ADVANCING WATER KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR …...WATER INNOVATION PROGRAM Guided by GoA and...
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ADVANCING WATER KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT
Dr. John Zhou, VP, Clean Energy,
Alberta Innovates PNWER – July 2017
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2016 Fort McMurray Fire
• May 1, 2016: wildfire started
• 65 days before under control
• 90,000 people forced from their homes
• 2,400 homes and buildings destroyed
• 590,000 hectares the fire spread across
• 996 kilometres: fire perimeter
• 9.5 billion dollars damage
• 31 days before a phased re-entry of residents into Fort McMurray
Guy Jette
Safe, secure water supply after the fire
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The new Alberta Innovates
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ALBERTA INNOVATES AT-A-GLANCE
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Role: Support economic diversification and job creation Canada’s largest provincial research and innovation agency: the catalyst in an environment where invention, innovation and industry thrive.
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Alberta’s Research and Innovation System Working together – Cross-Ministry & Cross-Sector
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VISION
To be indisputably recognized as a leader – provincially, nationally and internationally – in catalyzing research and innovation in Alberta.
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Desired outcomes:
• Safe, secure and reliable water resources for six million people
• Enhance the health of aquatic ecosystems
• Improve the overall efficiency and productivity of water use by 30%
WATER INNOVATION PROGRAM Invest for Sustainable Economy and Environment 100+ projects, $55M invested to date
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ALBERTA’S WATER CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITES: NOT UNIQUE…
Droughts / floods
Resource extraction
Food production
Urban expansion
Reuse
Invasive species
Contaminants
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RESILIENT COMMUNITIES & ECONOMIC – CLIMATE ADAPTATION
Calgary flood 2013 Fort McMurray fire 2016
Southern Alberta drought ~ 2000s Mountain pine beetle ~ 2000s
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IN ALBERTA – WATER IS NOT WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE NOR IS IT WHERE THE DEMAND IS
87% of water
13% of demand
11% population
13% of water
87% of demand
89% population
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PERCEPTIONS ABOUT WATER USE IN ALBERTA SOMETIMES DIFFER FROM REALITY...
Vic Adamowicz, Greg Goss, Monireh Faramarzi , U of Alberta
MCM year-1
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APPROACH – ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY IN SUPPORT OF TARGETS
© AIPA
Future Water Supply and Watershed Management
Healthy Aquatic Ecosystems
Water Use Conservation, Efficiency, & Productivity
Water Quality Protection
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APPROACH Balance the Portfolio to deliver on targets and outcomes
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Watershed Management
Healthy Aquatic Ecosystems
Conservation, Efficiency and Productivity
Water Quality Protection
Tailings Management
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Outcomes and Impacts Water Supply and Watershed Management
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WATERSHED MANAGEMENT IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA
Stakeholder modeling to address issues
current (basin management & allocation)
emerging (flooding)
long-term (climate change)
IMPACT – Hydroelectric dams are being operated to support province and community needs respecting flooding as well as drought 15
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RESILIENT COMMUNITIES, FOREST DISTURBANCE & SOURCE WATER PROTECTION
IMPACT - World class research supporting source water protection
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Outcomes and Impacts Conservation – Efficiency - Productivity
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WATER USE – IRRIGATION & AGRICULTURE
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Irrigation Demand Model Enhanced Reservoir Management
IMPACT – Continue marked improvements in conservation, efficiency and productivity in agriculture sector which are significant since 2005 (48%)
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Work with industry and improve SAGD water use efficiency; water use intensity reduced by more than 65%
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Water Use Efficiency in Oil Sands Industry
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• Joint funding program with SDTC • Advancing water treatment technologies • $8M available to SMEs in 5 key areas
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Approved Projects • SAGD (2) • Hydraulic fracturing and
enhanced oil recovery (3) • Waste water treatment (2) • Water distribution (1)
INNOVATION IN SUPPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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Outcomes and Impacts Knowledge generation and training
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WATER INNOVATION PROGRAM Knowledge generation and training (2012 to present)
• Funded projects (65)
• Completed projects (22)
• Collaborators (81)
• Institutions (>20)
• Peer reviewed publications (165)
• Highly qualified personnel (257)
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ALBERTA INNOVATES - OUTREACH
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Key Messages
• Mission - economic development +
environmental leadership
• Clear strategies, intentional (“targeted
innovation”)
• Partnership for solutions
• Measureable impacts
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CLIMATE VARIABILITY & WATER SUPPLY
A lens from the past 1100 AD to present
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Alberta as a province
IMPACT - Alberta municipalities and industry are building more resilient infrastructure to deal with water supply in the face of climate variability and climate change
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KEY MESSAGES INVESTMENTS IN WATER INNOVATION
• Support environmental leadership &
economic development
• Guided by Water for Life and 2030
Innovation Targets with a focus to deliver
on outcomes
• Partnership for solutions
• Balanced portfolio
• Measured and significant impacts
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WORKING TOGETHER CROSS-MINISTRY & CROSS SECTOR
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Aligning with Government Priorities
Economic Diversification and Job Creation
Environmental Stewardship and Climate Leadership
Effective Resource Management
Engaged Individuals & Communities For A Healthy Alberta
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FOCUSED ON SECTOR TARGETS, DRIVEN BY OUTCOMES
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Environment and Climate targets
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KEY PARTNERS IN CLEAN ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND WATER
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WATER INNOVATION PROGRAM Guided by GoA and Alberta water community needs
Water for Life Strategy
• Safe, secure and reliable water resources
• Enhance the health of aquatic ecosystems
• Improve the overall efficiency and productivity of water use by 30%
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ALBERTA’S CLIMATE LEADERSHIP PLAN Mitigation is all about
GHGs
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Adaptation is mostly about water