Surface Water Quantity and Sediment Transport

Water level and discharge data are available from Water Survey of Canada’s Hydrometric Network. The Water Survey of Canada (WSC) is the national authority responsible for the collection, interpretation and dissemination of standardized water resource data and information in Canada. In partnership with the provinces, territories and other agencies, WSC operates over 2500 active hydrometric gauges across the country, maintains an archive of historical information for over 7600 stations and provides access to near real-time (water level and stream flow) provisional data at over 1700 locations in Canada.

Monitoring activities are underway to collect suspended sediment samples in the Lower Athabasca River. These monitoring activities include measurements of physical characteristics, concentrations and sediment loadings collected using Water Survey Canada standards. Sediments will also be collected using a continuous flow centrifuge and analysed in the laboratory for sediment quality variables as per Appendix B in the Integrated Monitoring Plan. The river bed sediments in the Lower Athabasca are known to shift and migrate downstream. Monitoring to generate bathymetric maps of the bed-channel morphology over time ids underway and will allow for determination of bed sediment transport downstream, and will also be useful in calibration/validation of sediment/bitumen erosion/transport/deposition models

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Date Stamp
2021-12-15T16:24:46
Metadata language

eng; CAN
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Author
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre )
Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 , Canada
1-800-668-6767
http://ec.gc.ca
 

Data identification

Date (Revision)
2012-12-18
Date (Publication)
2012-12-18
Date (Creation)
2012-12-18
Status
On going
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Inland waters
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Quarterly
Spatial representation type
Vector
Custodian
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Water Survey of Canada - Al Pietroniro ( Director, Water Survey of Canada )
Canada
http://wateroffice.ec.gc.ca
Point of contact
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Malcolm Conly ( Manager Athabasca Arctic Basin WQMS )
Canada
306-975-4833
http://wateroffice.ec.gc.ca

Keywords

Theme

  • water level

  • flow

  • discharge

  • hydrometric

  • hydrology

  • water quantity

  • sediment

  • oil sands

  • monitoring

  • Monitoring Station

  • Observation/Measurement

ECCC Information Category EN

  • Water - Quantity

Geography

  • National (CA)

Business Functions

  • Provide Water Quantity Information Products and Services

  • Deliver Water Quantity Products and Services to Clients

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Water

external.theme.EC_Branch

  • Meteorological Service of Canada

external.theme.EC_Directorate

  • Weather and Environmental Monitoring

external.theme.GC_Security_Level

  • Unclassified
 
Use Limitation

Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada )

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Use Constraints
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Begin Date
2010-03-01

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EPSG / EPSG:4326 /
 

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Distributor
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre )
Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 , Canada
1-800-668-6767
http://ec.gc.ca
 
 

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Keywords

Monitoring Station Observation/Measurement discharge flow hydrology hydrometric monitoring oil sands sediment water level water quantity
Business Functions
Deliver Water Quantity Products and Services to Clients Provide Water Quantity Information Products and Services
ECCC Information Category EN
Water - Quantity
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
Water
external.theme.EC_Branch
Meteorological Service of Canada
external.theme.EC_Directorate
Weather and Environmental Monitoring
external.theme.GC_Security_Level
Unclassified

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