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Water and Environmental Hub since 2010 Alex Joseph Executive Director GeoCENS Workshop September 23, 2010

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Water and Environmental Hubsince 2010

Alex JosephExecutive Director

GeoCENS WorkshopSeptember 23, 2010

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if <this>data explosion open datahigh speed networks cloud computing

</this> IS TRUE for WATERthen {benefit} =

> data open and accessible online< time and $ spent in acquisition> integrated management, eresearch,

innovation, economic diversification

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1st region under water stress

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Diverse geography

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$22T water infrastructure

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If there’s all this data out there...

Why do I and my students spend 50-75% of time trying to find it?

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The Opportunity

Water

Economic Diversification

Web

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"The Water and Environmental Sciences Hub will be used by governments, industry, academia and the public to make more‐informed decisions regarding water and will create abetter understanding of this

resource."

‐ Environment Minister Jim Prentice

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Vision

To become the open source, web platform that connects water and environmental data with the tools and people needed to advance water research, integrated management, innovation,

and economic diversification.

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Who

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Surf

ace

Wat

er

Scope

Water and Environmental Hub

Water Quality

Water Quantity

Gro

un

dw

ater

Sno

w &

Ice

Clim

ate

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Target Audience

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Access Points

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Approach

• Distributed: data stays with owners

• Scalable: exists in the cloud

• Seamless: acts as one virtual database

• Multi-access: multiple portals, tools

• Standards-based: use nat’l & int’l standardse.g. WaterML, Groundwater ML (GWML)

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Handling the Data

WAREHOUSE

NETWORK

CATALOGUE WAREHOUSE NETWORK

Fragmented Duplicated, Delayed Distributed, Real Time

Surface Water Quality Program (AENV)Water Survey of CanadaTransAlta Scheduled releasesTransAlta Reservoir levelsNaturalized stream flow projections (daily, weekly)Data Access IntegrationCanadian Centre for Climate Modeling and AnalysisNOAA WMS30 yr norms climate dataPRISM datasetNational Climate Data and Information Archive NavCan Aviation WeatherWind SpeedRadiationPotential Evaporation maps Climate surfaces

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Surface Water Quality Program (AENV)Water Survey of CanadaTransAlta Scheduled releasesTransAlta Reservoir levelsNaturalized stream flow projections (daily, weekly)Data Access IntegrationCanadian Centre for Climate Modeling and AnalysisNOAA WMS30 yr norms climate dataPRISM datasetNational Climate Data and Information Archive NavCan Aviation WeatherWind SpeedRadiationPotential Evaporation maps Climate surfacesAltaLIS 1:20K Base FeaturesCanVec 1:50K, 1:250KImagery (Landsat)Imagery (SPOT) – Alberta Terrestrial Imaging CentreImagery (Orthophotos)LiDAR (SRD)Land Use (CLI)Soils (AgraSID)Grassland Vegetation Inventory (GVI)Wet Areas Mapping (Wetlands)PFRA Gross Watershed BoundariesNational Road Network (NRN)National Hydro Network (NHN)GeoConnections Discover PortalEastern Slopes Grizzly Bear Project – Land CoverGeological Survey of Canada (various)Alberta Geological Service (various)ERCB Pipes and WellsAlberta Agriculture RSSSoil MoistureAgricultural Capability (PFRA Landcover)ToporamaGroundwater Information Network Groundwater Interoperability Experiment

Potential Initial Data Partners

WAREHOUSE

WC2N

DRIIP3

NETWORK

GIN

GeoCENS

UNGEMS

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UNGEMS GINIP3/WC2N ...

Tools/Apps

Client

Mediator

Wrappers

Data

Ontology

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How will we know if we rocked the boat?

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Financial Sustainability

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• Q2 2010Scanning

• Q3 2010Development

• Q3 2011 Public Launch

• Q3 2011Feedback & Refinement

INITIAL FUNDING

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Alex Joseph

Executive Director - Water and Environmental Hub

Cybera Inc.

Direct: (403) 826-3915

Email: [email protected]

http://www.cybera.ca/project/water-and-environmental-hub