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Fe d e ra tio n o f So ve re ig n I nd ig e no us Na tio ns: Re g io na l Ap p ro a c h AFN NAT I O NAL WAT ER SYMPO SI UM AND T RADESHO W NO VEMBER 21ST , 2019 PREPARED BY R. ZAG O ZEWSKI

u E nsure drinkable wate r o n re se rve by c re ating c o mmunity c apac ity fo r F irst Natio ns to take Objec tive o ve r the c are and c o ntro l o f wate r using a F irst Natio ns c o mmunity-base d, multiple -bo tto m line , pre ve ntative appro ac h.

u So urc e to T ap to So urc e (ST 3S) syste m Struc tural u So urc e Wate r Pro te c tio n Appro ac h u Drinking Wate r Re gulatio ns u Waste wate r Re gulatio ns

u He althy Wate r Wo rking Gro up (HWWG) u F ro nt-line e xpe rts to de ve lo p DRAF T re g ulatio ns and standards fo r drinking wate r in F irst Natio ns u Me mbe rs fro m vario us g e o g raphic al lo c atio ns, De ve lo pme nt natio ns, pro fe ssio ns, and bac kg ro unds in SK u Band le ade rship Appro a c h u Wate r Syste ms Ope rato rs u Circ uit Ride r T raine rs u E nviro nme ntal He alth Offic e rs u F ac ulty and staff o f the Unive rsity o f Saskatc he wan

u Bill Ma rio n – Pub lic Wo rks Ma na g e r/ Ope ra to r, Ja me s Smith F N u Crysta l Oke mo w – Chie f o f L uc ky Ma n F N, Ope ra to r He a lthy u L a rry Ca c he ne – F o rme r Chie f o f Ye llo w Quill F N, u De o n Ha ssle r – Ope ra to r, Circ uit Ride r T ra ine r, F HQT C Wa te r u Je ff Mc L e o d – Wa te r Qua lity T e c hnic ia n, He a le r, Sturg e o n L a ke F N Wo rking u Bo b Pra tt – Ope ra to r (Go rdo n F N) a nd fo rme r Ove rsig ht Ope ra to r fo r T AT C Gro up u Mic ha e l Bo b – Co unc illo r, K a hke wiste ha w F N u Ro b e rt Pa tric k – Pro fe sso r, U o f S u Yo la nda Duc ha rme – E HO fo r ML T C u Re b e c c a Za g o ze wski – F a c ilita to r, U o f S

u He althy Wate r Wo rking Gro up u Re vie we d c urre nt fe de ral Pro to c o l and Guidanc e do c ume nts u Re se arc he d be st prac tic e s use d in vario us jurisdic tio ns u E ng ag e me nt – g ro up me e ting s and pre se ntatio ns Wo rk Plan u Cre ate d two DRAF T do c ume nts: u SK F irst Natio ns Drinkable Wate r Re g ulatio ns u Drinkable Wate r Quality Guide line s u SK F irst Natio ns Waste wate r Re g ulatio ns DRAF T

u Re info rc e F irst Natio ns c ulture and laws u Go ve rnanc e and po lic y mo de l c re ate d thro ugh e ngage me nt Build u Multiple bo tto m-line financ ial de c isio n-making u Prio ritize human he alth Co mmunity u Pro te c t e c o syste m he alth u Cre ate / re info rc e so c ial ne two rks Capac ity u Human c apac ity building u I nve st in physic al infrastruc ture

Re info rc e u Re spe c t fo r e arth and wate r u Re c ipro c al re latio nships F irst Natio ns u Ac kno wle dge s F irst Natio ns c ulture and c usto ms Culture and u I ndige no us ways o f kno wing AND We ste rn-sc ie nc e base d info rmatio n L aws

u Cre ate d by F irst Natio ns in SK u Re fle c ts input o n lo c al c o nditio ns and situatio ns u Re spe c ts F irst Natio ns jurisdic tio n Go ve rnanc e u F ills in po lic y gaps with re se arc h and Po lic y u E ac h F irst Natio n is in c o ntro l o f the ir wate r u Pro mo te s so ve re ignty u Co nsiste nt with a natio n-building appro ac h

