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Impacts of agriculture on surface water quality in Alberta

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Part 1 -The Haynes Creek Study was one of three studies funded under the Canada-Alberta Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture agreement (CAESA) to describe the effects of agriculture on surface... More ≫

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Part 1 -The Haynes Creek Study was one of three studies funded under the Canada-Alberta Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture agreement (CAESA) to describe the effects of agriculture on surface waters in Alberta. This study was conducted in the Haynes Creek watershed to determine if runoff from cattle wintering grounds and from cultivated fields had a direct, measurable influence on stream water quality. The Haynes Creek watershed (east of the city of Red Deer) was selected because it was considered representative of very intensive agricultural activity on a landscape sensitive to water erosion. Part 2 - The Provincial Stream Survey was one of three studies funded under the Canada-Alberta Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture agreement (CAESA) to describe the effects of agriculture on surface waters in Alberta. This study was conducted to determine if there are relationships between the agricultural intensity in the drainage basins and water quality of streams. Part 3 - Federal...

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Alberta's surface water quality project

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A four year program to support environmentally sustainable agriculture in Alberta, had the goal of answering: "What is the impact of Alberta's agriculture on surface water and groundwater... More ≫

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A four year program to support environmentally sustainable agriculture in Alberta, had the goal of answering: "What is the impact of Alberta's agriculture on surface water and groundwater quality?". Water quality data from Alberta's major river shows occasional detections of agricultural chemicals by concentrations are typically three orders of magnitude below guidelines for protection of freshwater aquatic life.

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Agricultural runoff and lake water quality

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This report looks at lake studies that were conducted to understand the relationship between nutrient loading from various land uses in the watershed and productivity in lakes.

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