en.Wedoany.com Reported - Wolseley Canada has donated $10,000 to Living Lakes Canada to support its Oldman Watershed Groundwater Program, advancing groundwater research and sustainable management planning in Alberta.
Groundwater is a vital source of drinking water and agricultural production in Canada, but climate change is intensifying water scarcity. Selena Schut, Groundwater Program Manager at Living Lakes Canada, stated that this donation will be used to identify and monitor priority groundwater aquifers in the Oldman Watershed, while also raising residents' awareness of groundwater resources. As a large-scale pilot project, it is expected to provide a template for developing a provincial framework for priority aquifer monitoring in southwestern Alberta.
Jason Larner, General Manager for Western Canada in the Waterworks Division of Wolseley Canada, pointed out that protecting groundwater aquifers contributes to sustainable water use and safeguards freshwater supplies for future generations. The project plans to establish three community cluster areas, each with three Volunteer Observation Wells. One location has already been confirmed on the territory of the Piikani Nation, where subsurface condition assessment mapping has been completed; the remaining two will be determined through a combination of scientific analysis and community input, balancing data-driven decision-making with local priorities.
Once the additional areas are selected, mapping will be conducted at these sites to collect detailed subsurface data, supporting groundwater management strategies and regional sustainable water use. The mapping utilizes a Towed-Transient Electromagnetics (tTEM) system, which uses alternating electromagnetic fields to induce currents in the ground and measure their decay. The one-dimensional sounding data is then used to model variations in subsurface resistivity with depth. The tTEM system can collect approximately 50,000 sounding points per day, generating resistivity profiles to a depth of about 100 meters and over distances up to approximately 60 kilometers. It is suitable for large-area scanning, offers high cost-effectiveness, and provides better image resolution than airborne surveys. In areas with resistive sand and gravel aquifers, the system serves as a rapid tool for aquifer location and mapping.
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