Initiatives in Drinking Water First Nations Water Symposium 2010 Peter Ross Environmental Health Officer First Nation and Inuit Health

First Nations Water Symposium 2010 Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Monitoring Program Objective: To ensure the provision of clean, safe, reliable drinking water to community members

First Nations Water Symposium 2010 Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Standard Water Quality Monitoring Template for Bacteriological & Chemical Sampling Initiatives

First Nations Water Symposium 2010 Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Contracting of Accredited Laboratory’s for Bacteriological and Chemical water analysis Continued support of Colilert © System

First Nations Water Symposium 2010 Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Establishment of a Drinking Water Quality Database WaterTrax ©

First Nations Water Symposium 2010 Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Public Health Audit of Water Treatment Plants

First Nations Water Symposium 2010 Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Education & Training Initiatives Water Quality Analysis training

First Nations Water Symposium 2010 Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Education & Training Initiatives Annual Water Workshop

First Nations Water Symposium 2010 Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Education & Training Initiatives Development of a Community Based Drinking Water Monitor education program

First Nations Water Symposium 2010 Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Protocols

First Nations Water Symposium 2010 Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Protocols

First Nations Water Symposium 2010 Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Protocols

First Nations Water Symposium 2010 Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Protocols

First Nations Water Symposium 2010 Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Protocols Water Advisory Tool Kit for First Nations

First Nations Water Symposium 2010 Other Publications “Safe Drinking Water is Important to Me and My Community” A Collection of First Nations Children’s Poems and Stories Environmental Public Health in First Nations Communities, A Career That Makes a Difference! Environmental Public Health Program Booklet

First Nations Water Symposium 2010 Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Our Future To continue to work in partnership with your communities in building and sustaining the Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Program

First Nations Water Symposium 2010 Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Thank you