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Introduction to Water Act & Public Lands Act
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Overview
Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD)
• Water Act
• Public Lands Act • Water bodies claimed by Crown
• Process
• Incorporating Naturalized Storm Water Facilities
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1894 – Northwest Irrigation Act
Section 5
Crown reserved ownership:
• lake, river, stream or other body of water
• water contained or flowing therein
• the land forming the bed or shore thereof
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Water Act
• Governs how the Province manages water
• To promote the conservation and management of water, including the wise allocation and use of water.
• Promote economic growth and prosperity
• Protection of existing rights
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Water Act
• Definition of Water body is very broad
• Activities in Water Body are subject to Legislation
• Water Act Approval
• Codes of Practise
• Temporary Diversion Licenses
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Wetland Management in the Settled Area of Alberta – Interim Policy
• Goal:
sustain the social, economic, & environmental benefits that functioning wetlands provide now and in the future
• Provincial Wetland Compensation/Restoration Guidelines • 2007
• Alberta Environment & North American Waterfowl Management Partnership
• New Alberta Wetland Policy
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Public Lands Act
• Manage Crown Land
• Many Water bodies are owned by Crown
• Section 3 (1) – what the Crown claims • Permanent and naturally bodies of water
• Rivers, streams, watercourses and lakes
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Section 3 (1) Public Lands Act
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Public Lands Act
• Section 3 (2) – What the Crown doesn’t claim • Title specifically includes bed and shore
• Grants before NWIA
• Federal Land
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Section 3 (2) Public Lands Act
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Section 3 (3) Public Lands Act
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Definitions
Bed and Shore • Land covered by water long enough to impact vegetation and soils
• Bed – land covered by water
• Shore – land between bank and water
• Bank • Line where the bed and shore of the body of water ceases
• Mark left on terrain from long-continued presence or action of water
• Ordinary High Water Line
• Natural Boundary
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Ownership Determination
• Water Boundaries Unit
• Section 3 Public Lands Act
• Resource and time intensive
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Ownership Determination
• Check for previous reviews
• Aerial photography
• Satellite imagery
• Current titles
• Township plans
• Registered plans
• Original grant
• Original surveyor notes
• Survey plans
• ESRD Field staff
• Land Status Automated System
• Other sources
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Prairie Pothole Wet/Dry Cycle
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Incorporating a Naturalized Storm Water Management Facility
• Avoid, Mitigate, Compensate • Compensation last resort
• Compensation under Water Act and Public Lands Act
• Water Act Approval required for activity in any water body
• Public Lands Act Approval required for activity impacting Crown bed and shore
• Formal Disposition
• Temporary Field Authorization