SMLS - The Water Act and Water Management

The Canadian Institute of Resources Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary invites you to the following free, hybrid workshop:

The Water Act and Water Management, Then and Now: a Core Rewrite of Management Rules for a Precious Resource

The workshop will provide an overview of the provincial government approach to water rights and management in Alberta since the late 1800’s to the Water Act of 1999. It will then explore 2025 amendments that without fanfare rewrite core elements of that approach that favor of more intense consumptive uses. The workshop will explore potential impacts of the revised approach on the aquatic environment.

A question and answer period will follow the coffee break.

Arlene Kwasniak, Professor Emerita of Law and Senior CIRL Research Fellow.

Arlene’s research areas are water law and management with an emphasis on restoration and protection of instream flows, public lands and resources, private conservation, municipal law, and federal environmental assessment.

Please see below for the zoom link:

https://ucalgary.zoom.us/j/97801736870

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This event is sponsored by the Alberta Law Foundation

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