Guidance for Deriving Site-Specific Water Quality Objectives for Alberta Rivers
This document is for professionals tasked with drafting site-specific water quality objectives. It outlines foundational concepts about water quality management, and defines guidelines, objectives, triggers, targets and ambient limits. It describes the principle of protecting all uses of water and that use-protection guidelines are consequently the desired minimum level of protection.
Guidance for Deriving Site-Specific Water Quality Objectives for Alberta Rivers
Stepping Back from the Water A Beneficial Management Practices Guide for New Development Near Water Bodies in Alberta’s Settled Region
The question often arises: what is the minimum setback needed to protect aquatic ecosystems from new development such as buildings, roads and other permanent structures? This handbook answers this question by providing decision makers and landowners in Alberta’s settled region with information for determining setback widths and designing effective buffers adjacent to water bodies.
Stepping Back from the Water A Beneficial Management Practices Guide for New Development Near Water Bodies in Alberta’s Settled Region
Water Quality Conditions and Long-Term Trends in Alberta
Alberta Environment and Water (AEW) monitors the surface water quality of provincial lakes to evaluate short- and long-term environmental conditions, and to inform lake management and policy. The objectives of the study were to: 1) review AEW provincial water quality database and select lakes with long-term data suitable for statistical trend analysis; 2) provide and overview of water quality conditions and long-term trends in lakes; and 3) investigate the influences of water management and lake level on water quality.
Water Quality Conditions and Long-Term Trends in Alberta
Directive for Monitoring the Impact of Sulphur Dust on SoilsThe Directive for Monitoring the Impact of Sulphur Dust on Soils, hereafter referred to as the Directive, specifies the regulatory requirements by Alberta Environment and Water (AEW) for soil monitoring and mitigation activities that may be required when sulphur manufacturing, processing or storage facilities in Alberta have the potential to release sulphur dust to soils.
Directive for Monitoring the Impact of Sulphur Dust on Soils
