Browsing Waterloo Research by Subject "groundwater"
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Advancing groundwater vulnerability assessment in the Yukon and Northwest Territories
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-15)Reliance on groundwater for drinking water supplies varies across the Yukon and Northwest Territories (NWT), with usage of up to 97% in Yukon and 5% in NWT. Groundwater vulnerability assessments, which review water quality ... -
An approach to improve direct runoff estimates and reduce uncertainty in the calculated groundwater component in water balances of large lakes
(Journal of Hydrology, 2015-10-30)Groundwater is important in the overall water budget of a lake because it affects the quantity and quality of surface water and the ecological health of the lake. The water balance equation is frequently used to estimate ... -
Confirming the need for virus disinfection in municipal subsurface drinking water supplies
(Elsevier, 2019-06)Enteric viruses pose the greatest acute human health risks associated with subsurface drinking water supplies, yet quantitative risk assessment tools have rarely been used to develop health-based targets for virus treatment ... -
Geophysical response to simulated methane migration in groundwater based on a controlled injection experiment in a sandy unconfined aquifer
(Elsevier, 2019-09)Geophysical methods have the capacity to detect and characterize gas-phase dynamics in groundwater. Suitable methods can be deployed at surface or within boreholes depending on the required depth of investigation, ... -
Hydrologic function of a moderate-rich fen watershed in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region of the Western Boreal Plain, northern Alberta
(Elsevier, 2019-03)Peatlands are a dominant land feature in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) of the Western Boreal Plain (WBP), comprising >50% of the total land area, many of which are moderate-rich fens. The carbon stocks of moderate-rich ... -
Preparative isolation, fractionation and chemical characterization of dissolved organics from natural and industrially derived bitumen-influenced groundwaters from the Athabasca River watershed
(Elsevier, 2021-07-10)Recent analytical advances have provided evidence that groundwater affected by oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) is reaching the Athabasca River at one location. To understand and discriminate the toxicological risks ...