Annotated Bibliography of Western Canadian Water Law

 

Riparian Rights

Alberta Environment Website: http://www3.gov.ab.ca/env/water/index.cfm

      The Alberta Environment website has a few main topical sites, including this one, which focuses on water.  The site contains useful information on different topics relating to water, such as legislation, publications, forms, and water conservation.  Also part of this site is Water for Life, the web page for Alberta’s water strategy.  Publications available include the Preliminary Report from the Water Use Practice and Policy Advisory Committee, which identifies potential public concerns with oil and gas practices and how these practices could affect the water cycle and the environment.  The report begins to address these concerns, providing recommendations on potential conservation strategies.  The information on the web site itself is considerable, although basic.  The site provides good background knowledge relating to water issues in Alberta.