Water Depletion

Water Depletion

Oil sands plants typically use two to four barrels of water to extract a barrel of oil from the tar sands, but some extraction methods can use as much as 7 barrels of water. The amount of water needed for the tar sands is seriously lowering the water levels of the Athabasca River, the Mackenzie Valley watershed and other related water sources in the region.

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Water Depletion Articles

Oilsands opponents emerge; Group seeks exploration permit freeze; Environmental assessment needed during exploration phase

Posted: April 14, 2008
Cassandra Kyle, April 2, 2008, The StarPhoenix -- A Saskatchewan environmental group has asked the...Read More

Water ruling a jolt for oilpatch

Posted: April 14, 2008
Deborah Yedlin, April 2, 2008, Calgary Herald -- Imperial Oil losing the water licence associated...Read More

Imperial oil sands plans dealt blow; Kearl project faces delay as Fisheries and Oceans pulls water authorization

Posted: March 31, 2008
David Ebner, March 31, 2008, Globe and Mail -- The federal government has revoked a key water...Read More

LIQUID ASSET; Could the oil sands, Canada's greatest economic project, come undone simply because no one thought about water?

Posted: March 28, 2008
Andrew Nikiforuk, March 28, 2008, Report on Business Magazine -- Here in Canada, we tend to think...Read More

Oil-shale 'rush' is sparking concern

Posted: March 25, 2008
Stephen Speckman, March 22, 2008, Deseret Morning News -- With oil prices surpassing $100 per...Read More

Reclaimed oilsands site receives provincial blessing; A 'nice milestone' says Syncrude, which likely spent $114,00 per hectare

Posted: March 25, 2008
Hanneke Brooymans, March 20, 2008, The Edmonton Journal -- The Alberta government has issued its...Read More

Lawsuit fighting approval of Imperial's Kearl oilsands mine in court

Posted: March 4, 2008
The Canadian Press, March 3, 2008 -- Environmentalists are heading to court Tuesday to fight...Read More

Kearl Expansion's DFO Approval Draws Environmentalist Ire

Posted: February 29, 2008
Gabriel Zarate, February 28, 2008, Slave River Journal -- The federal government’s Department of...Read More

Canada's water crisis 'escalating'; Experts expect climate change to present serious water challenges, many already exist

Posted: February 25, 2008
Andy Riga, February 23, 2008, Canwest News Service -- Canada is crisscrossed by innumerable rivers,...Read More

Oilsands may impact Sask.

Posted: February 25, 2008
James Wood, February 21, 2008, Saskatchewan News Network -- The environmental impact of Alberta...Read More

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