Who is involved?

Rainwater, by its nature is cross-jurisdictional. It rains across political boundaries and run-off flows across the landscape effecting all land uses, ecosystems and activities. This means there are many organizations and individuals involved in managing rainwater on different scales.

Collaboration is essential to ensure a holistic and effective approach to maintaining the water balance across the landscape in a changing climate, amidst land use changes and development. This includes:

• Municipalities (that operate their own stormwater drainage infrastructure)
• Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (that manages rural road drainage including culverts and ditches)
• Forestry companies (that manage forestry road drainage and vast areas of upper watershed land)
• The RDN (that administers land use planning in rural areas, manages regional parks, coordinates emergency planning and leads regional programs on watershed protection)
• First Nations (whose traditional territory region resides within; including the Snuneymuxw, Snaw-naw-as and Qualicum First Nations)
• Plus stewardship groups, consulting professionals, property owners, and the community-at-large