New on the WaterPortal: Alberta Water Research Module

The Alberta WaterPortal is pleased to announce the launch of the Alberta Water Research Module (AWRM). We would like to extend our thanks to Alberta Innovates – Energy and Environment Solutions (AI-EES) for generously helping support the development of this module as well as the relaunch of the Alberta WaterPortal website that occurred back in January.  

Long time users of the WaterPortal may remember the previous version of the research module called the Alberta Water Data Module. The Data Module allowed viewers to access real-time data and find reports and information on water in Alberta. The new AWRM incorporates elements of the older version of the data module but has been refocused as an information database. The reports in the older data module are still available and recently released reports have been added to the AWRM. 

One new feature of the AWRM is the ability to search article ‘tags’. Tags are helpful if you want to search for a specific subject matter and related terms. If you begin typing a term into the ‘Tags’ box the program will begin to display similar words that have been used to tag articles in the Module. 

Figure 1 – An example of searching by tag in the AWRM

Although some new reports and links have been added to the AWRM there are many more that still must be added. If you think the AWRM is missing any reports or links to external resources, or if you notice resources that require an update, please send us an email. 

Thanks again to AI-EES for partnering with us on this endeavor.