ENCS473 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Encs, Unconventional Oil, Indigenous Rights
4 Mar 2017
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Total outflow from alberta"s rivers is about (cid:883)3(cid:882) billion m3 per year (some water must pass onto other provinces). Total volume allocated is about 10 billion m3 (7. 5%). Total volume withdrawn is 4. 7 billion m3 (3. 6%). Total volume consumed is 2. 6 billion m3 (2%) (taken out of the system and not returned). There is a different understanding of water in southern ab vs northern ab. It costs a lot of money to gather information about where groundwater is (using gis). Groundwater is less well known in northern ab than sw ab. 41% irrigation (when you irrigate, the water goes back to the ground and not returned into the river) We have an inefficient method of water management. Our water gets pulled in many directions: communities (cid:523)people(cid:524), agriculture (cid:523)food(cid:524), and energy (cid:523)(cid:498)unconventional(cid:499) oil and. Prosperity: back then we rationalize, prove that you need water, you"re going to use it and not waste it, you need a purpose.
