water Act. You are encouraged to keep informed of the project by visiting the Living Water Smart
website at www.livingwatersmart.ca and the blog at http://blog.gov.bc.ca/livingwatersmart.

Only local workshop for the Fraser Valley will be held at Abbotsford – March 29.  Location TBA

2010 Drought Response Planning workshops
Separate half-day drought planning sessions are being scheduled the day after, or the day before
the Water Act Modernization workshops in some locations. More information is available at:
www.env.gov.bc.ca/wsd/public_safety/drought_info