Water Resources

Responsibility for managing Yukon waters is shared with four other departments:

• Health and Social Services – drinking water and private sewage disposal
• Highways and Public Works – provide water and sewage to unincorporated communities.
• Energy Mines and Resources – regulate placer mining activities
• Executive Council Office – Water Board Secretariat - responsible for the water licensing process

The Water Resources Section is responsible for:

• water-related strategic planning and policy development and implementation;

• regional water quality and quantity monitoring and research;

• provision of expert technical advice regionally and nationally;

• enforcement and compliance of the Waters Act and water licences; and

• administration of water security deposits.

Legislation and Regulations

The Waters Act and Waters Regulation guide deposit of waste and water use in the Yukon. Activity is regulated by the Yukon government.

Waters Act

Waters Regulation

Umbrella Final Agreement

• Chapter 14 - Water Management

• Council of Yukon First Nations: First Nations Final Agreements

Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act (YESAA)

Metal Mining Effluent Regulations

Fisheries Act

Contact Information:

Our Whitehorse Offices are located in Room 310 in the Elijah Smith Building, 300 Main Street. Our Water Lab and adjoining office is located at 419 Range Road.

Mailing Address:

Water Resources Section

Environmental Programs Branch

Department of Environment

Government of Yukon

Box 2703

Whitehorse, Yukon  Y1A 2C6

We can be reached by

Phone (867) 667-3171

Toll free (in Yukon): (1-800) 661-0408, local 3171

Fax: (867) 667-3195

E-mail: brian.osmond@gov.yk.ca