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Ian Parsons Water Resources Division Nunavut Regional Office INAC June 1, 2011 Overview
. Hydrometric Monitoring in Nunavut
. Partnership between Kivalliq Inuit Association (KIA) and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
. Water Licenses Issued in Nunavut
. High Cost of Water Quality Sampling
. Options for Continuous Monitoring
Hydrometric Monitoring
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NUNAVUT . 38 hydrometric 10050 0 100 200 70°N Kilometres stations
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NUNAVUT . Partnership 10050 0 100 200 70°N Kilometres started in 2004
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NUNAVUT . 275 water 10050 0 100 200 70°N Kilometres licenses
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SON Projection: Canada Lambert Conformal Conic, NAD 83 HUD
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. Nunavut covers about 1/5th of Canada’s area. . All water sampling requires an air flight into the sites.
. The closest water analysis lab is in Yellowknife.
A cost example for sampling in the Kivalliq Region: Flight $1800 Hotel $400 Meals $200 Helicopter $10,000 Lab Samples $6,000 Misc (equip, gear) $1600
Total for one round of sampling: $20,000 Potential for Continuous Monitoring
Automated water quality sensors would: . reduce the costs of data collection. . increase the amount of data collected. . load information directly to a database. . allow near real-time flagging of abrupt changes. . tie the results of chemical analyses together. . allow maintenance/operation to be shared with other agencies.
. possibly provide seasonal water quality information. (i.e. under ice)
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