Kim Sturgess, WaterSMART - Water-Energy Nexus

P. Kim Sturgess, P.Eng. FCAE

Canadian Water SummitCanadian Water Summit

June 14, 2011June 14, 2011

Water – Energy Nexus:The Evolving Story

Think Globally .. Plan Regionally .. Act Locally

Whiskey is for Drinking… Water is for Fighting Over.

Steven E. Koonin, Under Secretary for Science, U.S. Department of Energy

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Estimated annual world water use by sector 1900 to 2000 – another 40% increase by 2020*

Courtesy: Dr. A. Zehnder AWRI*Source: United Nations Environment Programme

Do we have enough WATER

to grow the food???


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Source: Population Action International, 1997 (Courtesy of Wendy Brown, TEPCA)

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Global Comparison - Annual Natural Water Supply Per Person(1995)

Water Resources in Canada and Alberta

Canadians do not show up well on OECD Environmental Water Indicators

Trend

Since 1980, overall water use in Canada has increased by 25.7%. This is five times higher than the overall OECD increase of 4.5%.

In contrast, nine OECD nations were able to decrease their overall water use since 1980 (Sweden, the Netherlands, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Poland, Finland and Denmark).

Perception that we squander water exacerbates issue of water use in resource extraction

“Wild unregulated pillaging of the environment at the expense of the First Nations … that is what the Europeans think of us.”

Minister Rob Renner (Chamber of Commerce May 25, 2010)

“More and more our investment partners are trying to steer us away from investments in oil sands and coal technologies.”

Scott MacDonald, Partner Emerald Ventures (June 12, 2010)

Protestors demonstrate outside the U.K. headquarters of BP in London on Sept. 1, 2009. Protestors earlier targeted the head office of a leading bank, demonstrating against the bank's investments in fossil-fuel projects, especially funding for the coal industry and tar-sands extraction in Canada.

Food Energy Water Tradeoff

Food

Water

Energy

This is the challenge of Public Policy in Alberta

Adaptation strategies are very differentNorth and South

Estimated Annual Water Use was 3.2 billion cubic metres in 2005

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Oil and Gas Industry most likely to adapt

Challenges:

South Saskatchewan: Scarcity. This industry usually last priority for

water

Lower Athabasca: Social license to

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Alberta Water Allocations and Estimated Use

Source: Alberta Environment

Water use in Agriculture and Energy

Annual water consumption forecastfor power generation in Alberta*

*by type of power generation Note that water consumption scale begins at 100,000,000 m3

Upstream Petroleum IndustryFresh Water Demand Forecast

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Oil Sands Mining Integrated - Cooling Oil Sands Mining Integrated - Process & Other Oil Sands Mining Integrated - Tailings

Oil Sands Mining Extraction Only - Tailings Oil Sands Mining Extraction Only - Process & Other

Extraction Only OS- Tailings

Integrated OS - Tailings

Extraction Only OS – Proc.& Other

Integrated OS - Cooling

Note: Fresh Water Demand for the Oil Sands operations is the water withdrawn from the River; does not include fresh water collected on site

South Saskatchewan RegionEstimated Water Use by Sector

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Agricultural Other Municipal Industrial Commercial Petroleum

Estimated Water Use 2.4 billion m3 per year

The Surface Water Supply in the North is large


Athabasca has a large Environmental Base Flow


Lower Athabasca Region Estimated Water Use by Sector

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Petroleum Other Municipal Agricultural Industrial Commercial

Estimated Water Use 0.124 billion m3 per year*

* 5% of water use in South Saskatchewan region

Challenge of Tailings Ponds remains

The Oil Sands Leadership Initiative

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Alberta Environment, Alberta Energy and SRD participate as

observers

Five founding companies:

www.OSLI.ca

Major investments in Technology in Oil Sands

Advanced boiler technology that could take untreated (or lesser-treated) water directly

Ceramic membranes for more efficient SAGD de-oiling & filtering

Tailings recovery technology allows for faster reclamation of tailings areas and higher water recycle rates

Challenge: Currently operators in the oil sands

region are working independently to solve their individual water sourcing and disposal needs.

Project Objective: Lower the regional environmental

impact (water, land, wastes, GHGs)

Project Description Examine the potential to reduce

environmental impact through regional collaboration.

Potential Benefits Lower regional Environmental Net

Effect Reduce tailings liability Establish reliable SAGD water sources Accelerate tailings reclamation

Regional Water Solutions Project*

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Regional Alternative

Sub-Regional Alternative

*Diagram for illustration purposes only - may not show all current, planned, or proposed projects

Water: The Key to Our Sustainable Future

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