The first territory-wide assessment of water use and the cost of providing drinking water for Yukon communities. This report was published in collaboration with municipalities and other partners.

This report is intended to assist in advancing water protection through fostering knowledge- sharing between different governments and organizations. It includes 60 summaries of drinking water systems throughout Yukon.

The strategy is a big-picture plan with six priorities for maintaining the quality, quantity and health of Yukon water for both nature and people. It provides a comprehensive approach for making decisions about water in Yukon and is aimed at what we ultimately want of water, not necessarily specific uses of water.

A water strategy will clarify the government’s approach to water management using a framework of goals and priority actions. The deadline for comments is May 31, 2013. Use the feedback form(133 KB) to provide comments.

A summary of what we heard during the public review of the Draft Yukon Water Strategy. It reflects feedback recieved from 126 formal submissions as wellas 145 attendees at public meetings about the draft document.

The Dam Guide, jointly prepared by Environment Yukon, Yukon Government and YESAB describes design expectations and supporting information required for dam or water control structure construction. It is intended to support, not replace, direct discussions between proponents, assessors and regulators. Topics covered include: general information, assessment and licencing process, information requirements, operations and decommissioning.

This report provides a snapshot of current and forecasted water resource issues in Yukon related to climate change.

Since 2001, four long-term monitoring wells have been established in the community of Whitehorse. This report presents results from these wells in the community of Whitehorse.

This study represents Phase 2 of a microplastics pilot sampling program initiated in March 2021 by the Government of Yukon's Water Resources Branch and Core Geoscience Services. It incorporates recommendations from Phase 1 and has for objectives to test and evaluate the proposed sampling methodology and to investigate microplastics concentrations along the Yukon River upstream and downstream of communities.

A literature review and description of a pilot monitoring program to sample microplastics in the Yukon's freshwater.

Description of "data networks" operated or co-operated by the Government of Yukon’s Water Resources Branch.