Foundry Spatial
October 30, 2014
Executive Summary
In Alberta, surface water resources support community, commercial, agricultural, industrial, and recreational uses, among others. Existing users of water must be considered when evaluating the potential of a given water source, along with the needs of the environment and business driven economic considerations. Water rights are administered by the province of Alberta, and are typically assigned for specific uses with specific time limits and conditions applied. Existing water licenses are managed in a database, and have been analyzed by location, specific use, and quantity to provide insight into the state of allocations within the WCAB project study area. The Project is a joint initiative of Petrel Robertson Consulting, Foundry Spatial, and Strategic West Energy, and is supported by the Petroleum Technology Alliance of Canada, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Canadian Natural Resources, Cequence Energy, Chevron Canada Resources, ConocoPhillips Canada, EnCana Corporation, Husky Energy, Mosaic Energy, NuVista Energy, Penn West Petroleum, Shell Canada and Talisman Energy.
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