Department Structure
To
protect, conserve and enhance the Province's environment through the management of water
resources, the environmental assessment of undertakings and the control and management of
substances and activities that may pollute the environment.
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Pollution
Prevention
The mandate of the Pollution Prevention
Division is to prevent and mitigate the adverse environmental effects of industrial
activity, pesticide usage, hazardous products storage and handling, and the generation and
disposal of solid and liquid wastes. This is accomplished through: monitoring industrial
emissions and effluent; establishing and enforcing compliance agreements; licensing and
training of pesticide applicators and the general public, the adoption of the concept of
integrated waste management; and in the approval of innovative contaminated site
remediation technology.
Water Resources
The objective of the Water Resources
Division is to administer various Acts as they relate to the allocation of water, stream
alterations, protection of water supply areas, licensing of well drillers and other
aspects of water resource management.
Environmental
Assessment
Our mission is
to ensure that development proceeds in an environmentally acceptable
manner.
Parks and Natural Areas
Lands
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