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Water and Energy in the North Saskatchewan River Watershed IntegratedIntegrated WatershedWatershed ManagementManagement PlanningPlanning forfor thethe NorthNorth SaskatchewanSaskatchewan RiverRiver BasinBasin Presented to AlbertaAlberta HealthHealth SeptSept 17,17, 20092009 OutlineOutline WaterWater forfor LifeLife (2003)(2003) NSWANSWA functionfunction WatershedWatershed PlanningPlanning InitiativesInitiatives LakeLake ManagementManagement ChallengesChallenges WaterWater forfor LifeLife (2003)(2003) OutcomesOutcomes:: ¾ SafeSafe drinkingdrinking waterwater ¾ HealthyHealthy aquaticaquatic ecosystemsecosystems ¾ ReliableReliable waterwater suppliessupplies KeyKey DirectionsDirections:: ¾ KnowledgeKnowledge andand researchresearch ¾ WaterWater conservationconservation ¾ PartnershipsPartnerships forfor watershedwatershed managementmanagement andand stewardshipstewardship WaterWater forfor LifeLife RenewalRenewal (2008)(2008) Nov.Nov. 16,16, 20082008 MinsterMinster RennerRenner confirmsconfirms originaloriginal WFLWFL outcomesoutcomes andand keykey directionsdirections WPACWPAC rolerole inin watershedwatershed assessmentassessment andand planningplanning rere-- confirmedconfirmed WatershedWatershed PlanningPlanning AdvisoryAdvisory CouncilsCouncils NineNine WPACsWPACs havehave beenbeen Hay River watershed appointedappointed inin AlbertaAlberta • MandateMandate:: Peace River Watershed Athabasca River ¾¾StateState ofof thethe Watershed WatershedWatershed ReportsReports Lesser Slave Lake Watershed Council Beaver River ¾¾IntegratedIntegrated WatershedWatershed Watershed Alliance North Saskatchewan ManagementManagement PlansPlans Watershed Alliance Battle River ¾¾DevelopDevelop collaborativecollaborative Watershed Alliance Red Deer approachesapproaches toto Watershed Alliance Bow River watershedwatershed planningplanning Basin Council SEAWA Oldman Watershed Council Milk River Watershed Canada NorthNorth SaskatchewanSaskatchewan WatershedWatershed AllianceAlliance (NSWA)(NSWA) AA multimulti--stakeholder,stakeholder, nonnon--profitprofit societysociety FormedFormed inin 19991999 byby EPCOR,EPCOR, TroutTrout Unlimited,Unlimited, PFRA,PFRA, TransAlta,TransAlta, CityCity ofof EdmontonEdmonton AppointedAppointed WPACWPAC inin 20052005 MembershipMembership renewalrenewal • (2009)(2009) WebWeb sitesite www.nswa.ab.cawww.nswa.ab.ca 20082008--0909 ExecutiveExecutive MembersMembers President:President: Dr.Dr. LesLes GammieGammie (EPCOR)(EPCOR) ViceVice--Pres:Pres: ReeveReeve PatPat AlexanderAlexander (Clearwater(Clearwater County)County) Treasurer:Treasurer: T.T. BentleyBentley (Paddle(Paddle Alberta)Alberta) Secretary:Secretary: CandaceCandace VaninVanin (AAC)(AAC) 20092009--1010 BoardBoard MembersMembers Mayor Jim Bague (Town of Rocky Mt. House) Pat Gordeyko (County of Two Hills) Bill Fox (Alberta Beef Producers) Tracy Scott (Ducks Unlimited Canada) Andrew Schoepf (Prov. Gov. - AENV) Jamie Wuite (Prov. Gov. – AARD) Sid Lodewyk (City of Edmonton) Rod Kause (TransAlta) Dr. N. Krogman (U of A) Dr. L. Danielson (NCIA) Ted Bentley (Paddle Alberta) Bob Winship (Weyerhaeuser Co.) 3 Vacancies (Metis, First Nations, Petroleum) NSWANSWA -- CapacityCapacity 66 StaffStaff GordonGordon Thompson,Thompson, P.P. EngEng TomTom Cottrell,Cottrell, M.A.M.A. GrahamGraham WattWatt--Gremm,Gremm, M.Sc.M.Sc. BillieBillie Milholland,Milholland, B.A.B.A. JaymeJayme Nelson,Nelson, B.Sc.B.Sc. DavidDavid Trew,Trew, P.P. Biol.Biol. ExtensiveExtensive inin--kindkind supportsupport fromfrom NSWANSWA membersmembers andand CityCity ofof EdmontonEdmonton ConsultantsConsultants NSWANSWA InitiativesInitiatives (2002(2002--06)06) North Saskatchewan River Guide (2002) Community Watershed Stewardship Toolkit (2002) Canadian Heritage Rivers Program (2005) State of the Watershed Report (2005) Municipal Resource Guide (2006) TheThe NSRNSR IntegratedIntegrated WatershedWatershed ManagementManagement PlanPlan (IWMP)(IWMP) Objectives:Objectives: DevelopDevelop strategiesstrategies toto protectprotect drinkingdrinking water,water, aquaticaquatic ecosystemsecosystems andand waterwater suppliessupplies forfor futurefuture generationsgenerations IntegrateIntegrate landland andand waterwater planningplanning WorkWork collaborativelycollaboratively withwith allall watershedwatershed sectorssectors CompleteComplete planplan byby endend ofof 2010.2010. IWMPIWMP WorkWork PlanPlan –– MainMain ActivitiesActivities WatershedWatershed--scalescale assessmentassessment andand modelingmodeling EconomicEconomic implicationsimplications ofof water/watershedwater/watershed planningplanning recommendationsrecommendations PublicPublic participationparticipation andand multimulti--sectorsector engagementengagement ((municipalities,municipalities, industries,industries, NGOsNGOs)) PlanPlan developmentdevelopment ((recommendations,recommendations, strategies,strategies, policiespolicies)) BasinBasin StatisticsStatistics BasinBasin areaarea 57,00057,000 kmkm2 1212 subsub––basins,basins, 3737 recreationalrecreational lakeslakes 2020 counties,counties, GreenGreen Zone,Zone, 22 Nat.Nat. ParksParks 1.181.18 millionmillion peoplepeople (mostly(mostly Cap.Cap. Region)Region) 100+100+ cities,cities, towns,towns, villagesvillages 1414 FirstFirst NationsNations andand MetisMetis CommunitiesCommunities 22 largelarge hydroelectrichydroelectric reservoirs,reservoirs, 44 largelarge coalcoal firedfired powerpower plantsplants PetrochemicalPetrochemical IndustriesIndustries (SIA(SIA andand NCIA)NCIA) 57,000 km 2 640 Km Green Zone Jasper NP Banff NP KeyKey issues:issues: mainmain--stemstem NSRNSR HeadwatersHeadwaters supplysupply ReservoirReservoir operationsoperations WaterWater useuse forfor energyenergy productionproduction DrinkingDrinking waterwater sourcesource protectionprotection (NPS)(NPS) UrbanUrban impacts:impacts: SS,SS, CSOsCSOs andand WWTPsWWTPs IndustrialIndustrial impactsimpacts Industrial Urban Reservoirs Upstream NPS Energy Production Headwaters LakeLake WaterWater QualityQuality Management:Management: BackgroundBackground InformationInformation P- LOADINGS DEPTH FLUSHING RATE P-RETENTION OECDOECD (1982):(1982): AA newnew P- CONCENTRATIONS assessmentassessment SALINITY tooltool forfor lakeslakes TURBIDITY N:P RATIOS ALGAL CONCENTRATIONS TheThe VollenweiderVollenweider ModelModel (1969)(1969) TTPP == SteadySteady statestate concentrationconcentration LL == AnnualAnnual