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Title:

Cumulative effects in a multi-use watershed

Agreement Number:

EGP

Agreement Value:

$25,000.00

Agreement Date:

Jul 12, 2017 -

Organization:

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Location:

Ontario, CA

Reference Number:

GC-2017-Q2-00079

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Additional Information:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019).

Recipient's Legal Name:

Servos, Mark (University of Waterloo)

Program:

Engage Grants for Universities

Program Purpose:

Nestlé Waters Canada operates a beverage bottling plant in Puslinch, Ontario, that extracts groundwater fromx000D
the Mill Creek watershed. Despite the expectation that there will be negligible effects of this activity on thex000D
stream ecosystems, there is a desire to proactively establish biomonitoring that will allow the detection ofx000D
ecological change so that environmental protection and sustainability is ensured. This Engage Grant will createx000D
the foundation for identifying knowledge gaps and establishing an effective biomonitoring program in a smallx000D
watershed (Mill Creek) that is under the influence of many different human activities, including groundwaterx000D
extraction, aggregate extraction, and intensive land use. It will allow the key water users and managers,x000D
including Nestlé Waters Canada, to better share and interpret biomonitoring data by placing it in the context ofx000D
cumulative effects at the watershed scale. This initial project will support the integration of historical andx000D
current biomonitoring data from different sources within a common framework to form the basis forx000D
establishing a more effective Regional Biomonitoring Program in the future.