Measuring the impact of watershed development on water quality in surface water supply reservoirs in Halifax Regional Municipality

地表水库为哈利法克斯地区的居民提供了大量的饮用水。 该地区有着悠久而复杂的采矿、伐木和开发历史。其中的沉积物 水库有能力记录这些活动对流域和湖泊的影响。一个 了解自然和人为因素对水和湖底的影响程度 地表水水库的沉积物质量是有效管理战略的基本组成部分， 水库及其流域。 我与我之间的合作。斯普纳和哈利法克斯水务公司专注于开发无障碍、无污染的 并迅速采用测量流域发展和环境变化影响的方法 关于哈利法克斯地区市（HRM）地表水水库水质的报告。哈利法克斯水是 市政供水公司为HRM的居民服务，负责8个水处理厂和17个 供水水库。先前的研究已经确定，pH值和营养素是重要的压力源， 一些水库。本研究将为哈利法克斯水务公司提供所需的经济有效的方法， 确定流域发展如何影响正常的水质变化。 培训和技术转让是该项目的一个基本组成部分;湖泊沉积物取芯、取样 分析、盆地勘测技术和海底下剖面测量都将是该项目的组成部分。湖 本研究中使用的评估方法将为哈利法克斯水务公司提供长期的环境， 对这些重要水源的管理和监测。

Surface water reservoirs provide much of the drinking water for residents of Halifax Regional Municipality. The region has a long and complex history of mining, logging and development. The sediments in these reservoirs have the ability to record the impact of these activities on both the watershed and the lakes. An understanding of the degree to which natural and man-influenced variables impact water and lake bottom sediment quality in surface water reservoirs is a fundamental component of effective management strategies for the reservoirs and their watersheds. This collaboration between I. Spooner and Halifax Water focuses on the development of accessible, inepensive and rapidly employed methods of measuring the impact of watershed development and environmental change on water quality in surface water reservoirs in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM). Halifax Water is the municipal water utility serving the residents of HRM and is responsible for 8 water treatment plants and 17 water supply reservoirs. Previous research has established that pH and nutrients are significant stressors in some of the reservoirs. This study will provide Halifax Water with cost effective methods required to determine how watershed development has impact normal water quality variability. Training and technology transfer are a fundamental component of the project; lake sediment coring, sample analysis, basin survey techniques and sub-bottom profiling will all be components of this project. The lake assessment method that will be used in this study will provide Halifax Water with context for long-term management and monitoring of these important water sources.