Stephen Yeung, and Andrew Wagner with Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development explain the history of temporary water diversion licences in Alberta since 2008 and Alberta's new online process, called "WATERS". This system is for companies and contractors who need licencing approval to temporarily use water for their construction or resource development project.
Overall, the purpose of this computer program is to have an automated decision support system for issuing Temporary Diversion Licences, for internal and external users, and transitioning from site specific licences to entire water shed or specific water bodies.
Stephen Yeung is Manager of the Water Approval Team at AESRD, Edmonton and Andrew Wagner is a Water Technologist with AESRD in High Prairie. Steven Yeung's and Andrew Wagner's presentation was part of the Petroleum Technology Alliance of Canada's Water Forum, June 11, 2013 in Calgary, Alberta
