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FREMP
> Estuary Management Plan > Action
Programs > Water and Sediment Quality
Ensuring that the waters of the Fraser River are sufficiently clean to
support fish and wildlife, meet irrigation needs, and to provide recreational
opportunities, is the responsibility of federal, provincial, regional
and municipal governments. Together, these orders of government manage
sewer and industrial effluents, agricultural and urban runoff, groundwater
and surface contamination, and environmental emergencies.
To help the many agencies involved in environmental quality management
in the Fraser River estuary, the updated Estuary Management Plan (EMP)
directs the FREMP partners and other organizations to develop an integrated
approach to water quality management and monitoring. In real terms, this
means:
- establishing
rules to protect the healthy components of the aquatic ecosystem;
- developing
an integrated monitoring framework to help coordinate monitoring efforts;
and
- taking
action to improve water and sediment quality where and when needed.
Approved in 2002, the GVRD Liquid Waste Management Plan (LWMP) will assist
with the integration of water quality management and monitoring in the
estuary.
FREMP and
its partners have also initiated or continued several key studies in the
estuary. Chief among these are studies on contaminated concentrations
in water, sediments and resident fish, and an assessment of resident fish
health.
To learn
more, read the Estuary
Management Plan.
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