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Prairie Provinces Water Board

Prairie Provinces Water Board. 1969 Master Agreement on Apportionment. WEST. TO EAST. PPWB Origins - History. Western Water Board 1930 Federal government didn’t ratify Prairie Provinces Water Advisory Board -1945 Federal government not involved

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Prairie Provinces Water Board

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  1. Prairie Provinces Water Board 1969 Master Agreement on Apportionment Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  2. WEST TO EAST Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  3. PPWBOrigins- History • Western Water Board 1930 • Federal government didn’t ratify • Prairie Provinces Water Advisory Board -1945 • Federal government not involved • Prairie Provinces Water Board Agreement 1948 • Federal and Prairie Provinces Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  4. An Evolving Mandate... • SK, AB, MB and Canada formed the PPWB in 1948 to recommend the best use and allocation of interprovincial waters. • By 1960s, provinces began requesting large allocations of water and the PPWB approach could not adequately plan for the long-term. • Perception provincial powers lost. • In 1969, Master Agreement on Apportionment (MAA) addressed this issue and more. Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  5. Master Agreement on Apportionment October 1969 Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  6. AGREEMENT - COMPONENTS • a master agreement between Canada , Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba SCHEDULES TO AGREEMENT • an apportionment agreement between Alberta and Saskatchewan • an apportionment agreement between Saskatchewan and Manitoba • a Prairie Provinces Water Board agreement • A previous allocation agreement • a water quality agreement (1992) • a groundwater agreement (Future) Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  7. MAA Conditions • Surface water quantity/quality & groundwater • Principle of cooperation-coordination • Monitoring - federal government • Disagreements to Federal Court of Canada • Alteration/cancellation of Agreements in writing by all 4 parties • No termination clause Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  8. Guiding Principles Equitable sharing of water in interprovincial streams, lakes, and aquifers; Acceptable levels of water quality at interprovincial boundaries; Consensus approach to resolving differences and making recommendations; Science-based approach used to assess compliance with the Agreement; and Co-operation in the effective, economical and beneficial use of waters flowing from one province to another (no regulatory powers). Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  9. Prairie Provinces Water Board Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  10. PPWB • Reports to federal-provincial Ministers • Senior officials that administer water in the Provinces of MB, SK, AB, Environment Canada and AAFC • Monitors achievement of the MAA • Exchange information on development and water management • Conduct joint studies • Make recommendations to jurisdictions • Consensus based • Cost-shared: 50% fed & 50% prov (17% each) • Supported by Secretariat and Standing Committees of Hydrology (COH), Water Quality (COWQ) and Groundwater (COG) Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  11. Alberta AESRD Saskatchewan WSA Manitoba MIT & MCWS Canada EC (chair) Canada AAFC Committee on Hydrology Executive Director Secretary PPWB Committee on Water Quality Secretary COH & COG Vir Khanna Secretary COWQ Committee on Groundwater Eng Adv COH & COG Megan Garner Admin Asst Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  12. Within the MAA framework, Board members will: Cooperate to achieve the best management of Prairie water while representing their own jurisdictional interests; Inform the Board of potential projects or policies that could impact other jurisdictions and analyze implications if requested; Share policies, programs and practices of mutual interest; Inform senior officials and Ministers about significant issues considered by the Board; Direct the PPWB Executive Director and Committees; Distribute the PPWB annual report to Ministers; and Appoint representatives for Board committees. Board Member Responsibilities Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  13. PPWB Charter Vision Effective interprovincial water management on the Prairies Mission To ensure that interprovincial waters are protected and equitably apportioned in accordance with the MAA; To provide a forum for exchange of information in order to prevent and resolve conflicts; and, To promote cooperation in interprovincial water management. Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  14. Strategic Plan: Goals Agreed interprovincial apportionment of water is achieved. Interprovincial groundwater aquifers are protected and used in a sustainable manner. Agreed interprovincial water quality objectives are achieved. Jurisdictions are informed about emergency and unusual water quality conditions. Conflicts and disagreements over interjurisdictional water issues are avoided. Ministers, senior managers and appropriate staff of jurisdictions are informed about PPWB activities. Information, knowledge and research are shared among jurisdictions. PPWB affairs administered effectively Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  15. Direction From Ministers • Condition of Lake Winnipeg is an issue for all within the basin – PPWB directed to be involved in solutions • Future flows, climate change, demands – PPWB to determine if the Master Agreement able to deal with these issues Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

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  17. The Committee on Hydrology Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  18. COH Mandate • investigate, oversee, review, report and recommend on matters pertaining to hydrology of interprovincial basins • may consider such things as natural flow; forecasting; network design; collection, processing and transmission of data; basin studies and other items of interprovincial interest involving hydrology • COH will engage the Committee on Groundwater and the Committee on Water Quality on items of mutual interest or when the expertise of those committees will assist the COH Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  19. COH Membership • Ron Woodvine (Canada - AAFC) • Brian Yee (Alberta) • Bart Oegema (Saskatchewan) • Mark Lee (Manitoba) • Anthony Liu (Canada – EC Met.) • Vacant (Canada – EC WSC) Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  20. COH – Secretariat Support • Mike Renouf – ED • Vir Khanna – Secretary, Senior Advisor • Megan Garner – Eng Advisor • Leslie Rankin – Admin Asst. Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  21. COH - Work Plan • Steamflow Apportionment • Compute & Report • Basin Reviews • Network Review • Software Renewal (RBAT) • Ministers Assignment • MAA Resiliency Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  22. River Basin Assessment Tool (RBAT) Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  23. Eastward Flowing Streams • MAA apportions streams 50%-50% • Middle/Lodge/Battle Creek Basins – 25%/75% • Cold Lake Basin – 68.4%/ 31.6 • 12 river basins are reported monthly, quarterly, bi-annual, annual basis • 14 basins reviewed periodically Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  24. Situation • Apportionable flows – Project Depletion Method • Computer programs – developed in-house starting in 1970’s • Program language - FORTRAN • Programmer retired in 2009 Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  25. RBAT Phase-I • Contract issued to Optimal Solutions • Delivered in 2010 - intended to meet S Sask needs. • Flexible configuration - a platform that can be applied to any river basin • Optional use of Google Earth API as GUI • Flexible Time Step Length (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, custom) • Three modes of operation – steady state, node dependent time lag, SSARR routing Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  26. RBAT Phase-II Contract issued to Optimal Solutions in fall 2012 • Improve Visual display; • Add Visual Layers in Schematic View; • Improve Ease-of-Use; • Improve portability; • Improve Functionality; • Improve output - report generation • Improve Installation; automated installation • Product Delivery - December 2013 Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  27. MAA Resiliency Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  28. Ministers’ Question • How resilient will the MAA be in the future given: • Continued development; • Climate change; • Improved knowledge of paleo-hydrology Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  29. Approach • Use paleo-hydrology reconstruction • Statistically identify droughts of varying severity • Link to recorded record (surrogate year approach) • Assemble met and hydromet data • Test water management response Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  30. Scenarios • For 6 Rivers – N Sask, Battle, S Sask at AB/SK; Churchill, Sask, Assiniboine at SK/MB • Droughts of 3, 6 and 10 year duration • With 1:50, 1:100, 1:200 return Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

  31. Conclusions “The most significant interjurisdictional water management arrangement in Canada is the Master Agreement on Apportionment” The 1986 Inquiry on Federal Water Policy (Pearse Inquiry) Further Information: www.ppwb.ca Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Canada

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