Guidance For Providing Safe Drinking Water in Areas of Federal Jurisdiction - Version 1

Acknowledgements

Collaboration between departments is key to developing consistent approaches across the federal government and in First Nations communities. This document has been developed by a working group representing federal government departments that have certain responsibilities for providing clean, safe and reliable drinking water to consumers.

The publication and distribution of this document is only possible thanks to the commitment and hard work of the following individuals.

Interdepartmental Working Group on Drinking Water - Current members

• Pushkar Godbole (co-chair) - Correctional Service Canada
• Patricia Lemay (co-chair) - Health Canada - Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch
• Bill Schutzman - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• Rob May - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• Lily Hang - Canada Border Services Agency
• Michel Maillet - Correctional Service Canada
• Doug Spry - Environment Canada
• Richard Bourassa - Foreign Affairs Canada
• Eric Domingue - Foreign Affairs Canada
• Tim Beattie - Health Canada - Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch
• Jennifer Mercer - Health Canada - First Nations and Inuit Health Branch
• Kristina Taracha - Health Canada - First Nations and Inuit Health Branch
• Veronique Morisset - Health Canada - Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch
• Michael Roy - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
• Jim Steeves - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (PWGSC for INAC)
• Bob Hardy - National Defence
• Jean Héroux - National Defence
• Tag Shattuck - Parks Canada Agency
• Monique St. Amour - Public Works and Government Services Canada
• Carla Pino - Public Works and Government Services Canada
• Chris MacInnis - Public Works and Government Services Canada
• Ryan Gallant - RCMP
• Jessica Baird - Transport Canada

Interdepartmental Working Group on Drinking Water - Past members

• David Bennitz - Health Canada
• Dylan Hardy - Canada Border Services Agency
• Bertrand Haubert - Canada Border Services Agency
• Trevor Whitehouse - Canadian Coast Guard, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
• Barry Duchene - City of Ottawa Drinking Water Services
• Colin Park - Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• Christina Yagminas - Correctional Service Canada
• Pierre-Yves Caux - Environment Canada
• Stephanie McFadyen - Health Canada
• Ruth Plant - Health Canada
• Susan Clay - Health Canada - Workplace Health and Public Safety Programme
• Ian Corbin - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
• Pierre Lamontagne - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
• Geoff Kendell - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (PWGSC for INAC)
• Stephen McCanny - Parks Canada Agency
• Brian Milne - Public Works and Government Services Canada
• Craig Legare - Public Works and Government Services Canada
• Shirley Shea - Public Works and Government Services Canada
• Andrea Cherry - Public Works and Government Services Canada
• Anne Seguin - RCMP

Health Canada's Water Quality and Health Bureau - Secretariat to the Working Group

• Joyce Mortimer
• Will Robertson
• France Lemieux

The Interdepartmental Working Group on Drinking Water would also like to recognize Neil Thomas of ADI Limited. Neil was consulted at various times and his feedback has significantly shaped the present document.

In addition, we would like to extend special thanks to Roberta Smith of Blue Lantern Communications for her invaluable editorial assistance.

Finally, we would also like to acknowledge Pierre Lamontagne from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada who was an active member of the working group at the time he passed away. His contributions to the group and to the development of this document continue to be greatly valued.

Funding for this project was provided by Health Canada's Federal Drinking Water Compliance Program, which is part of the Workplace Health and Public Safety Programme.