Join a Movement


Add your name to this growing movement of diverse organizations, individuals and communities working together to ensure a secure water future for the Prairie Provinces.

The Prairie Water Directive is a statement of expectations. In the best traditions of democracy, residents call on governments to address concerns that are critical to society’s health and wellbeing. Our concern is with fresh water. More specifically, we are concerned with ensuring that human use and management of fresh water protects the water in quality and in quantity for future generations.

It is our intent to establish a clear and concise direction on how residents expect governments to manage and protect drinking-water sources. Broad and diverse sign-on by organizations and individuals are sought to give the statement political force.

Representatives of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba came together in late 2006 to pursue a joint strategy for ensuring water security across the three Prairie Provinces - given our watersheds know no political borders we felt our strategy for security must therefor span these imaginary divides. The draft discussion Prairie Citizens Water Directive emerged in the fall of 2007, at which time the Directive was the topic of conversation in over 10 community forums and countless conversations across the three Canadian Prairie Provinces. These discussions have helped to inform the draft you read today by incorporating a wide variety of input, perspectives and community-based expectations for improved water protection.

Our goal has been to work with citizen groups, communities and organizations to collectively and democratically create a platform to advocate for change, participate in decision-making and hold governments accountable for the decisions they take regarding our precious water. As signatories to this statement, organizations across the region have joined together across diverse interests to build a collective call for government leadership and action on
sustainable water management. We believe that for real progress to be made – to public policy, planning processes and in day-to-day management – our expectations must become shared expectations, our vision must become a shared vision.

Add your name to this growing movement of diverse organizations, individuals and communities working together to ensure a secure water future for the Prairie Provinces.