Understanding Water Budgets and Water Availability in Nova Scotia Watersheds

了解新斯科舍省流域的水预算和水可用性

• 批准号: 556378-2020
• 负责人: Jamieson, Rob
• 金额: $ 1.75万
• 依托单位: Dalhousie University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=706315
• 关键词: Understanding; Water; Budgets; Availability; Nova

This NSERC Alliance Project is a partnership between Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Environment, and is focused on developing a better understanding of surface water resources in Nova Scotia, Canada. Nova Scotia Environment is identified through the Environment Act as the lead agency of Government to promote sustainable management of water resources in the Province, and regulates activities that require approvals (e.g., water withdrawals, watercourse alterations) through administration of the Activities Designation Regulations. The development of evidence-based polices and regulations is a key goal for the department; in the area of water resources management, accurate estimates of water availability within watersheds throughout the province is a key resource to support that goal. The objectives of this research project are to: (i) develop water budgets and water availability risk metrics for all major watersheds in Nova Scotia, and (ii) develop and validate tools for estimating water budget components in ungauged watersheds. The project will utilize a suite of approaches to accomplish these objectives, including calibration and validation of process-based hydrologic simulation models and field based approaches to measure component hydrologic processes (e.g., evapotranspiration, surface runoff and groundwater flow). The results from this research will provide provincial water managers with valuable information to be used to more effectively support the assessment and development of improved water management polices in Nova Scotia, and will be disseminated in a variety of formats to water resources professionals across Canada.

这个NSERC联盟项目是Dalhousie University与Nova Scotia环境之间的合作伙伴关系， 并专注于对加拿大新斯科舍省的地表水资源有更好的了解。诺瓦 斯科舍省环境通过《环境法》确定为政府的主要机构，以促进 该省水资源的可持续管理，并规范需要批准的活动（例如 抽水，水道改变）通过管理活动规定。 制定基于证据的政策和法规是该部门的关键目标；在 水资源管理，准确估计整个流域内的水的可用性 省是支持该目标的关键资源。 该研究项目的目标是：（i）开发水预算和水的可用性风险指标 新斯科舍省的所有主要流域，以及（ii）开发和验证用于估算水预算的工具 Ungauged流域中的组成部分。该项目将利用一套方法来完成这些 目标，包括基于过程的水文模拟模型和基于现场的校准和验证 测量组件水文过程的方法（例如，蒸散量，表面径流和 地下水流）。这项研究的结果将为省级水经理提供宝贵的 用于更有效地支持评估和开发改良水的信息 新斯科舍省的管理政策，并将以各种格式传播到水资源 加拿大各地的专业人士。