arealareal [TP] = L loadingloading ofof PP zz == MeanMean depthdepth z (σ + ρω) ρρ == FlushingFlushing raterate w σσ == sedimentationsedimentation coefficientcoefficient PhosphorusPhosphorus SourcesSources PP--LoadingLoading StudiesStudies STREAMS AreAre AlbertaAlberta lakeslakes vulnerable?vulnerable? GeologicalGeological settingsetting RelativelyRelatively fewfew highhigh qualityquality lakeslakes ManyMany areare shallowshallow andand naturallynaturally fertilefertile MostMost areare poorlypoorly flushedflushed HighHigh retentionretention ofof phosphorusphosphorus andand otherother substancessubstances WhatWhat factorsfactors areare ofof concern?concern? Continuing development pressure on lakeshores Continuing development pressure on watersheds (agriculture, forestry, oil and gas development, residential) Industrial and urban air emissions Potential for climate change WhyWhy bebe concerned?concerned? LakesLakes areare keykey recreationalrecreational destinationsdestinations ProvincialProvincial ParksParks ExtensiveExtensive shorelineshoreline investmentinvestment SportSport fishing,fishing, boatingboating ValueValue ofof lakeslakes inin thethe recreationalrecreational economy?economy? 2004 Total GDP: $187 Billion Construction Energy 7.5% 23.9% Mfg. Agriculture 2.1% 8.8% Education 3.6% Health Transp.& 4.4% Utilities 7.0% Public Admin. 3.6% Bus. & Comm. Services 8.9% Finance & Real Estate 15.6% Tourism & Cons. Serv. Retail & Wholesale 9.5% 5.2% WhatWhat’’ss beenbeen donedone inin AlbertaAlberta?? (AENV database, since mid 1970s) HowHow manymany lakeslakes withwith nutrientnutrient data?data? (438)(438) HowHow manymany withwith ““timetime seriesseries”” nutrientnutrient datadata versusversus singlesingle samples?samples? (169)(169) HowHow manymany currentlycurrently monitored?monitored? (57)(57) HowHow manymany withwith watershedwatershed (diagnostic)(diagnostic) studies?studies? (6)(6) HowHow manymany withwith inin--lakelake treatmentstreatments (5)(5) HowHow manymany lakeslakes withwith phosphorusphosphorus targetstargets established?established? (1)(1) HowHow manymany watershedwatershed restoration/managementrestoration/management projects?projects? (1)(1) LakeLake PhosphorusPhosphorus ConcentrationsConcentrations 300 300 Hypereutrophic (Very High Productivity) ) 250 250 3 (>100 mg/m3) Oligotrophic (Low Productivity) 200 200 (<10 mg/m3) 150 Mesotrophic Eutrophic 150 (Moderate Productivity) (High Productivity) (10-35 mg/m3) (35-100 mg/m3) 100 100 TOTAL PHOSPHORUS (mg/m TOTAL 50 50 0 0 Gull Long Jarvis Gregg Steele Newell Sylvan Moose Garner Pigeon Reesor Travers McLeod Dillberry Thunder Cardinal Crimson Elkwater Gregoire La BicheLa Miquelon Beauvais Winagami Wabamun Moonshine North Buck North Touchwood Chain Lakes Chain Sturgeon Main Sturgeon Police Outpost Police Spruce Coulee Spruce Buffalo Main Bay Buffalo Main LAKE NAME Secondary Buffalo TypicalTypical NutrientNutrient SourcesSources PP--LoadingLoading StudiesStudies STREAMS SlideSlide showingshowing sedimentsediment cores?cores? LakeLake PhosphorusPhosphorus LoadingsLoadings Rain/Dust/Snow = 500 kg Watershed Runoff = 4000 kg (Forest) = 3000 kg (Agric) Sewage
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