BIO-1151 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Food Security, Environmental Degradation, Water Scarcity
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Non-point sources: diffuse pollution is a policy issue in the great lakes basin, diffuse pollutio(cid:374) (cid:396)ep(cid:396)ese(cid:374)ts a (cid:858)laye(cid:396)ed(cid:859) p(cid:396)o(cid:271)le(cid:373), environmental degradation and economic costs, ecosystem integrity and human health, human values, beliefs, attitudes and behaviours. Inquiry recommended a multi-barrier approach to drinking water safety: the key components of a multi-barrier approach are source water protection, effective treatment of drinking water, and secure distribution of treated water to consumers. First nations water security: events in 2005 at the cree first nations community of kashechewan near james bay highlighted (cid:862)thi(cid:396)d wo(cid:396)ld(cid:863) conditions on many first nations reserves, federal government initiated a first nations water management strategy in. 2003, with a budget of million spread over five years: federal budget in 2008 included over million for a renamed first nations. Water and wastewater management action plan for two years. In the 2010 budget, the plan was extended.
