Recommendation 1: Desired Outcomes The Water Conservation, Efficiency and Productivity Definitions Project Team recommends that the Alberta Water Council accept the following as the desired outcomes of improvements in water conservation, efficiency and productivity: • Demand for water is reduced. [...] Recommendation 1: Desired Outcomes The Water Conservation, Efficiency and Productivity Definitions Project Team recommends that the Alberta Water Council accept the following as the desired outcomes of improvements in water conservation, efficiency and productivity: • Demand for water is reduced. [...] Recommendation 5: Water Productivity The Water Conservation, Efficiency and Productivity Definitions Project Team recommends that the Alberta Water Council adopt the following definition for water productivity: The amount of water that is required to produce a unit of any good, service, or societal value. [...] For example, the Water Conservation and Economics Task Group of the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment commissioned an analysis of water conservation practices and initiatives in Canada and several other countries.9 The report focused on how freshwater resources are used and managed in the dual contexts of geographic areas and water use sectors. [...] TEAM GOALS/ RESULTS / EXPECTATIONS: The AWC expects the team to provide a written report and recommendations to the AWC that provides clear definition and understanding of the principles and expectations for “conservation”, “efficiency” and “productivity” such that sectors, Watershed Planning and Advisory Councils, and the public have clear understanding of what these terms mean to them and how th.
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