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Home > Impact > Funded Projects > Evaluating the Sustainable Use of Groundwater in Alberta: the Milk River Aquifer
Providing sufficient amounts of high-quality water is of key importance for Alberta’s economic future development. In regions of Alberta where surface water is fully allocated, groundwater can be used to supplement water availability, though groundwater source-water sustainability is often unknown. This project uses a combination of novel and established groundwater age-dating tools to develop an accurate model of groundwater flow for a major aquifer in southern Alberta, the Milk River Aquifer (MRA). The project will increase: (i) our understanding of sustainable groundwater yield for the MRA in southern Alberta; and (ii) knowledge of how groundwater quality in the MRA evolves with groundwater age.