This report examines the cumulative effects of hydraulic fracturing operations on surface water, watersheds and water demand in a regional context.
This report addresses watershed governance and management approaches for resource development relating to water use and demand management, including First Nations, Inuit and Metis issues. Click on the button below for an executive summary of the report. For the complete report, please email: [email protected] or visit www.waterstudies.ca
This report assesses the current state of knowledge, gaps and research approaches to address these gaps for ten subsurface impacts from hydraulic fracturing.
This report examines wastewater handling, treatment and disposal practices as they apply to hydraulic fracturing, and identifies gaps in knowledge and research approaches to address these gaps.
This report identifies key water governance challenges specific to hydraulic fracturing across Canada (with a particular focus on British Columbia, New Brunswick, the Northwest Territories, and Nova Scotia) and the knowledge gaps that need to be addressed to resolve such challenges.
Canadian Water Network (CWN) is entering a new phase, but the fundamental value of our work remains the same. We will continue to focus structured discussions and investment on strategic research priorities that result in real progress on Canada’s water challenges.
Land application is one of the most common end destinations for biosolids, and the only one that allows for the beneficial reuse of its nutrients. Although current regulations and agricultural management practices are generally considered to be protective of human and environmental health, the detection of an increasing number of ESOCs in biosolids and the [...]
Canadian Water Network's Canadian Municipal Water Consortium (CMWC) takes a deeper look into national priorities in the 2015 Canadian Municipal Water Priorities Report. Last year's inaugural Canadian Municipal Water Priorities report set the stage for the initiatives of the CMWC. The CMWC's Leadership Group (CLG) identified four priority areas within the themes of integrated risk [...]
Knowledge about the occurrence of microbial contaminants in groundwater is essential when assessing public health risks. Between 1974 and 2001, human enteric viruses (primarily Norwalk and Hepatitis A) were responsible for at least 24 public health outbreaks in Canada. There are a large number of Canadian municipalities that rely on groundwater as their source of [...]
Raw domestic wastewater or sewage contains a mix of various chemicals from products that are part of our everyday life, such as pharmaceuticals, personal care products, low sugar foods, domestic products, illicit drugs and natural hormones. Scientific studies have proven that these chemicals are not efficiently removed by conventional technologies in wastewater treatment plants, but [...]