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Lynne Maclennan - Associate, Better Best Practices Initiative
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Better Best Practices for Small Communities Trish Johnson Lynne Maclennan WaterTAP Teeny Tiny Summit OMAFRA Regional Economic Development, East Region June 28 & 29, 2017
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Better Best Practices for Small Communities
Trish Johnson
Lynne Maclennan
WaterTAP
Teeny Tiny Summit
OMAFRA Regional Economic Development, East Region
June 28 & 29, 2017
Briefly: What is WaterTAP?
Established by the Water Opportunities Act, 2010, WaterTAP
brings private sector experience and guidance to help water
industry entrepreneurs successfully commercialize products and
services and grow their businesses.
Importantly, WaterTAP also has a mandate to provide
strategic advice to the provincial government on actions it
can take to foster growth in Ontario’s water sector.
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Better Best Practices Initiative
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BBPI’s goal is to improve water management in
Ontario by addressing challenges to adoption faced
by innovative technology companies, solution
providers and end users.
Includes regulations, approvals, policies,
procurement, and funding mechanisms.
We have been listening!
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Better Best Practices Initiative
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Top Priorities for 2017
1. Affordability in small communities
2. Advocating for life-cycle cost consideration
3. Procurement that enables innovation
4. Streamlining regulations and modernizing approvals
5. More efficient certification and validation
Aiming for outcomes
• More life-cycle costing and stronger linkages
to planning and asset management
• Increased innovation in municipalities and
and First Nation communities
• More affordable small community
infrastructure
• Better management and maintenance of
distributed and decentralized systems
• More efficient permitting, approvals and
procurement
• Performance-based regulations for
stormwater and phosphorous
• More streamlined certification and validation
of new water technologies in Ontario
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Small community concerns
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Affordable solutions are difficult to implementLack of life-cycle costing and lack of focus on innovative solutions
Face planning hurdles for decentralized solutionsPPS and Official Plans often do not permit this option
Need more robust management structures No mechanism to track long-term maintenance and inspection data
MRA process needs to be modernizedNeed to facilitate long-term management capacity
Regulations are too prescriptive Need flexibility and regulations based on outcomes
Top tips from the trenches
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Size matters!
Scope the right project
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Assess comparative alternatives
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Life-cycle costs are important!
Strong partnerships are critical
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We welcome more small community input
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Trish Johnson
Lynne Maclennan
Better Best Practices Initiative
WaterTAP
[email protected]@WaterTAPontario.com
Please join the conversation!
