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Water Toolkit
Water Toolkit
What's the Chance for Rain, Snow or Precipitation?
Alberta Environment: Water Supply Outlook and Forecaster's Comments, Water Advisories and Warnings.
- Precipitation Forecast for Alberta (24 hour forecast: AccuPop)
- Water Supply Outlook for Alberta (by month)
- Forecaster's Comments (by month)
- Alberta Water Advisories & Warnings
- Precipitation Maps (Agriculture Canada, by week, month, year)
What's That Water Term Mean?
Here are some water glossary tools to help better understand all that water terminology.
- Glossary of Alberta Water Terms (Alberta Environment)
- Glossary of Water Terms (USGS)
- Glossary of Water Terms (Water Quality Association)
- Glossary of Water Terms (Nevada Division of Water Resources)
How Much Water Do You Have There?
Easily calculate how much water you have with this Water Convertor (gallons, litres, cubic metres, hectare, etc).
Water Tests: What Do All Those Numbers Mean?
That water test report may look confusing, but with a little help you can make sense out of it in no time! If you’re ready, let’s start learning about your report and what it tells you about the safety of your drinking water.
- Rural Water Quality Information Tool (Alberta Agriculture & Rural Development)
Water tests: What Do All the Numbers Mean? (123.74 kB)
Take the Household Water Use Challenge!
Do you know how much water your household uses? Calculate your household water usage with either of these Water Use Calculators and compare your personal daily water use total to the national and provincial averages.
Tool Helps Global Companies Manage Water
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development has launched the Global Water Tool. It’s a free and easy-to-use tool for companies and organizations to map their water use and assess risks relative to their global operations and supply chains.
Do you have staff, equipment, offices, datacenters in various water-scarce areas? As companies get decentralized across the globe, water management can become a concern...
Tools Help Cities-Regions Manage Water
WaterSim is a simulation of water supply and demand for the Phoenix Metropolitan area that integrates information about climate, land use, population growth, and water policy. Adjustable settings allow you to gauge future water-supply conditions in response to climate change, drought, population growth, technological innovation, as well as policy decisions about the nature of the region's built environment, landscaping practices, and recycled water...
Where is that water located?
Here is a useful online tool that allows users to determine a specific geographic location given a legal discription. Bentek Systems has created the SCADALink Locator tool a cost-effective solution that converts LSD to-and-from Latitude (Lat) / Longitude (Long). It integrates seamlessly with Google Maps, Garmin nRoute and Garmin Mobile PC for GPS mapping.
Locations are identified by DLS (Dominion Land Survey – typically known as LSD) coordinates in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan or Manitoba and by NTS coordinates in BC.