Canadian  Shale  Water  Recycling  and  Reuse:  2015  Congress  

Op7mizing  Water  Treatment,  Disposal,  Storage  And  Sourcing  For  Shale  Opera7ons  In  The  Western  Canadian  Sedimentary  Basin    

 

Alberta Environment and Parks

Discussing The Recent Changes To And Future Directions Of Alberta Regulations To Enhance Future Operational Security And Regulatory

Compliance

September 16th - 17th, 2015 - Calgary, Canada

Overview  

• Context • Provincial Water Management

Philosophy • Hydraulic Fracturing • Moving Forward

Policy  Context  •  Water Conversation (2013) – What we discussed…

–  Desire to see increased requirements for water conservation and groundwater protection

–  Concern around enforcement of current standards, let alone new requirements

•  Growing focus on standards and enforcement –  Protection of water, air and land

•  Integrated management; Cumulative effects based –  Landscape focus, economic/environmental/social lens –  Good governance - regulatory, monitoring, policy bodies –  Effective planning – regional and sub-regional planning

•  Meaningful engagement of Aboriginal Peoples

Alberta  Water  Alloca7ons  (2014)  

Municipal 11%

Recreation 0.2%

Water Management 3%

Other Purpose Specified by the Director

1%

Management of Wildlife 1%

Injection (Oil Recovery) 2%

Industrial (Oil, Gas, Petroleum)

8%

Drilling (Developing Oil/Gas Wells) 0.1%

Commercial (Cooling) 23%

Agricultural 2%

Commercial 6%

Management of Fish 0.4%

Habitat Enhancement

1%

Irrigation 41%

Water Conservation Objective

0.02%

Hydraulic Fracturing 0.4%

Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage

0.07%

Management  Elements  

WATER MANAGEMENT HIERARCHY

INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

REDUCE RECYCLE

REUSE

RELEASE

WATER MANAGEMENT HIERARCHY

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Keep Clean Water Clean

Fit for Purpose

Use Water Wisely

Adaptive Management

Pollution Prevention

Protect Aquatic

Ecosystem

Hydraulic  Fracturing  •  Just beginning to looking at the system from source to end-

point

•  Application of water management elements –  Learnings from other areas (e.g. oil sands process affected water)

•  Consideration of: –  Alternative sources –  Net effects tools

•  Transportation and storage considerations –  Treatment and re-use potential –  Injection vs treat and release trends

•  Policy Pilots –  Cumulative impacts –  Collaborative water management –  Address growth areas –  Identify planning/data/monitoring/other gaps

Moving  Forward  •  Regulatory evolution - Alberta Energy Regulator

–  Outcome focused –  Geographic and temporal project authorization

•  Water Conservation Policy –  Sub-regional (multi-sector) with emphasis on collaboration –  Support larger scale / longer-term needs including infrastructure –  Supported through guidelines to supplement regulatory

requirements

•  Enhancement to decision support tools –  Evidence-based decision making

•  Encouraging technology / innovation in support of responsible water management

–  Incentives / dis-incentives –  Flexible instruments (e.g. load allocation)