To help you on your discovery of water knowledge, here's a wide variety of water related:

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

...and tools such as water use and evaporation calculators, volume convertors, water glossary, water location (lat/long) tools, water archive records, and other tools.

And stay tuned, we'll keep adding new water tools....

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?

• Glossary of Alberta Water Terms (Alberta Environment)
• International Glossary of Water Terms (NEW...available in different languages)
• 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).

• OnlineConversion.com

Water Tests: What Do All Those Numbers Mean?

• Rural Water Quality Information Tool (Alberta Agriculture & Rural Development)
• Water Tests: What Do the Numbers Mean?

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.

• Zerofootprint: One Minute Water Calculator
• Reseau Water Use Calculator
• USGS Water Use Calculator
• Water Heating Calculator
• CEATI Drain Water Heat Recovery - Energy Savings Calculator

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...

• Global Water Tool

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...

• WaterSim Tool
• Other Modeling and Simulation Tools

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).

• Water Evaporation Calculator
  

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 what watershed yo are in, but its 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.

• Land (Water) Long/Lat Locator

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.

• Alberta Digital Archives

more to come...