Initiatives in Drinking Water

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Peter Ross

Environmental Health Officer

First Nation and Inuit Health

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Drinking Water Quality Monitoring

Monitoring Program Objective:

To ensure the provision of clean, safe, reliable drinking water to community members

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Drinking Water Quality Monitoring

Standard Water Quality Monitoring Template for Bacteriological & Chemical Sampling

Initiatives

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Drinking Water Quality Monitoring

Contracting of Accredited Laboratory’s for Bacteriological and Chemical water analysis

Continued support of Colilert© System

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Drinking Water Quality Monitoring

Establishment of a Drinking Water Quality Database

WaterTrax©

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Drinking Water Quality Monitoring

Public Health Audit of Water Treatment Plants

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Education & Training Initiatives

Water Quality Analysis training

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Education & Training Initiatives

Annual Water Workshop

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Education & Training Initiatives

Development of a Community Based Drinking Water Monitor education program

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Protocols

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Drinking Water Quality Monitoring

Protocols

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Drinking Water Quality Monitoring

Protocols

First Nations Water Symposium 2010

Drinking Water Quality Monitoring

Protocols

First Nations Water Symposium 2010

Drinking Water Quality Monitoring

Protocols

Water Advisory Tool Kit for First Nations

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Other Publications

“Safe Drinking Water is Important to Me and My Community”A Collection of First Nations Children’s Poems and Stories

Environmental Public Health in First Nations Communities, A Career That Makes a Difference!

Environmental Public Health Program Booklet

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Drinking Water Quality Monitoring

Our Future

To continue to work in partnership with your communities in building and sustaining the Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Program

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Thank you