RésEau is a
Government On-Line demonstration initiative that focuses on water information. RésEau supports clean, safe, and secure water for all Canadians and ecosystems. Specifically, RésEau establishes partnerships and projects to demonstrate the sharing, discovery, access, and use of water information over the Internet.
The initiative is led by Environment Canada in partnership with Natural Resources Canada and Health Canada. Its user-driven focus targets information for a wide range of generalists and specialists - from high school-level youth to water resource managers.
Products - Interactive Web Portal
This interactive Web portal forms the dynamic focal point of RésEau. The portal includes data, interpreted information, tools, and services to facilitate the interconnection of water information from distributed sources to promote a greater understanding of complex water issues for enhanced decision making.
Sound Science / Technical Architecture
Scientific integrity is a key pillar of RésEau starting with credible water quality, quantity and use data.
Standards and specifications endorsed by the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure and the Open Geospatial Consortium are an essential foundation of RésEau projects.
Projects and Partnerships
RésEau plays a leadership role in pulling together existing data and information (including water quality, quantity, and use) from distributed networks of partners across numerous Canadian jurisdictions.
Water stakeholders in many levels of government, nongovernment organizations, and community groups are being engaged through this national partnership initiative. These partnerships demonstrate how information can effectively be shared, discovered, accessed, and used when common technical and scientific standards are adopted.
RésEau builds on Environment Canada's data integration successes achieved through the strategy outlined in the Canadian Information System for the Environment. Collaboration with other national environmental information initiatives is instrumental, including the following:
RésEau is a key step in the complex task of providing Canadians with timely access to credible water information, data, and tools.
We encourage you to get involved in RésEau by contributing to the foundation of accessible water information, and by building your own applications from it.
