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 km2
Km 640 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 (shoreline) Urban Runoff = 1000 kg = 2000 kg
Internal Load = 9,000 kg ChlorophyllChlorophyll aa andand PhosphorusPhosphorus inin AlbertaAlberta LakesLakes
1000
100 (µg/L) a
10 CHLOROPHYLL
1 1 10 100 1000 TOTAL PHOSPHORUS (µg/L) 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 LakeLake protection:protection: whatwhat isis needed?needed?
ScientificScientific knowledge,knowledge, expertise,expertise, relevantrelevant policies,policies, andand commitmentcommitment
AA systematicsystematic approachapproach oror ““managementmanagement frameworkframework”” toto guideguide thethe processprocess TheThe PinePine LakeLake ProjectProject Pine Lake Phosphorus Budget, 1992 Calculated Loading of Phosphorus from Sewage Streams (665 kg) 32.9% Diffuse Runoff Areas (64 kg) Atmospheric Deposition (62 kg) Net Internal Loading (1228 kg) (Includes theoretical 3.2% sewage loading of 118 kg) 3.1% 60.8% ProjectsProjects atat PinePine LakeLake
88 watershedwatershed BMPBMP projectsprojects (1993(1993--98)98) 33 sewagesewage treatmenttreatment projectsprojects (1993(1993-- 1999)1999) 11 majormajor inin--lakelake treatmenttreatment projectproject (hypolimnetic(hypolimnetic withdrawal,withdrawal, 1998)1998) plusplus treatmenttreatment wetlandwetland (2000)(2000) UseUse ofof ““BathtubBathtub”” toto modelmodel futurefuture restorationrestoration scenariosscenarios CrossCross--SectionSection ofof PinePine LakeLake ShowingShowing WithdrawalWithdrawal SystemSystem LacLac SteSte AnneAnne andand LakeLake IsleIsle
DomesticDomestic petpet mortalitymortality atat LacLac SteSte AnneAnne 19951995 LedLed toto greatgreat publicpublic interestinterest inin trophictrophic issuesissues andand waterwater qualityquality managementmanagement LSALSA andand LakeLake IsleIsle IntensiveIntensive watershedwatershed andand lakeslakes studystudy ““BathtubBathtub”” usedused toto modelmodel futurefuture scenariosscenarios LacLac Ste.Ste. AnneAnne andand IsleIsle LakeLake
Tributary
Diffuse Runoff Area
Twp 55 BirchBirch
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Twp 53
Rge 5 Rge 4 Rge 3
Isle Lake - Lac Ste Anne Basin
Rge 7 Rge 6 Isle Lake P-budget, March 1 to October 31, 1997
Total Load = 23403 kg 35.2%
Surface Runoff 8234 kg
Atmospheric Deposition 469 kg
Cottages (Sewage) 700 kg
Net Internal Load 14000 kg
59.8% 2.0% 3.0% Lac Ste. Anne P-budget, March 1 to October 31, 1997
28.2% Total Load = 42036 kg
Surface Runoff 11854 kg
From Lake Isle 5732 kg
Atmospheric Deposition 1068 kg
Cottages (Sewage) 1272 kg
Net Internal Load 22110 kg
52.6% 13.6%
3.0% 2.5% N
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SPRING 1000 SUMMER
800
600 Mass Loads and MASS LOAD (kg) LOAD MASS 400 Mass Loads and
200 FlowFlow--WeightedWeighted
0 AverageAverage EAST
WEISE Concentrations of NORTH Concentrations of SAILING WILSON BEAVER SUCKER WILLOW SONRISE BIRCH BAY PARKLAND DIVERSION TotalTotal PhosphorusPhosphorus 2.5
SPRING inin GullGull LakeLake 2 SUMMER StreamsStreams MonitoredMonitored 1.5 DuringDuring 19991999 1 FWMC (mg/L)
0.5
0 EAST WEISE NORTH SAILING WILSON BEAVER SUCKER WILLOW SONRISE BIRCH BAY PARKLAND DIVERSION GullGull LakeLake PP--budgetbudget 20002000
3.8% 4.1% 2000
TOTAL LOAD = 16,245 kg 33.3% (Preliminary Estimates) Forest
Agricultural/Cleared
Precipitation/Dustfall
Internal Load 48.0% (bottom sediments) Blindman Diversion
10.8% WaterWater QualityQuality ProtectionProtection PlanPlan
CanCan bebe defineddefined byby aa maximummaximum phosphorusphosphorus loadingloading limitlimit calculatedcalculated forfor aa lakelake EffortsEfforts toto controlcontrol phosphorusphosphorus willwill helphelp toto controlcontrol otherother pollutants,pollutants, suchsuch asas nitrogen,nitrogen, sedimentsediment andand bacteriabacteria SummarySummary
KnowledgeKnowledge andand toolstools areare availableavailable toto helphelp guideguide lakelake waterwater qualityquality restorationrestoration projectsprojects ThankThank You!You!
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