Yukon-NWT transboundary water management agreements
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Overview
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is negotiating with the Yukon Government to update the Yukon-Northwest Territories (NWT) Transboundary Water Management Agreement, which was signed in 2002.
The intent is to modernize the existing agreement and align it with more recent transboundary agreements with Alberta and British Columbia.
Background
The GNWT and Yukon Government have negotiated two separate Yukon-NWT Intentions Documents towards the development of two final Transboundary Water Management Agreements – one for the Peel/Mackenzie Delta basins and one for the Liard basin – because waters that flow between Yukon and the NWT are located within these two separate areas. Intentions Documents lay out the main commitments of the final agreements.
Previously the GNWT has asked for public input on the NWT Water Stewardship Strategy, on Intentions Documents for bilateral agreements with Alberta and British Columbia, and on negotiating positions for modernizing the 2002 agreement with Yukon. The GNWT is now seeking input from NWT residents on these Yukon-NWT Intentions Documents.
- Transboundary agreements are important to both upstream and downstream jurisdictions because they provide a long-term framework to manage shared water resources in the Mackenzie River Basin in a sustainable manner for current and future generations. Transboundary agreements help to ensure that aquatic ecosystem health of shared water is maintained.
- Transboundary agreements also commit the jurisdictions to consult, notify and share information on developments that might affect the aquatic ecosystem in downstream jurisdictions. These agreements establish a common and agreed-upon set of conditions regarding water quality, water quantity, aquatic life and monitoring that will demonstrate how jurisdictional interests are being achieved.
- The GNWT believes the two Yukon-NWT Transboundary Water Management Agreements will provide certainty, help ensure that the quality, quantity and rate of flow of waters flowing into the NWT are maintained and promote effective transboundary water management in the NWT.
Next Steps
Comments that were received during the engagement period will be considered while finalizing the Yukon-NWT Transboundary Water Management Agreements. Once the public engagement deadline has passed, Next Steps will be summarized in a What We Heard report that will be made public.
Questions can be sent to nwtwaterstrategy@gov.nt.ca
Cliquez ici pour consulter la présente page en français.
Overview
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is negotiating with the Yukon Government to update the Yukon-Northwest Territories (NWT) Transboundary Water Management Agreement, which was signed in 2002.
The intent is to modernize the existing agreement and align it with more recent transboundary agreements with Alberta and British Columbia.
Background
The GNWT and Yukon Government have negotiated two separate Yukon-NWT Intentions Documents towards the development of two final Transboundary Water Management Agreements – one for the Peel/Mackenzie Delta basins and one for the Liard basin – because waters that flow between Yukon and the NWT are located within these two separate areas. Intentions Documents lay out the main commitments of the final agreements.
Previously the GNWT has asked for public input on the NWT Water Stewardship Strategy, on Intentions Documents for bilateral agreements with Alberta and British Columbia, and on negotiating positions for modernizing the 2002 agreement with Yukon. The GNWT is now seeking input from NWT residents on these Yukon-NWT Intentions Documents.
- Transboundary agreements are important to both upstream and downstream jurisdictions because they provide a long-term framework to manage shared water resources in the Mackenzie River Basin in a sustainable manner for current and future generations. Transboundary agreements help to ensure that aquatic ecosystem health of shared water is maintained.
- Transboundary agreements also commit the jurisdictions to consult, notify and share information on developments that might affect the aquatic ecosystem in downstream jurisdictions. These agreements establish a common and agreed-upon set of conditions regarding water quality, water quantity, aquatic life and monitoring that will demonstrate how jurisdictional interests are being achieved.
- The GNWT believes the two Yukon-NWT Transboundary Water Management Agreements will provide certainty, help ensure that the quality, quantity and rate of flow of waters flowing into the NWT are maintained and promote effective transboundary water management in the NWT.
Next Steps
Comments that were received during the engagement period will be considered while finalizing the Yukon-NWT Transboundary Water Management Agreements. Once the public engagement deadline has passed, Next Steps will be summarized in a What We Heard report that will be made public.
Questions can be sent to nwtwaterstrategy@gov.nt.ca
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Open
Yukon-NWT transboundary water management agreements has finished this stageEngagement feedback from February 11, 2021 to March 15, 2021
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