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To help on your discovery of water knowledge, here's a variety of water tools, including water use and conservation calculators, volume convertors, water glossary, other tools and gadgets...






Here's a wide variety of water related:

- Web Links
- Company and Phone Directories
- Precipitation Forecasts and Water Maps
- Photos & Videos

...and some tools including water use and evaporation calculators, volume convertors, water glossary, water location (lat/long) tools, digital water archive records, and other tools. And stay tuned, we'll keep adding new water tools...


What's the Precipitation Forecast and Water Outlook?

Alberta Environment: Water Supply Outlook and Forecaster's Comments, Water Advisories and Warnings.



What's That Water Term Mean?

Here are some water glossary tools to help better understand all that water terminology.

 

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.

 

 

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

Active ImageThe 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...

 

 

How Much Water is Evaporating?

Calculate how much water is evaporating from your swimming pool, pond, lake, or reservoir with this Water Evaporation Convertor (gallons, acres, sq. km, etc).

 

 

Where is that water located?

Here is a useful converter from Alberta Legal SubDivision (LSD) to Latitude and Longitude that allows users to determine a specific geographic location given a legal discription. This is still a step removed from someone being able to determine which watershed they are in, but it's getting closer. (source: ScanTek Systems)

Example:
I used the converter on the site and got this info ATS: 5 53 11 3 6 SE/C 133.5 225.3 What do the numbers refer to?
5 is Meridian, 53 is Township, 11 is Range, 3 is Section and 6 is the Legal SubDivision (LSD). The location is 133.5 feet west and 225.3 feet north of the southeast corner of Legal SubDivision 6.

 

 

Where can I find historical water (and many other) records?

There are many information sources that are loosely geo-referenced, yet not readily accessible to water managers and planners. The link below highlights a useful information source that provides important historical data that extends the monitoring record along key river systems.

 

 

more to come...