ENCS473 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Cubic Metre, Critical Role
4 Mar 2017
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Bow phosphorous system (quality/load management), connecting point and non- point. Lower athabasca regional plan surface water quantity framework: full cut-off for new operators; storage/re-use/sharing. 1 billion cubic metres of tailings currently on the landscape. Estimated cost to address -50+ per cubic metre. Framework shifts focus from purely environmental limits on volumes towards financial liability. Approach to addressing the liability requires optimized management of volume and treatment. Is there a role for water markets? relationship. Reflected in what it takes to access water and what is expected to manage. Early focus on site-specific issues and voluntary efforts. It isn"t free, but it also isn"t necessarily priced based on supply/demand. If the role is to find the lowest cost solutions to meeting environmental limits maybe but social and other economic variables to consider. Limited market does exist in southern ab. Over billion worth of provincial-owned water infrastructure (dams, canals, reservoirs, etct) Also a critical role in the forecasting and flood management.
