• safe, secure drinking water
• healthy aquatic ecosystems
• reliable, quality water supplies

This information is provided as background for the consultations that took place from November 2001 to June 2002.

• Ideas Group Summary Report (PDF)
  
• Public Consultation Summary Report (PDF)
  Between March 1 and April 15, 2002, Albertans were asked about the challenges and priorities for water management and supply, and ideas for responsible solutions to those challenges. The report and the documents below outline what Albertans had to say about water resources in the province.

  1a. Work Book (PDF)
  1b. Work Book Summary (PDF)
  1c. Results from Completed Work Books (PDF)
  2a. By Workshop Location (PDF)
  2b. By Workshop Question (PDF)
  3a. Telephone Questionnaire (PDF)
  3b. Telephone Summary (PDF)
  4a. Other Submissions (PDF)

• Minister's Forum on Water Summary Report (PDF)
  The third stage of the strategy's consultation process was a Minister's Forum on Water, held in June 2002. The forum involved 108 invited Albertans and experts who reviewed the input from the public outreach and consultation process and discussed next steps and solutions. Read the report to learn what was said at the Minister's Forum on Water.
  
  
• Summary of Results: verification of directions described in the draft Water for Life Strategy (PDF)