Auditor general finds Alberta’s system for managing surface water is ineffective

Alberta’s auditor wide says nan province’s strategy for managing aboveground h2o is ineffective and not group up to woody pinch changing conditions.

Doug Wylie says successful a study that Alberta Environment and Protected Areas has nary water conservation objectives successful astir of its basins.

The study says nan authorities doesn’t cognize if existing h2o conservation objectives are working.

It says processes to show h2o use, measure risks and determine erstwhile conservation is needed aren’t very strong.

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It concludes nan state isn’t doing a bully occupation making judge that h2o users are being businesslike aliases staying wrong nan requirements of their licences.

The study comes arsenic overmuch of nan state remains nether drought conditions.

Provincial regulators are besides considering nan description of water-intensive industries specified arsenic ember mining.

A provincial spokesperson was not instantly disposable for comment.