Water Quality

Oil Sands

Environmental Assessment

Mar

22

2011

How to Make Water Last - YES! Magazine

YES! Magazine

(in support of World Water Week)

Only a tiny fraction of Earth’s water is available as fresh water. But even with climate change and growing populations, there’s enough for everyone if we work together to keep it clean, use it wisely, and share it fairly.

YES! Magazine dedicated their entire May 2010 edition in support of water. Articles include: Read more about How to Make Water Last - YES! Magazine

Water Solutions

Tools & Resources

Apr

28

2011

Community Workshop for Watershed Solutions

Community Workshop for Watershed Solutions - Oyen

Apr 28 2011 - 4:00pm to 9:00pm

Thanks to those of you who were able to participate in the January Community Workshops. We came together and talked about the problems and issues in the watershed. To see the notes, presentations and photos of those workshops, go to: http://rdrwa.ca/workshops.php

There is another set of Community Workshops to talk about solutions to the problems in the watershed. We hope to see you there: Read more about Community Workshop for Watershed Solutions

Location

Oyen Seniors Centre

219 2 Street West

Oyen , AB

See map: Google Maps

Apr

27

2011

Community Workshop for Watershed Solutions

Community Workshop for Watershed Solutions - Red Deer

Apr 27 2011 - 4:00pm to 9:00pm

Thanks to those of you who were able to participate in the January Community Workshops. We came together and talked about the problems and issues in the watershed. To see the notes, presentations and photos of those workshops, go to: http://rdrwa.ca/workshops.php

There is another set of Community Workshops to talk about solutions to the problems in the watershed. We hope to see you there: Read more about Community Workshop for Watershed Solutions

Location

Quality Inn

7150 50 Avenue (formerly The North Hill Inn)

Red Deer , AB

See map: Google Maps

Apr

26

2011

Community Workshop for Watershed Solutions

Community Workshop for Watershed Solutions - Sundre

Apr 26 2011 - 4:00pm to 9:00pm

Thanks to those of you who were able to participate in the January Community Workshops. We came together and talked about the problems and issues in the watershed. To see the notes, presentations and photos of those workshops, go to: http://rdrwa.ca/workshops.php

There is another set of Community Workshops to talk about solutions to the problems in the watershed. We hope to see you there: Read more about Community Workshop for Watershed Solutions

Location

West Country Seniors Centre

4, 102 2 Avenue NW

Sundre , AB

See map: Google Maps

Mar

08

2011

Oil sands monitoring steps laid out by Alberta ENGO

Keys to regaining credibility include establishing baselines, asserting federal leadership, and maintaining scientific independence

Water Matters

The credibility of Alberta's and Canada's attempts to responsibly manage the environmental effects of oil sands development rests on responding to calls for improved monitoring of the Athabasca River. Today Water Matters, an Alberta-based water-policy think-tank, has released Replacing the Oil Sands' Regional Aquatic Monitoring Program (RAMP) with Effective Environmental Monitoring Solutions, providing recommendations for improving freshwater monitoring system between the Government of Canada and the province of Alberta. Read more about Oil sands monitoring steps laid out by Alberta ENGO

Source: Water Matters

Water Matters

Oil Sands

International Association of Hydrological Sciences

Environmental Assessment

May

10

2011

IAHS PUB 2011 International Workshop: P3 - Putting PUB into Practice

May 10 2011 - 6:00pm to May 14 2011 - 11:00pm

The current PUB Chair, Professor John Pomeroy of the University of Saskatchewan, supported by the International Secretariat and organising committees, is planning a workshop entitled 'Putting PUB into Practice', to be held in Canmore, Alberta, Canada from the 10th to the 14th of May 2011 (immediately prior to the Canadian Geophysical Union's annual meeting in the neighbouring town of Banff). Read more about IAHS PUB 2011 International Workshop: P3 - Putting PUB into Practice

Conference & Workshop Details

North Saskatchewan Riverkeeper

Mar

22

2011

Good fish don't do drugs: pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the North Saskatchewan River

North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance

Mar 22 2011 - 12:30am to 3:30am

Come celebrate Canada Water Week and World Water Day with the North Saskatchewan Riverkeeper (NSRK) and North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance (NSWA) at the Ledcor Theatre and Foyer on the Lower Level of the Art Gallery of Alberta. Read more about Good fish don't do drugs: pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the North Saskatchewan River

Source: Canada Water Week

Source: North Saskatchewan Riverkeeper

Location

Ledcor Theatre and Foyer, Lower Level

Art Gallery of Alberta (2 Sir Winston Churchhill Square)

Edmonton , AB

See map: Google Maps

North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance

Toxics

Source: Environmental Law Centre

Jan

13

2011

Monitoring on the Mind

With the spate of news & reports on environmental monitoring (or the lack thereof) in the oilsands region, monitoring is on the mind of a couple of AEN members.

Laura Bowman of the Environmental Law Centre posts on the need for an independent environmental monitoring agency:

…a clear, unambiguous commitment to better monitoring resources and stronger federal and provincial oversight at the approvals stage is still glaringly absent. What the oilsands really need is a well-resourced agency with the expertise and independence to be a bold regulator.

Pembina's Terra Simieritsch writes on the importance of water quality monitoring, and asks some questions of the federal & provincial governments:

Will limits be set and will laws be enforced? And ultimately, if the data points to unacceptable changes in the Athabasca River, what are the federal and provincial governments prepared to do?

Source: Pembina Institute

Environmental Assessment

Environmental Law Centre

Pembina Institute

Blog posts

Jan

27

2011

Red Deer River Watershed - Integrated Watershed Management Plan Workshops