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Learn about indicators reporting on Alberta's water quality and quantity.
Alberta’s Environmental Science Program is responsible for monitoring, evaluating and reporting on Alberta’s waterbodies including lakes, rivers and groundwater. These activities help us to better understand current water conditions and long-term changes over space and time. Explore the indicators below to:
Check back regularly to browse updates including new indicators reporting on the condition of water quality and quantity in Alberta.
Water quality monitoring results for chloride concentrations.
Water monitoring results for chlorophyll-a and total phosphorus concentrations and Secchi depth.
Water quantity monitoring results for annual and seasonal water yield.
Alberta’s water scientists and monitoring staff have teamed up with EPCOR, the City of Edmonton and the North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance to better understand water quantity and quality data collection along the North Saskatchewan River from multiple perspectives and needs.
Learn about the WaterSHED Monitoring Program
Learn about the key scientific questions, approaches and deliverables for a 5-year provincial water quality monitoring, evaluation and reporting plan for rivers and streams across Alberta. The goal of this plan is to provide a scientific foundation for understanding how various natural and anthropogenic stressors are potentially impacting water quality within Alberta’s rivers and streams.
Learn about A five-year provincial water quality plan
Reports, articles and other publications reporting on the condition of Alberta's water quality and quantity.
Year published: 2022
Authors: Emmerton, C.A., Drevnick, P.E., Serbu, J.A., Cooke, C.A., Graydon, J.A., Reichert, M., Evans, M.S., and McMaster, M.E.
Year published: 2022
Authors: Laceby, J.P., Chung, C., Kruk, M.K., and Kerr, J.G.
Year published: 2022
Authors: Stone, M., Collins, A.L., and Laceby, J.P.
Year published: 2022
Authors: J. Patrick Laceby, Cecilia Chung, and Jason G. Kerr
Year published: 2022
Authors: Laceby, J.P., Kerr, J.G., and Emmerton, C.A.
Year published: 2022
Authors: Orwin, J.F., Klotz, F., Taube, N., Kerr, J.G., and Laceby, J.P.
Year published: 2021
Authors: Laceby, J.P., Batista, P.V.G., Taube, N., Kruk, M.N., Chung, C., Evrard, O., Orwin, J.F., and Kerr, J.G.
Year published: 2021
Authors: Newton, B.W., Farjad, B., and Orwin, J.F.
Year published: 2021
Authors: Loewen, C.J.G., Vinebrooke, R.D. and Zurawell, R.W.
Year published: 2020
Authors: Staniszewska, K. J., Cooke, C. A., and Reyes, A. V.
Year published: 2020
Authors: Emmerton, C.A., Cooke, C.A., Hustins, S., Silins, U., Emelko, M.B., Lewis, T., Kruk, M.K., Taube, N., Zhu, D., Jackson, B., Stone, M., Kerr, J.G., and Orwin, J.F.
Year published: 2019
Authors: Laceby, J.P., Kerr, J., Zhu, D., Chung, C., Situ, Q., Abbasi, S. and Orwin, J.F.
Year published: 2017
Author: Kerr, J.
Access data and learn about how Alberta’s Environmental Science Program monitors Alberta’s water quality and quantity: Environmental monitoring.
Contact Alberta's Environmental Science Program or the Office of the Chief Scientist:
Email: [email protected]
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