| Title | The science behind Ontario's water quantity management review |
| Download | Download (whole publication) |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Brodie-Brown, H; Svensson, T; Macdonald, I |
| Source | Regional-scale groundwater geoscience in southern Ontario: an Ontario Geological Survey, Geological Survey of Canada, and Conservation Ontario geoscientists open house; by Russell, H A J ; Ford, D; Priebe, E H; Holysh, S; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8363,
2018 p. 4-5, https://doi.org/10.4095/306487  Open
Access |
| Year | 2018 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Meeting | Regional-Scale Groundwater Geoscience in Southern Ontario: Open House; Guelph; CA; February 28 - March 1, 2018 |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is contained in Regional-scale groundwater
geoscience in southern Ontario: an Ontario Geological Survey, Geological Survey of Canada, and Conservation Ontario geoscientists open house |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Ontario |
| NTS | 30; 31B; 31C; 31D; 31E; 31G; 40; 41A; 41G; 41H/03; 41H/04; 41H/05; 41H/06; 41H/12; 41H/13 |
| Area | Innisfil; Orangeville; Guelph; Whitemans Creek; Norfolk; North Bay |
| Lat/Long WENS | -84.0000 -74.0000 46.0000 41.5000 |
| Subjects | hydrogeology; environmental geology; Nature and Environment; groundwater; groundwater resources; aquifers; resource management; resource estimation; water utilization; groundwater surveys; groundwater
levels; planning; modelling; hydrologic budget; Water quantity; Water security; Climate change; Policy; monitoring; Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Quaternary; Paleozoic; Silurian |
| Illustrations | location maps |
| Program | Groundwater Geoscience Aquifer Assessment & support to mapping |
| Released | 2018 02 16 |
| Abstract | Water is vital to the health and integrity of our ecosystems and communities. The anticipated impacts of climate change have intensified concerns related to water security in Ontario. Improving our
water resource information and assessing our existing water quantity management tools is a key step in ensuring that Ontario will be able to protect and manage water resources now and in the future.
The Ministry will provide an overview of work to
modernize it's water quantity management framework (policy, program and science) to ensure a robust and adaptive approach to water resources management into the future, and the water quantity scientific work being undertaken to improve our
understanding of water resources knowledge on Ontario. Key aspects of the water quantity science work being undertaken will be introduced, including:
Immediate: development of a science & technical backgrounder; a review of science/jurisdictional
best practices; assessment of Ontario's water (quantity) resources and management approaches in specific geographical areas; water quantity data enhancements and development of an internal data website / platform; water Quantity Protection External
Working Group.
Longer Term: outfacing water quantity website (data platform and tools); enhance source protection water budgets and models; new and enhanced science tools and approaches; province-wide and/or additional local scale water quantity
assessment; enhanced monitoring.
BluMetric will provide an overview of the water quantity assessment and management review work being undertaken in specific geographical areas in the province. Water Quantity Study Areas and Water Bottling Study
areas being investigated as part of this work (Fig. 1). |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
Proceedings for a workshop in Guelph Ontario as part of the program S&T exchange. Abstracts have been contributed by Ontario Geological Survey, Ministry
of Environment and Climate Change, Conservation Authorities, Universities, private sector, and Unites States Geological Survey. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 306487 |
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