Source Water Protection Plan UCS2020-1007.Pdf
ISC: UNRESTRICTED Protecting our source watershed through proactive collaboration collaboration proactive through watershed our source Protecting Source Water Protection Plan Protection Water Source UCS2020-1007 Attachment 3 2 3 ISC: UNRESTRICTED UCS2020-1007 Attachment 3 2 3 ISC:UNRESTRICTED Executive summary The City of Calgary is committed to delivering high quality, safe drinking Our Source Water Protection Plan (Plan) was developed over the course of water to the communities we serve, which include over 1.3 million citizens. three years (2015-2018), and is based on the culmination of: Our exceptional drinking water is due in part to the high quality of our • Provincial direction and guidance source water – the natural waters of the Bow and Elbow rivers prior to treatment and distribution to our customers. In turn, the quality of our source • Water quality monitoring data water depends on the condition of the land that collects and drains water • Technical risk assessments downstream to our drinking water treatment facilities. Also known as our • Internal and external engagement source watershed, this 9,000 km2 area generates and filters water through a vast network of glaciers, mountains, forests, grasslands, rivers, streams, • Best practice guidelines and standards wetlands, aquifers, agricultural landscapes and communities. Safeguarding our high quality source water requires a proactive approach to comprehensively address current and future risks to source water. Source water protection is a coordinated risk management approach that provides the first line of defence in a multi-barrier approach to providing safe, clean drinking water. SourceSource water DrinkingDrinking water water DrinkingDrinking water water protectionprotection treatmenttreatment distributiondistribution system system CustomerCustomer Figure 1: The City of Calgary’s multi-barrier approach to safe drinking water UCS2020-1007 Attachment 3 2 Executive summary i ISC:UNRESTRICTED The vision, goals and actions to protect source water quality are the foundation of this Plan (Figure 2).
[Show full text]