Can Public Policy. 2011;37(2):219-37. doi: 10.3138/cpp.37.2.219.
Municipal water conservation is increasingly promoted as a key dimension of environmental sustainability at the municipal scale. Progress toward municipal water conservation in Canada has, however, been poor. This paper examines the governance dimension of water conservation, and presents evidence in support of the argument that conservation efforts on the part of water utilities (and sometimes municipalities) are often constrained by factors external to their jurisdiction. To explore these issues, this paper presents a case study of municipal water conservation in Canada. The analysis identifies governance-related barriers to water conservation and explores the relationship between these barriers and broader issues stemming from the multi-scalar, fragmented nature of environmental governance in Canada.
城市节水越来越被视为城市环境可持续性的一个关键方面。然而，加拿大在城市节水方面的进展一直不佳。本文考察了水保护的治理层面，并提供了证据支持这一论点，即水务公司（有时还有市政府）的保护工作往往受到其管辖范围以外的因素的限制。为了探讨这些问题，本文对加拿大的城市水保护进行了案例研究。该分析确定了水保护的治理障碍，并探讨了这些障碍与源自加拿大环境治理的多层次、分散性质的更广泛问题之间的关系。
