| Title | Comprehensive groundwater data management and analyses - raising the bar |
| Download | Download (whole publication) |
| Author | Holysh, S; Geber, R; Marchildon, M; Doughty, M; Smith, B |
| 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; Holysh,
S; Priebe, E H; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8528, 2019 p. 15, https://doi.org/10.4095/313586 (Open Access) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Alt Series | Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Report 6349 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Publisher | Government of Ontario |
| Meeting | Regional-Scale Groundwater Geoscience in Southern Ontario: Open House; Guelph; CA; February 27-28, 2019 |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is contained in Russell, H A J; Ford, D;
Holysh, S; Priebe, E H; (2019). Regional-Scale Groundwater Geoscience in Southern Ontario: An Ontario Geological Survey, Geological Survey of Canada, and Conservation Ontario Geoscientists Open House, Geological Survey of Canada, Open File
8528 |
| 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 | Southern Ontario; Great Lakes |
| Lat/Long WENS | -84.0000 -74.0000 46.0000 41.5000 |
| Subjects | hydrogeology; groundwater; aquifers; groundwater resources; groundwater regimes; resource management; Oak Ridges Moraine; data management; measurement; monitoring; decision making |
| Released | 2019 02 08 |
| Abstract | "What matters gets measured" "You can't manage what you don't measure".
When it comes to Ontario's groundwater resources these old adages certainly strike a chord. What do we really know about our
groundwater systems? Have we been sufficiently measuring and monitoring the resource? Do we effectively integrate some 50 years of previous knowledge into day to day decision making?
Since 2001, the long standing Oak Ridges Moraine Groundwater
Program (ORMGP - formerly referred to as YPDT-CAMC Groundwater Management Program) has been working to: i) assemble a comprehensive and reliable source of groundwater related data; ii) bring critical analyses to the data; and iii) construct a
geological and hydrogeological framework into which new drilling and information can be incorporated. The results of this work are being made available through an interactive website where numerous 'themed' maps (e.g. geology, water levels,
documents, etc.) intuitively provide ready access to the program's data and interpretive geological and hydrogeological framework. As an integral part of the program's over-arching goal of improving upon water management decision-making in Ontario,
an ongoing process is to engage practitioners on a variety of levels to arrive at a point where regular contributions of data, insight and information are returned back to this 'actively managed' program, thus improving the hydrogeological
knowledge-base for the broader community. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 313586 |
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