Project AM1
Groundwater knowledge synthesis, program management, liaisons and reporting activities with national and international partners.
Contact: Alfonso Rivera (Project Leader)
Groundwater knowledge synthesis
This project will produce a book to be published as a synthesis of the current knowledge of the groundwater resources in Canada. This book is based on data, information and analysis of projects developed under this program, and with a strong input from the program's main partners and stakeholders, the provincial governments and universities.
The purpose of the book is to provide a science-based overview and a collective understanding of the groundwater resources in Canada to support sustainable use and protection. The book is intended to the following audience:
- Interested public;
- Decision makers; and
- Science and professional communities.
The scope of the book will be to summarize the state of knowledge on groundwater resources at the regional scale, and gaps.
This synthesis of knowledge will be completed and published during the third year of this phase (2011). More information on the book will be posted here in the coming months, you are invited to visit this site regularly.
Program Management
The Groundwater Geoscience Program (GGP) is composed of four main projects:
- Groundwater knowledge synthesis, program management, liaisons and reporting activities with national and international partners (AM1)
- Aquifer assessments and support to mapping – Groundwater inventory (AM2)
- Groundwater Information Management and Dissemination (AM3)
- National Aquifer Evaluation and Accounting – Estimating the potential groundwater resources of Canada (AM4)
Liaisons, reporting activities and international partners
National:
CCA (Canadian Council of Academies)
CCME (Canadian Council of Ministries of Environment)
EC-WAI (Environment Canada Water Availability Indicators)
International:
International Hydrological Programme, UNESCO