Funding Opportunities
Alberta Water Grants Alberta Water Management and Erosion Control Program (AWMEC) Through this program, Alberta Environment provides financial assistance to a Local Authority to resolve surface water management and erosion […]
Glacier Summary and Recommendations
Download Alberta Glacier Inventory and Ice Volume Estimation (PDF. 3.49 MB) Crowfoot Glacier in the Rockies The focus of this study is to make an accurate estimate of ice volume […]
Temperatures in the Canadian Rockies
Download Alberta Glacier Inventory and Ice Volume Estimation (PDF. 3.49 MB) Moraine Lake. Photo by Rafa Prada on Unsplash Glaciers of the Rockies are ‘isothermal’ – they are at the […]
The Results
Download Hydrological Model of Alberta using SWAT Model. Part 1 (3 MB) Hydrological Model of Alberta using SWAT Model. Part 2(2 MB) To model Alberta’s water resources we used the […]
Virtual Water Flows – Conclusions and Impacts
The average volume of annual virtual water exports from Alberta was 12.10 Gm3/year (during the period 1999-2008). The largest importers of virtual water from Alberta were: Japan (2.4 Gm3/year) Mexico […]
Virtual Water Flows – Conditions and Limitations
This study is, to our best understanding, the first comprehensive virtual water assessment of Alberta. Given the current absence of such assessments, we consider the results from this report encouraging […]
Virtual Water Flows – Exports and Imports
Crops In Alberta, the average annual volume of virtual water exports was 12.10 Gm3/year during the period 1999-2008 (see right chart). Wheat was the largest virtual water exporter, accounting for […]
South Saskatchewan River Basin
Download Hydrological Model of Alberta using SWAT Model. Part 1 (3 MB) Hydrological Model of Alberta using SWAT Model. Part 2(2 MB) Map of the South Saskatchewan River Basin The […]
Rockies Glaciology and Climatology
Download Alberta Glacier Inventory and Ice Volume Estimation (PDF. 3.49 MB) Athabasca Glacier Glaciers are perennial ice masses that are large enough to experience flow. Gravitationally driven ice motion occurs […]
Methodology
Download Hydrological Model of Alberta using SWAT Model. Part 1 (3 MB) Hydrological Model of Alberta using SWAT Model. Part 2(2 MB) Long term (1985-2007) average distribution of green water […]