Bow River Basin News Today

The City of Calgary has announced its implementation of a water reductions advisory, which will go into effect immediately as a way of encouraging Calgarians to voluntarily reduce their water usage.

City of Calgary will be implementing a Water Reductions Advisory, asking Calgarians to reduce their water use: likely Airdronians and Rocky View residents will be asked to follow suit.

The province has awarded WaterSMART Solutions, a water management consulting company, with a $350,000 contract to conduct drought modelling and figure out how to best make use of Alberta’s water supply.

Producers that use groundwater closer to southern Alberta may "have to stop producing altogether," a University of Calgary professor said.

Calgarys recent long stretch of warm dry weather is having an affect on the Bow and Elbow rivers, but officials with the City of Calgary say the water supply is in good shape.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault must put the protection and restoration of nature at the centre of the federal government’s proposed National Adaptation Strategy.

On Tuesday, officials with Foothills County issued an update on area flood watches, warnings and high streamflow advisories amid prolonged and significant rainfall in the area.

The MD of Foothills County sits immediately south of Calgary and covers Okotoks, High River, Turner Valley, Black Diamond, Longview and the Eden Valley Indian Reserve.

The decades-long retreat of Rocky Mountain glaciers that supplement Calgarys water supply was fast-tracked by last summers heat.