Water‐Resources Development in Canada and Overseas

Abstract

Major water projects are encountering increasing public resistance owing to some past failures to take into account all impacts during project evaluation. New delaying factors include undergoing the public consultative process, paying intervenors, seeking public‐policy decisions, and taking government polls to measure public perception. Worthwhile works are being held up beyond reasonable time frames such that the public safety may be put at unnecessary risk. Public perception seems to be replacing sound engineering judgment,