By acting towards climate change, we are also acting to conserve and protect our water resources.
In Alberta, this is particularly important as the glaciers feeding the Bow, Saskatchewan, and Athabasca rivers have shrunk by 25% in the last century, and Alberta is currently facing a severe drought due to increasing regional temperatures, and decreasing precipitation. (D.W. Schindler and W.F. Donahue, “An Impending Water Crisis in Canada’s Western Prairie Provinces,” (2006))
Decreasing water levels, combined with changing water chemistry in wetlands, ponds, lakes and dugouts, means less water for crop irrigation, cattle industry and general water use in Southern Alberta.
