DOI: 10.5683/sp3/be5r96
title: Empirical Data Archive: Characterizing Water Services in Ontario First Nations and Municipalities 2009-2010

description: Project Summary: 
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On many First Nations’ reserves across Canada, lack of safe drinking water is a chronic problem. Many First Nations and municipalities across Ontario have formed collaborative relationships to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes, such as improved service provision, or economic development. The aim of this research project was the study of collaborative water sharing arrangements between First Nations and municipalities in Ontario. This $371,300 project took place between 2018-2025. It was an interdisciplinary effort, involving a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods including statistical analysis, and in-depth case studies. It involved the efforts of several Undergraduate and Graduate Research Assistants, in addition to the research team identified below. The central aim was to identify the potential scope for water sharing in the Province, and factors influencing communities to engage, or not engage, in these exchanges. The empirical portion of the research that produced this data was led by Brady Deaton, with data organization and archiving efforts led by Bethany Lipka.
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The Canadian &lt;a href="https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/063.nsf/eng/h_83F7624E.html"&gt; Tri-Agency Statement of Principles on Digital Data Management &lt;/a&gt; states that “research data collected with the use of public funds belong, to the fullest extent possible, in the public domain and available for reuse by others”. The research team has striven to meet this open data standard, by making all empirical project data available to future users in a well-documented and accessible manner. 
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This repository is part of a broader collection that includes additional archived resources from the above described project, including publication repositories with replication files. The complete collection can be accessed within the &lt;a href="https://borealisdata.ca/dataverse/isnrg"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Collaborative Relationships Between First Nations and Municipalities&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/a&gt; project collection in the Agri-environmental Research Data Repository. 
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Any questions regarding this data archive can be directed to the data contacts.
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Research Team: 
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Dr. Brady Deaton, Primary Investigator, Department of FARE, University of Guelph
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Dr. Sheri Longboat, Co-Investigator, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph
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Dr. Christopher Alcantara, Co-Investigator, Political Science, Western University
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Bethany Lipka, Project Coordinator, Department of FARE, University of Guelph
description: Collaborative Relationships Between First Nations and Municipalities in Ontario
description: The municipal water system reports (inspection reports, annual reports and summary reports) included in this archive were generated by municipal governements in accordance with applicable regulations governing the residential drinking water systems in Ontario under the <i>Safe Drinking Water Act</i>, 2002. Drinking Water Quality Management System (DWQMS) Operational Plans were created by municipalities to govern the accredited operational authority for their water systems, in line with the province's <i>Drinking Water Quality Management Standard</i>.
description: <b>Notes on browsing:</b>
The project data is organized into three main categories: Master Data Files, Project Information and Source Data Files. Please review the Repository Guide (filename: 100A_ONWS_RepositoryGuide.pdf) prior to browsing.
Users can toggle between ‘Table’ and ‘Tree’ views. Table view displays all files in the dataset sorted in numerical-alphabetic order. Tree view displays files in folder structure. Users are recommended to view the archive in Tree view for ease of search and navigation and to support understanding of the relationships between files.