Standards and Guidelines

In order to ensure that residents of First Nation communities have clean drinking water, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) has developed standards and guidelines to be used for all water systems destined to provide this vital element.

What Information is Available?

• Water and Wastewater Policy and Level of Services Standards (Corporate Manual System)
• The Protocol for Centralised Drinking Water Systems in First Nations Communities
• The Design Guidelines for First Nations Water Works were developed to serve as a general guide to engineers in the preparation of plans and specifications for public water supply systems on First Nations Lands.
• Protocol for Centralised Wastewater Systems in First Nations Communities
• Protocol for Decentralised Water and Wastewater Systems in First Nations Communities