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Fort Chipewyan will be one of 20 communities in which the Alberta government will host public sessions to hear Albertans’ thoughts on water. Public sessions, which will also take place in Fort McMurray and Slave Lake, get under way Feb. 19. The facilitated discussions will focus on four priority areas: healthy lakes; water use in hydraulic fracturing; drinking water and wastewater systems; and water management. In addition to these public sessions, government will hold several targeted stakeholder sessions in communities where Watershed Planning and Advisory Councils already exist. These meetings will engage stakeholders that have a significant interest and involvement in water management. In a news release announcing the 20 public sessions, the government noted that First Nations and Métis are being engaged on water issues through a separate processes.
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