Water sources from Calgary Region

WATER CYCLE Linking Land & Water GLACIER MELTWATER PRECIPITATION GLACIER MELTWATER Stored as snow and ice. FARMLANDS GROUNDWATER Stored in porous rocks - saturated zone is called "the water table" CALGARY 2011 population of 1,090,936 projected to more than double by 2076. BOW RIVER -20% RAIN, GROUNDWATER Moratorium on new water licenses & GLACIER MELT -80% since 2006. SNOWMELT FARMLANDS BOW RIVER WATER SOURCES Irrigation for agriculture accounts for 44% of all water allocations in the basin. PRECIPITATION BOW RIVER Rain Hail Sleet Snow GROUNDWATER CALGARY