• New Tool for Small Community Infrastructure Sustainability in BC!

    British Columbia Launches a "Community of Interest" tool for Small Community Infrastructure!

    The Ministry of Community Services, in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Environment, have commenced the development of a webpage dedicated to Small Community Infrastructure, with the ultimate goal of creating a portal, or single point of contact, for information related to smaller community and smaller system issues.  The page will be able to address drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater/rainwater management, inclusive of related subject areas such as groundwater, energy efficiency, First Nations issues, etc. 

    The webpage has a stand-alone URL, but will be hosted by the waterbucket.ca, and ultimately become a Community of Interest (COI) on the Waterbucket.ca homepage.

    Stemming from the need and desire to assist small communities manage and operate their environmental infrastructure (i.e. water, wastewater, rainwater, energy), the provincial government has committed to development of this website.  The site has been designed to be user friendly, simple, and will hopefully become recognized as a valuable tool by small system operators/managers etc. 

    It is also important to acknowledge that the site also does not aim to re-invent what others have done, nor to step on their toes.  Other sites are already up and running and a valuable resource in their own right.  This COI will merely be the "portal" to those.  By way of the "stories", readers will have their interest tweaked and be able to access relevant sites/links for more details. 

    The "stories" style of the COI will ensure a good fit with the site’s host, the waterbucket.ca website, which operates as a "magazine" styled portal.  It is planned that eventually the COI will be launched as a national portal which will be tailored for each province and territory. 

    Users of the site are heavily encouraged to participate and contribute content.  Some examples of desirable content is as follows:

    • An article about some workshops your association is hosting (or report on some that were hosted)
    • An article about some research that your organization has recently done (or will be doing)
    • An article about a best practices guide that you have read/developed which would be of use to others
    • An article about something that your community (or another) has done with it's water systems
    • An article about some new technology that you have used/know about
    • An article about a website/tool/resource that you know about or have developed
    • An article about something that impacts the way you manage, operate, or construct your water infrastructure
    • An event

    By clicking on the "Contribute an Article" box on the main pages for each section (water, wastewater, rainwater, energy) users will be brought to an optional signup page (can be skipped if only intending on adding one article) and then to a simple form for contributing a resource.

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