# CanadaBuys #AB-2026-06993

Oldman River Basin Environmental Water-Management Strategy and Decision-Support Tool

**Posted:** October 20, 2026
**Respond By:** November 09, 2026
**Identifier:** AB-2026-06993
**NAICS:** 541620, 541715, 541511

Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation is seeking a water-management strategy and decision-support tool for the Oldman River Basin.
- **Government buyer:** Government of Alberta, Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation, through its Water Infrastructure and Operations Branch.
- **Procurement:** Services to develop practical environmental operating procedures and a tool that helps integrate environmental goals with established water-management objectives.
- **Planned work:** Identify and quantify ecosystem, consumptive-use, recreational, and social services; audit selected flow years; integrate water-supply, hydrology, climate, water-temperature, fish-habitat, and socioeconomic models; and translate model results into timely, actionable guidance for operators and resource managers.
- **Deliverables and requirements:** Develop, test, and refine the decision-support tool, with the goal of supporting environmental objectives without compromising other water-management objectives. Provide the completed tool and a final technical report.
- **OEMs and vendors:** No OEMs or vendors are named in the notice.

### Description

Agriculture and Irrigation is seeking a water management strategy for environmental services in the Oldman River Basin in southern Alberta. The multi-year project will develop practical environmental operating procedures and a decision-support tool to help water managers integrate environmental services with traditional water management objectives. Work includes identifying and quantifying ecosystem and other water-related services, developing and integrating hydrological, environmental, and operational models, and developing and testing the tool over three years. Deliverables include a completed tool for operators and managers and a final technical report.

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