Groundwater Activities

• Performing baseline characterizations of regional groundwater flow directions, chemistry and groundwater-age in areas of energy development.
• Creating regional-scale maps of formations hosting groundwater and saline water resources of interest to Alberta’s energy sector, particularly in the Athabasca and Cold Lake Oil Sands areas.
• Conducting quantitative studies on the effects of produced water disposal and groundwater extraction by the energy industry in both the oil sands and coalbed-methane producing areas of Alberta.
• Providing geoscience support to other government agencies in support of Alberta’s Water for Life Strategy.
• Base of groundwater protection
• Hydrogeology and Water Well Chemistry (Interactive GIS Map)

Information and Resources

Poster details 2005/06 groundwater activities. Download (2 MB).   You will need the free Acrobat Reader to view the PDF.

 

 

Last modified: May 8, 2008