Presentation slides delivered at a September 23rd Banff GeoCENS workshop.

1. Water and Environmental Hubsince 2010 Alex JosephExecutive Director GeoCENS Workshop September 23, 2010

2. if <this> data explosion open data high speed networks cloud computing </this> IS TRUE for WATER then {benefit} = > data open and accessible online < time and $ spent in acquisition > integrated management, eresearch, innovation, economic diversification 1 0

3. 1st region under water stress

4. Diverse geography

5. $22T water infrastructure

6. If there’s all this data out there... Why do I and my students spend 50-75% of time trying to find it? |

7. The Opportunity

8. "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

9. 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.

10. Who

11. Scope Water and Environmental Hub Surface Water Groundwater Snow & Ice Climate Water Quantity Water Quality

12. Target Audience

13. Access Points

14. 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 standards e.g. WaterML, Groundwater ML (GWML)

15. Handling the Data Surface Water Quality Program (AENV) Water Survey of Canada TransAltaScheduled releases TransAlta Reservoir levels Naturalized stream flow projections (daily, weekly) Data Access Integration Canadian Centre for Climate Modeling and Analysis NOAA WMS 30 yr norms climate data PRISM dataset National Climate Data and Information Archive NavCanAviation Weather Wind Speed Radiation Potential Evaporation maps Climate surfaces

16. Surface Water Quality Program (AENV) Water Survey of Canada TransAltaScheduled releases TransAlta Reservoir levels Naturalized stream flow projections (daily, weekly) Data Access Integration Canadian Centre for Climate Modeling and Analysis NOAA WMS 30 yr norms climate data PRISM dataset National Climate Data and Information Archive NavCanAviation Weather Wind Speed Radiation Potential Evaporation maps Climate surfaces AltaLIS 1:20K Base Features CanVec 1:50K, 1:250K Imagery (Landsat) Imagery (SPOT) – Alberta Terrestrial Imaging Centre Imagery (Orthophotos) LiDAR (SRD) Land Use (CLI) Soils (AgraSID) Grassland Vegetation Inventory (GVI) Wet Areas Mapping (Wetlands) PFRA Gross Watershed Boundaries National Road Network (NRN) National Hydro Network (NHN) GeoConnections Discover Portal Eastern Slopes Grizzly Bear Project – Land Cover Geological Survey of Canada (various) Alberta Geological Service (various) ERCB Pipes and Wells Alberta Agriculture RSS Soil Moisture Agricultural Capability (PFRA Landcover) Toporama Groundwater Information Network Groundwater Interoperability Experiment Alberta Water Well Information Database Groundwater Observation Well Network (GOWN) Potential Initial Data Partners

17. Tools/Apps Client Mediator Wrappers Data Ontology UNGEMS GIN IP3/WC2N ...

19. How will we know if we rocked the boat?

21. Financial Sustainability

22. INITIAL FUNDING

23. Alex Joseph Executive Director - Water and Environmental Hub Cybera Inc. Direct: (403) 826-3915 Email: alex.joseph@cybera.ca http://www.cybera.ca/project/water-and-environmental-hub