Living Lakes Canada, a non-governmental organization dedicated to freshwater protection, announced a new Alberta-based groundwater monitoring project being piloted in the Oldman Watershed and starting up this fall.
The goal of the Alberta Groundwater Program, announced last month, is to gather valuable data and support drought resiliency.
Maggie Finkle-Aucoin, Living Lakes Canada’s database manager, spoke in a July 25 webinar about the significance of this new program.
“Careful management and allocation of groundwater is becoming increasingly important as populations continue to grow, as we see demand increase and pressures such as climate change intensify,” she said.
“When it comes to fresh water and especially groundwater, the expression ‘You can’t manage what you don’t measure’ is really relevant.”
The primary focus of the work will be tracking groundwater levels to better understand the future of the resource and using the information to openly involve and inform communities and policy makers.
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