Impact of Climate Change on Canadian Water Resources
Over the last decade, the project team, led by Dr. Edward Sudicky, has developed a 3D Watershed Model (HydroGeoSphere or HGS) - the first and most sophisticated of its kind.
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06, 2014
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02, 2014
Human Impacts on Water Quantity and Quality, the Implications for Socio-economic Processes, and Policy Development in the South Saskatchewan River Basin
This goal of this research project was to understand the relationship between water quality and quantity, and economic development in the South Saskatchewan River Basin (SSRB).
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02, 2014
Coupling Between Rivers and Alluvial and Fractured Bedrock Groundwater Flow Systems
Throughout the project, the researchers assembled a unique data set consisting of geophysical, hydraulic, microbiological, geochemical, and isotopic information. Field investigations were conducted in a major municipal water supply aquifer in Fredericton, New Brunswick, which was considered to be representative of similar river valley aquifers.
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02, 2014
Pathogens in Bedrock Aquifers – A Detailed Study of the Presence and Transport of Pathogens in Urbanized Settings Having On-Site Waste Disposal and Private Bedrock Wells
The objective of this project was to develop an understanding of the processes related to the transport of viruses in fractured rock aquifers, and to develop tools for predicting and identifying risks of viruses in aquifers.
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02, 2014
Establishing an Interdisciplinary Network and the Study of Watershed and Communicable Disease Events
This innovative research project sought to address microbial contamination of surface source drinking water by focusing on the cause of waterborne outbreaks of microbial contaminants using a “Watershed-to-Tap” framework. Novel methods allowed the researchers to assess community health and watershed events in real-time.
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02, 2014
Impacts of Manure Management Practices on Regional Water Resources: Priority Areas, Alternative Management Approaches, Economic Implications
The aim of this project was to combine expertise in physical and contaminant hydrogeology, soil physics, aqueous geochemistry and numerical modelling with economics to assess the environmental threat related to contaminant release pathways on livestock farms and to examine the performance and cost effectiveness of alternative management practices.
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02, 2014
Assessment of Regional Water Resource Impacts from Agriculture: A performance-based Approach to Evaluating Risk, Alternative Practices and Economic Implications
In order to produce competitive crops, farmers need to use intensive agricultural practices which include the use of pesticides and fertilizers. However, these practices are known to degrade water quality. Water quality degradation resulting from present and past land-use activities has evolved from a topic of concern to a major regulatory issue nationally.
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02, 2014
The Influence of Agricultural and Industrial Emissions on Metal Toxicity in the Great Lakes and the Grand River Basin
Using the Grand River System and Lake Erie as the study site, the research team investigated factors that influence the bioavailability and toxicity of copper, nickel, cadmium, zinc and lead, while considering what effect the presence of manganese and calcium has on metal toxicity.
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02, 2014
Permeable Reactive Barriers for Treatment of Dissolved Metals
Permeable Reactive Barriers (PRBs) have been recognized as a cost-effective groundwater remediation technology. The research team proposed to develop and apply a rigorous laboratory protocol to screen and compare different reactive materials for treating contaminated groundwater.
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01, 2014
Contaminant Fate and Transport in Integrated Fractured Rock Subsurface and Surface Water Systems
This project was designed to develop physically-based modelling tools that treat surface and subsurface water flow in 3D, including contaminant fate and transport, within watersheds in a fully-integrated framework for application at multiple scales.