Set protocols for sustainable withdrawal from lakes

Tim Bennett, Hatfield Consultants Partnership
GL 15-WIPC-06

The objective of the project is to develop a screening tool to identify criteria and the minimum level of analysis (i.e., the protocol) that must be undertaken to establish the sustainable yield from a lake. The regions used in this study are Alberta and Northeast British Columbia.

Policy Issue
Safeguarding groundwater and surface water quantity during development of unconventional oil and gas resources in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.

Knowledge Gap
Set protocols for sustainable withdrawal from lakes.

2015 Report