Alberta's Watershed Planning and Advisory Councils (WPACs) are important stewards of Alberta's major watersheds. They are independent, non-profit organizations that are designated to assess the condition of their watershed and prepare plans to address watershed issues. Alberta WPACs engage watershed residents in their work and seek consensus on solutions to watershed issues.

The Alberta WaterPortal has been created as a not-for-profit organization and is supported by private and public sector technology, industry, watershed management partnerships.

We support Alberta's Water for Life strategy, and have created a place where anyone can easily get the information and knowledge they need to make better water management decisions, and maybe become more actively involved in managing this valuable resource. There is nothing more precious than water except maybe oxygen...we encourage you to contact us!

People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but even more for producing things such as food, paper, cotton clothes, etc. The water footprint is an indicator of water use that looks at both direct and indirect water use of a consumer or producer. Click here to learn more...

To help you on your discovery of water knowledge, here's a wide variety of water related Web Links, Company and Phone Directories, Precipitation Forecasts and Water Maps, Photos and Videos...and tools such as water use and evaporation calculators, volume convertors, water glossary, water location (lat/long) tools, water archive records, and other tools. And stay tuned, we'll keep adding new water tools....