NRCan’s Simply Science highlights C1W - The science of seeing into the future: Canada’s groundwater
“With scientists predicting major water shortages in less than 10 years, we need to make smart choices today about how to use and protect our water resources. The Canada1Water project aims to help. Co-led by Natural Resources Canada’s Groundwater Geoscience Program and Aquanty Inc., it will give Canadians powerful new tools to understand the country’s water future.”
Canada1Water captures the entire hydrological cycle from precipitation and snowmelt to surface water and groundwater interactions.
We’re really excited to see the Canada1Water project highlighted in Simply Science - Natural Resource’s Canada’s digital magazine where they profile their scientific projects and the people behind them. Simply Science brings these stories to life by letting the experts explain their work directly to you in their own words.
The latest Simply Science article focuses on the C1W project, and provides a glimpse into how the C1W project will benefit the environmental science community in Canada for years to come, featuring comments from Steve Frey & Hazen Russell (C1W co-principle investigators), Ed Sudicky (founder of Aquanty Inc.) and Dave Lapen (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Scientist).
“For almost 25 years, experts have been saying we need an advanced groundwater modelling method that can be applied on a regional scale,” says NRCan project lead, Hazen Russell, a scientist with the Geological Survey of Canada. “The data and technology are finally at a point where we can create one.”
“We’re closing knowledge and data gaps we’ve had for a long time,” says Steve Frey, Russell’s co-lead and director of research at the Ontario-based water science company, Aquanty.