What is the Water Management Framework?
The Water Management Framework for the Industrial Heartland and Capital Region is largely a conceptual plan. It promotes integration of water supply and wastewater discharge, recycling of municipal and industrial wastewater, and minimization of cumulative impact in the area. The plan’s integrated water supply network among the industrial facilities will use a combination of freshwater from the North Saskatchewan River and recycled and reclaimed water from the region’s municipalities. The Framework proposes a phased approach to achieving sustainable water use in the short, medium, and long terms. The first phase (2007 to 2009) will begin building an integrated supply network. During this time an oversight committee will work on governance structure and mechanisms and funding for implementation of the Framework. An implementation committee will produce an implementation plan. Alberta Environment anticipates the second phase (2009-2012) to have a functioning governance structure and compl
