NEWS & EVENTS
Future Meetings, Seminars & Conferences
RDRMUG Members Meeting Dates:
Regular Meeting Dates
January 19, 2012 (CANCELLED - to be rescheduled) July 19, 2012March 1, 2012 Sept. 20, 2012
May 17, 2012 Nov. 15, 2012 Includes AGM
Location: Drumheller Civic Centre
224 Centre St.
Drumheller, Ab
CONFERENCES, SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS
CANADA WATER WEEK - March 19 - 25, 2012 - Healthy Rivers - Living Lakes
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- Monday, January 30 2012 - Tuesday, January 31 2012
- Oil & Gas Water Management Strategies
CANADA'S FRESH WATER YEILD DWINDLING
STATE OF THE WATERSHED INFORMATION
ALLOCATION INFORMATION
- Total Licensed Surface Water Quantity
- Surface Water License Industry Activity by Volume
- Surface Water/Pending Allocation and Allocation Limits
WATER ASSURANCE STUDY Is now posted on Member's Page
HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
EPA Acknowledges Link Between Fracking, Well Pollution in Wyoming
Why Encana refutes U.S. EPA Pavillion groundwater report
Development Capped
Gleniffer Lake Reservoir Shorelands Area Structure Plan
Climate change and water are top priorities in Budget 2008
ALBERTA WATER COUNCIL'S WATER FOR LIFE RENEWAL RECOMMENDATIONS
Canada-wide Strategy for the Management of Municipal Wastewater Effluent
New Legislation to Ensure Water Supply for Albertans
Mountainview/Sundre River Investigation
Study Released:
Alberta Environment has released the latest study completed by MPE on an inventory of
"Potential Water Storage Sites and Diversion Strategies"
Information Re: SHIRLEY McCLELLAN REGIONAL WATER SERVICES COMMISSION
Press Release August 31, 2007 Demand Grows on the Red Deer River
Story in the Edmonton Journal, Published August 21, 2007
Can Red Deer River satisfy all water needs? (Red Deer Advocate August 24, 2007)
RDRMUG's Letter to the Minister of Environment is posted on our Members Area.
Saskatchewan's Water Conservation Plan is available online at www.swa.ca.
Alberta's demands on the North Saskatchewan River, worrisome - activist
Province's News Release on Water Transfer Review Policy Review
Updates:
HIGHLIGHTS FROM ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT'S APPROVED MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE SOUTH SASKATCHEWAN RIVER BASIN THAT PERTAIN TO THE RED DEER RIVER SUB BASIN:Alberta Environment establish water conservation objectives for the Red Deer River Sub-basin. Any licences issued for applications received after
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Upstream of the confluence with the Blindman River, to Dickson Dam
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For new licences or existing licences with a retrofit provision, a rate of flow that is 45% of the natural rate of flow, or 16 cms (cubic metres per second), whichever is greater at any point in time.
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Downstream of the confluence with the Blindman River:
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For future licences that withdraw from November to March inclusive, a rate of flow that is 45% of the natural rate of flow, or 16 cms, whichever is greater at any point in time.
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For future licences that withdraw from April to October inclusive, a rate of flow that is 45% of the natural rate of flow, or 10 cms, whichever is greater at any point in time.
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For existing licences with a retrofit provision, a rate of flow that is 45% of the natural rate of flow, or 10 cms, whichever is greater at any point in time.
Alberta Enviroment released an excellent resource site on Coal Bed Methane this site has a lot of current information and excellent links.
