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What's New in the Watershed
August 2012
In This Issue
The Trickle-Down Effect
Water needs a rethink
SEAWA Groundwater
Meet Karen Saffran, Chair of the IWMP Steering Committee...  
 
For nine years, I worked as a limnologist (freshwater scientist) with the Alberta Government in Edmonton.  For the past nine years, I have been living and raising a family in Medicine Hat.  Together, these experiences provide me with a good background for contributing to SEAWA's integrated watershed management planning process.  It's great that I can use my previous training to help my current community!
 
Water Words

 

Headwaters
1) source and upper reaches of a stream or reservoir. 
2) small streams that come together to form a river.

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What we're reading this month:
 
Water Canada feature article: The Trickle-Down Effect

Industry, agriculture and government have voices about water in Alberta. But who speaks for the environment's needs? Read more here...

Water Needs a Radical Rethink
 
Water needs a radical rethink, says Nicholas Parker, Chairman of the Cleantech Group and the Blue Economy Initiative. "After two hundred years of managing water the same way, we've gotten too comfortable," he says. Read more here...
 SEAWA Groundwater
 
Groundwater provides a safe secure water source for rural residents and plays a vital role in providing base flow for creeks and rivers. Find out more about local groundwater in SEAWA's web-based State of the Watershed report here.
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Featured Photos

SEAWA is now on Flickr! View some of our most recent photos now, and check back frequently as we add old and new favourites to our photostream throughout the summer. You can find SEAWA "people, places and event" photos here...
WWD 2013
 
Conservation Corner
 

The UN "seeks to develop the tools and skills needed to achieve better understanding of processes, management practices and policies that will help improve ... global freshwater resources." Read more about UN Water here.

Save the dates! 
Please join us for the Great Canadian Shoreline Clean-up on Sunday, September 23, 2012. We will be cleaning up Riverside Park (River Valley Park) in Redcliff. To sign-up or for more information click here...

SEAWA will be holding workshops for various stakeholder groups to provide input into the priorities being considered for the Integrated Watershed Management Plan.
September 20 - afternoon - government 
September 20 - evening - agriculture 
September 27 - afternoon - industry 
September 27 - evening - watershed stewardship groups
 
For more info check our website or email admin@seawa.ca 

Join the Conversation
Please, feel free to contact us with any comments or questions you have about SEAWA, about land and water issues in the region, or about your personal connection to the watershed.
 
Contact Info
Maggie Romuld M.Sc., P.Biol.
Watershed Project Coordinator
maggie@seawa.ca