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Environmental Baseline Study: Hydrology Total E&P Canada Ltd. Calgary, Alberta BBinderinder SSectionection PPages.inddages.indd ccover3over3 112/11/20072/11/2007 11:53:00:53:00 PPMM Environmental Baseline Study: Hydrology Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1-1 1.1 Background .................................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.2 Focus of Baseline Investigations .................................................................................................. 1-1 1.3 Study Areas .................................................................................................................................. 1-3 1.3.1 Local Study Area ............................................................................................................. 1-3 1.3.2 Regional Study Area ....................................................................................................... 1-3 2 Methods ....................................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1 Local Study Area .......................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1.1 Review of Historical Data ............................................................................................... 2-1 2.1.2 Evaluation of Precipitation, Runoff and Drainage Patterns and Waterbodies................. 2-2 2.1.3 North Saskatchewan River Flow Regime ........................................................................ 2-3 2.2 Regional Study Area .................................................................................................................... 2-3 2.2.1 Review of Historical Data ............................................................................................... 2-3 2.2.2 Licensed Withdrawals from the North Saskatchewan River ........................................... 2-4 2.3 Quality Assurance and Quality Control ....................................................................................... 2-4 3 Results ......................................................................................................................................... 3-1 3.1 Local Study Area .......................................................................................................................... 3-1 3.1.1 Evaluation of Precipitation, Runoff, Drainage Patterns and Waterbodies ...................... 3-1 3.1.2 North Saskatchewan River Flow Regime ........................................................................ 3-9 3.1.3 Regional Study Area ..................................................................................................... 3-11 3.2 Summary .................................................................................................................................... 3-17 3.2.1 Local Study Area ........................................................................................................... 3-17 3.2.2 Regional Study Area ..................................................................................................... 3-18 4 References ................................................................................................................................... 4-1 List of Tables Table 2.1-1 Hydrometric Stations for Regional Analysis ................................................................... 2-2 Table 3.1-1 Monthly Precipitation Summary for the Fort Saskatchewan Climate Station 3012710 (1958–2006) ..................................................................................................... 3-1 Table 3.1-2 Derived Monthly and Annual Precipitation Statistics for the Fort Saskatchewan Climate Station 3012710 (1958–2006) ........................................................................... 3-3 Table 3.1-3 Short-Duration Rainfall Intensities for Edmonton City Centre Airport Climate Station 3012208 (1914–1995) ......................................................................................... 3-3 Table 3.1-4 Derived Flood Discharges for Regional Hydrometric Stations ....................................... 3-5 Table 3.1-5 Derived Mean Annual Water Yields for Regional Hydrometric Stations ....................... 3-7 Table 3.1-6 Monthly Discharges for Station 05DF001 North Saskatchewan River at Edmonton (1912–2002) ................................................................................................. 3-10 Table 3.1-7 Extreme Flood and Low Flow Discharges for Station 05DF001 North Saskatchewan River at Edmonton (1912–2005) ................................................. 3-11 Table 3.1-8 Major Water Withdrawals in the Regional Study Area ................................................. 3-13 TOTAL E&P Canada Ltd. December 2007 Page i Environmental Baseline Study: Hydrology Table of Contents List of Figures Figure 1.1-1 TOTAL Lands ................................................................................................................. 1-2 Figure 1.3-1 Hydrology Local Study Area .......................................................................................... 1-4 Figure 1.3-2 Hydrology Regional Study Area ..................................................................................... 1-5 Figure 3.1-1 Monthly Precipitation Summary for Fort Saskatchewan Climate Station 3012710 (1958–2006) .................................................................................................................... 3-2 Figure 3.1-2 Short-Duration Rainfall Intensities for Edmonton City Centre Airport Climate Station 3012208 (1914–1995) ......................................................................................... 3-4 Figure 3.1-3 Regional Runoff Relationships for 2, 10 and 100-year Floods ....................................... 3-6 Figure 3.1-4 Drainage Patterns and Watercourses in the TOTAL Lands ............................................ 3-8 Figure 3.1-5 Major Water Withdrawal Locations in the Regional Study Area ................................. 3-12 December 2007 TOTAL E&P Canada Ltd. Page ii Environmental Baseline Study: Hydrology Acronyms and Abbreviations Acronyms and Abbreviations IDF ............................................................................................. intensity–duration–frequency LSA .................................................................................................................. local study area LSD ................................................................................................................ legal subdivision NSWA ..................................................................... North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance NTS ........................................................................................... National Topographic Service RSA ............................................................................................................ regional study area TOTAL ........................................................................................... TOTAL E&P Canada Ltd. TOTAL E&P Canada Ltd. December 2007 Page iii Environmental Baseline Study: Hydrology Acronyms and Abbreviations December 2007 TOTAL E&P Canada Ltd. Page iv Environmental Baseline Study: Hydrology Section 1: Introduction 1 Introduction 1.1 Background TOTAL E&P Canada Ltd. (TOTAL) owns a parcel of land in Alberta’s Industrial Heartland near Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta (see Figure 1.1-1). The parcel is situated in the following portions of Township 55, Range 21, West of the 4th Meridian: • Section 18: • portions of legal subdivisions (LSDs) 11, 12 • all of LSDs 13 and 14 • Section 19 • Section 20: • portion of LSD 3 • all of LSDs 4, 5 and 6 • northwest quarter Throughout this document, this land (including small inholdings that TOTAL is intending to acquire) is referred to as the TOTAL lands. This report is one of a series of studies prepared to document the environmental baseline conditions of the TOTAL lands and surrounding area. 1.2 Focus of Baseline Investigations The hydrology baseline investigation included collection, compilation and analysis of data to characterize local and regional hydrological characteristics of the TOTAL lands and downstream waterbodies. This included: • drainage patterns and waterbodies in the local study area (LSA) • flows in the LSA waterbodies and the North Saskatchewan River, which is included in the regional study area (RSA) TOTAL E&P Canada Ltd. 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