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Publications
Workshop Reports
Development of Northern Voices, Northern Waters: NWT Water Stewardship Strategy
A number of workshops took place during the development of Northern Voices, Northern Waters: NWT Water Stewardship Strategy (the Water Strategy), culminating in the publication of the Strategy in May 2010. These workshops included:
- January 28, 2009 Development of Vision and Principles (Draft workshop report)
- March 4-5, 2009 Role of Traditional Knowledge (Summary notes)
- March 12-13, 2009 Information Needs (Draft workshop report and Appendix)
- May 21, 2009 Strengthening Relationships (Draft workshop report)
- October 7-8, 2009 Taking Stock Workshop
Additionally, two conferences related to the development of the Water Strategy took place during 2009:
- June 15-16, 2009 Science in the Changing North (Conference report)
- August 2009 Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy to the Government of the Northwest Territories (Report)
Development and Implementation of NWT Water Stewardship: Plan for Action 2011-2015
A number of workshops and discussions took place during various phases of development and implementation of NWT Water Stewardship: A Plan for Action 2011-2015, culminating in the publication of the Action Plan in May 2011. These workshops included:
- November 3-4, 2010 Action Planning Workshop
- November 22-23, 2011 Keeping up the Momentum -NWT Water Stewardship Strategy Action Plan Implementation Workshop (Final Summary Report)
- January 24, 2013 Strengthening our Progress - NWT Water Stewardship Strategy ( Final Summary Report)
- December 9, 2013 NWT Water Stewardship Strategy Implementation Workshop (Final Summary Report)
- February 4-5, 2015 NWT Water Stewardship Strategy Implementation Workshop (Final Summary Report)
- November 3-4, 2015 NWT Water Stewardship Strategy Implementation Workshop (Final Summary Report)
Implementation of NWT Water Stewardship Strategy: Action Plan 2016-2020
Two annual implementation workshops have been held under the implementation of Northwest Territories Water Stewardship Action Plan 2016-2020, including:
- November 8-9, 2016 NWT Water Stewardship Strategy Implementation Workshop (Final Summary Report)
- November 22-23, 2017 NWT Water Stewardship Strategy Implementation Workshop (Final Summary Report & Summary of Water Strategy Research Priorities Discussion and Survey Results)
- Independent Evaluation of the NWT Water Stewardship Strategy Implementation - Evaluation Report 2015
Community-based Monitoring
NWT-wide Community-based Water Quality Monitoring Program
- Bringing Water Quality Results Back to Your Community - 2012 Results from the NWT-wide Community-based Water Quality Monitoring Program.
- NWT-wide Community-based Water Quality Monitoring (CBM) Program- 2013 Results.
- Calendar 2014- NWT Community-Based Water Monitoring
- (Due to the size of the document, it is split into two parts. Paper copies be sent upon request to nwtwaterstrategy@gov.nt.ca)
- To access water quality datasets from NWT-Wide Community-based Water Quality Monitoring Program from 2012-2014, go to Mackenzie DataStream.
- Bringing Water Quality Results Back to Your Community - Summary of results from 2012-2014 from the NWT-wide Community-based Water Quality Monitoring Program.
Slave River and Delta Partnership
- Our Water, Our Life: Building the Partnerships to Assess the Health of the Slave River and Slave River and Delta
- State of the Knowledge of the Slave River and Slave River Delta Report
- Vulnerability Assessment of the Slave River and Delta Report
Sediment Quality Study (Slave River Delta) 2012
Regional Fish Health Study 2012-2013
- POSTER Exposure of Fish to Metals Potentially Derived from Oilsands Operations
- POSTER Exposure of Fish to PAHs Potentially Derived from Oilsands Operations
- POSTER Health Status and Biomarker
Enhancing Community-based Aquatic Monitoring Workshops
There are many funding opportunities available that could help to develop and implement community-based monitoring programs. The calendar for 2012 contains information about different funding agencies and useful tips for proposal writing.
Monitoring Resources
- Monitoring parameters
- Equipment and other monitoring resources
- Northern Waters: A Guide to Designing and Conducting Water Quality Monitoring in Northern Canada (EMAN- North)
Source Water Protection
- NWT Source Water Assessment and Protection (SWAP) Guidance Document
- NWT Source Water Assessment and Protection (SWAP) Guidance Document- Workbook
- Calendar 2013- NWT Source Water Protection Planning
- Sambaa K’e Source Water Protection Plan
Drinking Water
Transboundary
- Preliminary State of Groundwater Knowledge in the Transboundary Region of the Mackenzie River Basin, NWT (March 2016)
- Working Together to Manage Our Shared Waters: Alberta-Northwest Territories Bilateral Management Committee Annual Report to Ministers (November 2017)
Other Publications Related to Water Stewardship
- Water and Suspended Sediment Quality of the Transboundary Reach of the Slave River, Northwest Territories (2012)
- Report Summary: Slave River- Water and Suspended Sediment Quality in the Transboundary Reach of the Slave River, Northwest Territories (2012)
- Water Today – Water Quality and Quantity in the NWT (Spring 2010)
- Northwest Territories Water Stewardship Action Plan - 2016-2020: Plain Language Summary (2016)
- Calendar 2017-2018 - NWT Youth Water Stewardship Opportunities (2017-2018)
- Status and Trends of Water Chemistry and Flow of Tributaries into Great Slave Lake (2017)
- NWT Water Strategy Research Priorities: Summary of Survey Results and 2017 Workshop Discussion (2018)
- NWT Water Strategy Roles and Responsibilities: Summary of Water Partners' Responsibilities in the Action Plan 2016-2020 (2018)
Additional material will posted here as they are finalized.