u Multi-fa c to r de c isio n ma king Multiple u L ife -c yc le o f c apital pro je c ts u All be ing s de se rve c le an wate r Bo tto m L ine u Pro je c t Ma na g e me nt T e a m pro c e ss fo r F ina nc ia l u E limina tio n o f lo w-c o st bidding pro c e ss u F irst Natio ns sig n o ff o n pro je c ts De c isio ns u F irst Na tio ns will de c ide ho w to c re a te b udg e ts o n ho w to me e t the Re g ula tio ns

u Drinkable wate r quality standards base d o n he alth re se arc h Prio ritize u Use le ast amo unt o f tre atme nt pro c e ss c he mic als Human u Se t he alth-base d standards u E x: Pe stic ide s: T o ta l: 0.0005 mg / L ; I ndividua l: 0.0001 mg / L He alth u E x: Chlo rine T o ta l: Ma ximum o f 3 mg / L u E x: T a ste a nd Odo ur Pane l

u Wate r quality standards sho uld be unive rsal and no t vary by the lo c atio n o f the wate r syste m o r so urc e Prio ritize u H e alth (MAC) VS Ope ratio nal VS Ae sthe tic Human Obje c tive s u Standards sho uld be “as lo w as c urre nt te c hno lo gy Health allo ws” (AL ACT A) u Standards sho uld no t be influe nc e d by po litic al (c o nt’d) inte re sts

u So urc e Wate r Pro te c tio n Plans Pro te c t u Stric t waste wate r e fflue nt standards that c o nside r all o rganisms in land and wate r E c o syste m u E xample : All wate rs c o nside re d se nsitive u E xample : L o we r allo wable “fish kill” He alth Co nse rvatio n and plumbing standards u

u Waste wate r quality standards base d Pro te c t e c o syste m he alth re se arc h E c o syste m u U se le ast amo unt o f tre atme nt pro c e ss c he mic als He alth u I nc re ase re te ntio n time u Pre ve ntative appro ac h at c o mmunity le ve l (c o nt’d)

Cre ate and Changing the way that wate r is disc usse d and u c o nside re d in po lic y Re info rc e I nc lusio n o f ac c e ssible and re adable public re po rts u to inc re ase c o nsume r c o nfide nc e with wate r and So c ial o pe rato r u F o rmatio n o f the SK F irst Natio ns Wate r Asso c iatio n Ne two rks

u F irst Natio ns targ e te d c e rtific atio n and e duc atio n se ssio ns u T ra ining / c e rtific a tio n g a ps Huma n u E x: Bio lo g ic al Drinking Wate r T re atme nt mo dule Ca pa c ity u Ope rato r salary re se arc h and suc c e ssio n planning u E le va te s the ro le o f o pe ra to rs in de c isio n-ma king Building a nd pla nning u I nvo lve me nt in PMT me e ting s

u U tilize multiple -bo tto m line fo r pro je c t de c isio ns u E nsure that e ngine e ring c o nsultants unde rstand and I nve st in fo llo w the ne e ds and re que sts o f the c o mmunity u L ife -c yc le appro ac h – c o nside r o pe ratio n and Physic al mainte nanc e c o sts alo ng with c apital c o sts u I nc lusio n o f manuals and standard o pe rating I nfrastruc ture pro c e dure do c ume nts u Cre atio n o f Mainte nanc e Manage me nt Plans, Budge ting Plans, e tc .

u Purpo se : De te rmine c apac ity gaps and budge t re quire me nts fo r the applic atio n o f, and c o mplianc e fo r, the Drinkable Wate r Re gulatio ns Pilo t u AF N O&M Asse t Manage me nt appro ac h u F unding re quire me nts I mple me ntatio n u Ove rsight re quire me nts u Me tho d: 3 to 5 c ase studie s with F irst Natio ns, varying by re gio n and syste ms type s

u Que stio n: Do the c urre nt tre atme nt, distributio n, mo nito ring, e tc . syste ms me e t the Drinkable Wate r Re gulatio ns? Pilo t u De te rmine what it will c o st to fill the se gaps I mple me ntatio n u E ac h F irst Natio n ne go tiate s amo unts to imple me nt the c hange s re quire d to me e t the Re gulatio ns

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