Water Resources Management -
Reports and Publications 
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Final
Report - Near Real Time Groundwater Levels and Water Quality of Farming Areas
in Newfoundland and Labrador
This is a final report for a project where the Division obtained funding
under the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Agreement for the National Water Supply Expansion Program. The agreement, titled Real Time Groundwater Level and Water Quality Monitoring of Farming Areas
provided for remote monitoring of groundwater quality at four sites and the creation of a water quality index calculator and a web site showing real time water levels and groundwater quality data.
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Drinking
Water Safety Annual Report 2007
This annual report is written to provide current information on the
overall state of public water supplies in Newfoundland and Labrador and
to outline the progress of activities and accomplishments under the
multi-barrier strategic action plan for drinking water safety. The
report also outlines government's plan for ensuring safe drinking water
in the future.
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Field
Survey Report Blue-Green Alga Blooms in Cochrane Pond, Paddy’s Pond,
Three Arm Pond and Three Island Pond
This report provides data about a cyanobacteria or blue-green algae
bloom which was observed in Cochrane Pond, Paddy's Pond, Three Island
Pond and Three Arm Pond during the summer of 2007.
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Drinking
Water Safety Annual Report 2006
This annual report is written to provide current information on the
overall state of public water supplies in Newfoundland and Labrador and
to outline the progress of activities and accomplishments under the
multi-barrier strategic action plan for drinking water safety. The
report also outlines government's plan for ensuring safe drinking water
in the future.
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Drinking
Water Safety Annual Report 2005
This annual report is written to provide current information on the
overall state of public water supplies in Newfoundland and Labrador and
to outline the progress of activities and accomplishments under the
multi-barrier strategic action plan for drinking water safety. The
report also outlines government's plan for ensuring safe drinking water
in the future.
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Drinking
Water Safety Annual Report 2004
This
annual report is written to provide current information on the overall state of public
water supplies in Newfoundland and Labrador and to outline the progress of activities and
accomplishments under the multi-barrier strategic action plan for drinking
water safety. The report also outlines government's plan for ensuring safe
drinking water in the future.
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Drinking
Water Safety Annual Report 2003
This
annual report is written to provide current information on the overall state of public
water supplies in Newfoundland and Labrador and to outline the progress of activities and
accomplishments under the multi-barrier strategic action plan for drinking
water safety. The report also outlines government's plan for ensuring safe
drinking water in the future.
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Badger
Flood 2003 Situation Report
This report provides a description of the event, outlines the data that
is available to carry out further investigations, describes the response
of the Water Resources Management Division (WRMD) and other agencies to
the flood event and makes conclusions and recommendations.
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Flood
Risk Public Information Maps
In Newfoundland and Labrador, we try to discourage flood-vulnerable
development on flood plains. The province, in cooperation with the
federal government, undertakes hydrotechnical
studies and mapping of flood risk areas. The maps, completed for 38
communities so far, delineate the flood risk zones for floods with
a return period of 20 years (5% chance in any year) and 100 years (1%
chance in any year). These maps are used for public information,
municipal planning, development control, and the setting of structural
design criteria. All proposed developments in flood risk zones are
evaluated against potential impacts on water resources, the structures
themselves, and the surrounding areas.
The public information
versions of the flood risk maps presented on these pages are
suitable for general reference only. More detailed
flood risk maps for use by municipal authorities, developers, planners,
consultants and other government agencies are available
by contacting
the Division.
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Drinking
Water Safety Annual Report 2002
The purpose of this
annual report is to provide current information on the overall state of public
water supplies and to outline the progress of activities and
accomplishments under the multi-barrier strategic action plan for drinking
water safety. It also outlines government's plan for ensuring safe
drinking water in the future.
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Source
to Tap - Water Supplies in Newfoundland and Labrador - 2001
The purpose of this report is to provide
current information on the overall state of public water supplies using
the source to tap approach. It also outlines government's future plan of
action to ensure drinking water safety.
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Trihalomethane
(THMs) Levels in Public Water Supplies of Newfoundland and Labrador
The purpose of this report is to assess the status of THMs in provincial
public water supplies and compare the results with the national
guideline. It also serves as a progress report for the THM monitoring
program in the province by identifying any data gaps and future
monitoring needs. Additionally, the report outlines a future course of
action that will be taken to reduce the amounts of THMs in public water
supplies. The analysis presented in this report is based on THM data
collected during the period of Jan 1st, 1996 to Dec 31st,
1999.
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Regional
Flood Frequency Analysis for the Island of Newfoundland - Main Report
The annual cost of flooding to public property in Newfoundland is
estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars range. Accurate
flood flow estimates are needed for the efficient design of instream
structures (culverts, bridges, spillways, etc.) and for floodplain
management. The locations for which flood flow estimates are required
usually do not have streamflow data which could be used to directly
estimate the flood flows. This study, like three previous studies (1971,
1984, 1990), derives a set of equations for estimating return period
flood flows in ungauged watersheds.
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Regional
Flood Frequency Analysis for the Island of Newfoundland - Users’ Guide
and Electronic Spreadsheet
This Users’ Guide and Electronic Spreadsheet is a companion
report to the Regional Flood Frequency Analysis for the Island of
Newfoundland - Main Report. The objective of that study was to develop a
set of equations to estimate return period flood flows on ungauged
watersheds. Flood flow estimates are required for the hydraulic design
of instream structures and for floodplain management. This users’
guide was designed to assist engineers in the application of these
equations. The electronic spreadsheet automates the calculations.
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The
Hydrology of Labrador (June 1997)
This package consists of a 106 page
report and 400+ pages of appendices.
The objectives of this study were to characterize the hydrology
of Labrador and to develop procedures for transferring hydrological
information from large gauged watersheds to small ungauged watersheds.
The hydrological characteristics of large gauged watersheds in
Labrador were obtained by analysing the available physiographic,
climatic and streamflow data.
Flood characteristics were transferred to smaller watersheds by
integrating into the analysis, flood data from hydrologically similar
watersheds in Quebec and Central Newfoundland.
The appendices consist of all of the annual hydrographs of daily
streamflow in Labrador and other plots of hydrological and climatic
variables. The calculation
of flood flows were automated in a spreadsheet.
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