Water Prevails: Research in Water Resource Management Approaches Applied in British Columbia, Canada

Abstract

Numerous human daily activities required the water resources as the fundamental natural resources. Hence, the appropriate and efficient sustainable approaches should be analyzed to reach sustainable water resource management targets. Therefore, this Paper introduced the overall status quo of freshwater resources, then focused on identifying water resource status in British Columbia, the West Coastal Province of Canada near the Pacific Ocean. With analysis regarding water resource management approaches from climatology, scientific and sociological perspectives. Furthermore, the interpretation of the relations between water resources and human activities revealed the four principles that were adopted by the provincial government to determine appropriate water resource management approaches. Water reusing, water quality monitoring and pricing strategies were identified as potential scientific instruments to reveal the efficiency of current water resource management proposals. Besides adjusting the water parameter standards, indigenous knowledge and public participation should be concluded to revise current water management strategies. Furthermore, the integration of the analysis with the actual and practical water requirements and patterns in British Columbia revealed the coherency of current water management approaches with sustainable water usage goals. Through these analyses accompanied with multiple case studies and research, the goals toward sustainable water resource allocation and methods to improve current water resource management plans were clarified.