In December 2010, government presented British Columbians with a proposal for a new Water Sustain\u00adability Act<\/em>. The Policy Proposal on British Columbia\u2019s new Water Sustainability Act outlines the key policies that would inform such legislation. It also summarizes what government heard from the public in the initial round of engagement earlier. Policy Development In December 2010, government presented British Columbians with a proposal for a new Water Sustain\u00adability Act. The Policy Proposal on British Columbia\u2019s new Water Sustainability Act outlines the key policies that would inform such legislation. It also summarizes what government heard from the public in the initial round of engagement earlier. Policy … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3240","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/watersustainabilityact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/watersustainabilityact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/watersustainabilityact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/watersustainabilityact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/watersustainabilityact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3240"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/watersustainabilityact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3952,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/watersustainabilityact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3240\/revisions\/3952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/watersustainabilityact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/watersustainabilityact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/watersustainabilityact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nPolicy Proposal on British Columbia\u2019s new Water Sustainability Act<\/em><\/a> (PDF 2.89MB) \u2013 December 2010
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\nGovernment also invited comments on the proposed policies from stakeholders, First Nations and the public.
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\nDuring the following months, government reviewed input from citizens and assessed the implications of the proposed policies, including potential costs to both government and water users, and made refinements.
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