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Home > Impact > Funded Projects > Building Water Security and Climate Resilience into the City of Edmonton Through Innovative Watershed Management Practices
This project aims to advance our understanding of the ‘urban water cycle’ for the City of Edmonton. Improving knowledge of past, current and future water movement in and around the city enables improved infrastructure development and climate resiliency.
Project Description
The objective of the proposed research project is to understand the complete urban water cycle for the City of Edmonton. This research will: advance the concept of using local groundwater as an alternative water source; improve our understanding of how urban geology influences surface water and groundwater; and demonstrate how considering the complete urban water cycle can aid watershed planning and urban development. While knowledge of urban drainage through creeks and storm water systems is established, and the knowledge of the regional groundwater setting is emerging, the complete urban water cycle is not well known at the city scale.