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Waterscape - Bow River Basin

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Climate Change: What is the future for our water?
  • Snowpack: A possible reduction of snowpack could change water supply.
  • Glacier melt: Reduced water supply from shrinking glaciers
  • Forest fires: Warmer, drier summers and earlier springs may lead to increased forest fires.
  • Extreme weather: A possible increase in extreme weather e.g. tornadoes, hail storms, heat waves, droughts, dust storms, floods, blizzards
  • Agriculture: Increased demand for irrigation and a change in crop types due to a longer growing season
  • River flow: Lower river flow reduces water supply, water quality, and recreation activities.
  • Habitat: Warmer river temperatures stress cold-water species such as trout.
  • Groundwater: Reduced recharge causes lower water tables which in turn cause some shallow wells to go dry.
  • Hydroelectric power: Reduced flow decreases power generation.
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