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: $ 2.04万
• 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: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=722793
• 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. NovaScotia Environment is identified through the Environment Act as the lead agency of Government to promotesustainable 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 ofwater resources management, accurate estimates of water availability within watersheds throughout theprovince 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 forall major watersheds in Nova Scotia, and (ii) develop and validate tools for estimating water budgetcomponents in ungauged watersheds. The project will utilize a suite of approaches to accomplish theseobjectives, including calibration and validation of process-based hydrologic simulation models and field basedapproaches to measure component hydrologic processes (e.g., evapotranspiration, surface runoff andgroundwater flow). The results from this research will provide provincial water managers with valuableinformation to be used to more effectively support the assessment and development of improved watermanagement polices in Nova Scotia, and will be disseminated in a variety of formats to water resourcesprofessionals across Canada.

这个NSERC联盟项目是达尔豪西大学和新斯科舍省环境之间的合作伙伴关系，并专注于发展在加拿大新斯科舍省地表水资源的更好的理解。新斯科舍省环境部通过《环境法》被确定为政府的牵头机构，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，制定以证据为基础的政策和法规是该部门的一个关键目标;在水资源管理领域，对全省流域内可用水的准确估计是支持这一目标的一个关键资源。（i）为新斯科舍省的所有主要流域制定水预算和水可用性风险指标，（ii）开发和验证用于估计未测量流域水资源组成部分的工具。该项目将利用一套方法来实现这些目标，包括校准和验证基于过程的水文模拟模型和基于现场的方法来测量组成水文过程（例如，蒸散、地表径流和地下水流）。这项研究的结果将为省级水资源管理人员提供宝贵的信息，用于更有效地支持新斯科舍省水资源管理政策的评估和改进，并将以各种形式传播给加拿大各地的水资源专业人员。