Alberta Purchasing #27AGI089

Environmental water-management strategy and decision-support system for southern Alberta rivers

Agriculture and Irrigation, