Government Links:

BC & Canadian Government

BC Land Use Program — Sewage System
http://www.healthservices.gov.bc.ca/protect/sewage.html
Includes links:
- Sewage System Regulations
- Ministry of Health Planning Sewerage System Standard Practices Manual
BC Health Protection Planning http://www.healthplanning.gov.bc.ca/protect/index.html

Environmental Health Protection http://www.healthplanning.gov.bc.ca/protect/enviro.html
- BC Drinking Water Program http://www.healthplanning.gov.bc.ca/protect/water.html
- Publications http://www.healthplanning.gov.bc.ca/
  protect/publications.html
  Includes links to:
  - Construction and Maintenance of Private Wells
  - Nitrate contamination in well water
  - Giardiasis and other water borne diseases
  - Fluoride facts
  - Toxoplasmosis
  - Should I get my well water tested?
  - Blue-green algae
  - Cryptosporidiosis
  - Water-borne diseases in British Columbia
  - How to disinfect drinking water
  - Publications on Land Use and Septic Systems

BC Drinking Water Protection Act http://www.qp.gov.bc.ca/statreg/stat/D/01009_01.htm
EOCP http://www.eocp.org/
Compendium of technical reports about water quality and water quality trends http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/

Water Resource Information http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/wat/
Includes links to:
- Freshwater Strategy for BC
- MTBE Factsheet
- Water Conservation and Water Use
- Auditor General's Report
- Aquifers
- BC Hydro
- Climate Change
- Fish Info BC
- Community Watersheds
- Dam Safety
- Drinking Water Program (MOHS)
- Find a Water Licence
- Find a Well
- Flood Hazard Management
- Floodplain Mapping
- Ground Water
- Observation Wells
- River Forecast Centre
- State of Environment
- Snow Surveys
- Water and Air Monitoring and Reporting Section
- Water Information Section
- Water Rights
- Water Quality
- Water Surveys
- Water Use Planning
- Water Utilities
- Water Wells Query Database
BC Ground Water http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/wat/gws/
BC Water Use Planning http://lwbc.bc.ca/water/wup/

Health Canada http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/protection/index.html
- Environmental Health http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/protection/environment.html
- Water Quality and Health http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hecs-sesc/water/index.htm
  - Publications http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hecs-sesc/water/publications.htm Includes links to:
    - Technical Reports
    - From Source to Tap: The multi-barrier approach to safe drinking water
    - Guidance for Safe Drinking Water in Canada: From Intake to Tap
    - Chlorinated Disinfection By Products Task Group
    - Summary Table of Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality
    - Arsenic in Drinking Water
Environment Canada http://www.ec.gc.ca/envhome.html
- Water Efficiency / Conservation http://www.ec.gc.ca/water/en/manage/effic/e_weff.htm