Groundwater

Well Water Perceived as Safe

Well Water Perceived as Safe

Overall, the study found that most well owners feel they are not susceptible to well contamination issues because they have not had any health concerns that they linked to their well water quality. Perceived susceptibility is critical, because it helps indicate how motivated people would be to test and/or treat their well.

Well Water: Risky or Safe?

Well Water: Risky or Safe?

University of Calgary PhD student, Abraham Munene, was interested in finding out what makes people think their water is safe or risky. In 2017 he set out to survey and interview well owners across Alberta to understand these perceptions, as part of his PhD research.
 

Are you a well user? Don't get your water from the public system?

Are you a well user? Don't get your water from the public system?

A lot of people don't get their water from the public system. In fact, many people in rural Alberta use wells, boreholes, and cisterns for their drinking water. If you are one of them, here's a simple, easy way for you to contribute to watershed research AND get a $100 gift card! 

Interview with filmmaker Rick Searle

Interview with filmmaker Rick Searle

***SCREENING LIVE FOR WORLD WATERDAY MARCH 22*** With all the attention on the headwaters at the moment (it IS, after all, the first goal tackled via the OWC's Action Plans ....) it can be easy at times to forget what happens downstream. That, is, until disaster strikes like it did in the floods of 2013. Filmmaker Rick Searle explains how decisions made upstream helped contribute to a semi-arid corner of Manitoba being completely flooded ...

How safe is our groundwater in southern Alberta? New study - the science is out!

How safe is our groundwater in southern Alberta? New study - the science is out!

Water comes to us in many forms - there are no glaciers left in southern Alberta, but their legacy, in the form of precious groundwater, lives on. How are the nitrates from ranching and agriculture affecting what we drink? If it's science, the answer is complex ...