Sustainable Water and Waste Sustainable Water and Waste is one of four Direction Strategies that support the OurWinnipeg Plan. Over the past decade the Water and Waste Department has developed a number of key initiatives that enhance the sustainability of the City’s water, wastewater, stormwater management, and solid waste management systems. In developing this Direction Strategy, the Water and Waste Department retained the services of nationally and internationally renowned experts in the fields of municipal engineering and urban planning to build on these initiatives by providing new and innovative recommendations on sustainable infrastructure policies and best practices. These expert recommendations resulted from research of not only other North American cities, but also included investigation for innovative ideas
from around the world. This resulted in a more holistic approach on water and waste infrastructure. Directions for the future address how to protect and maintain the infrastructure advantages the City of Winnipeg already has and how to enhance the quality of our air, water and energy resources and our built and natural environment. These future directions address environmental, economic and social sustainability and provide a path to guide the City’s infrastructure needs into the future.
Š 2011, The City of Winnipeg. All Rights Reserved. The preparation of this sustainable community plan was carried out with assistance from the Green Municipal Fund, a Fund financed by the Government of Canada and administered by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Notwithstanding this support, the views expressed are the personal views of the authors, and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and the Government of Canada accept no responsibility for them.