The Sustainable Water Well Initiative Business Case Report
April 2011
Appendix 6: Online water well information resources
Provider
Description
Website
Agriculture and Agri-Foods
Canada
A lot on water quality - groundwater
information links to what is available in
Alberta
Information sheets on technical
aspects of groundwater, wells, and
quality issues
Brochures, fact sheets for well owners
http://www4.agr.gc.ca/AAFC-AAC/displayafficher.do?id=1187637343829&lang=eng
Canadian Ground Water
Association
British Columbia Ministry
of Environment
Township of Langley,
British Columbia
Regional District of
Nanaimo, British Columbia
Alberta Agriculture and
Rural Development
Alberta Geological Survey
Saskatchewan Watershed
Authority
Saskatchewan Watershed
Authority
Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture, Food and
Rural Affairs
Green Communities
Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture, Food and
Rural Affairs
Ministère du
Développement durable,
de l’Environnement et des
Parcs du Quebec
New Brunswick
Department of
Environment
Nova Scotia Federation of
Agriculture
Nova Scotia Department of
Environment
“A resident's guide to groundwater”
information on groundwater BMPs
including testing water quality,
monitoring well head, land use and
well decommissioning
Factsheets on groundwater, water
quality, and well maintenance
“Water wells that last generations”
online learning and planning modules
Regional groundwater assessment
reports
Landowner’s Guide to Well
Management – includes well head
integrity, shock chlorination, water
quality analysis
Factsheet, worksheet and videos on
well decommissioning
The Best Management Practices
series is a collection of books that
outline best practices for farmers
Booklets, factsheets, and a DVD on
protecting well supplies
Factsheets on water shortages, water
quality, constructing and protecting
water wells
Extensive information on groundwater
and well management (in French)
Factsheets on how to maintain a safe
well and live information the status of
water resources in the province
BMP Factsheets including well water
quality and disinfection
Factsheets for well owners including
well construction, water testing and
protection
http://www.cgwa.org/education.htm
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wsd/plan_protect_
sustain/groundwater/index.html
http://www.tol.ca/index.php?option=com_co
ntent&view=article&id=1063&Itemid=900
http://www.rdn.bc.ca/cms.asp?wpID=2284
http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/de
ptdocs.nsf/all/wwg404
http://www4.agr.gc.ca/AAFC-AAC/displayafficher.do?id=1192554726848&lang=eng
http://www.swa.ca/WaterManagement/Grou
ndwater.asp?type=DomesticWater
http://www.swa.ca/WaterManagement/Grou
ndwater.asp?type=DomesticWater
http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/enviro
nment/bmp/series.htm
http://www.wellaware.ca/
http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/enviro
nment/water/publications.htm
http://www.mddep.gouv.qc.ca/eau/souterrai
nes/index.htm
http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/services
/services_renderer.3877.html#serviceDescri
ption
http://www.nsfa-fane.ca/fact-sheets
http://gov.ns.ca/nse/water/privatewells.asp
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Prepared by GW Solutions Inc. for the Agri-Environmental Services Branch of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada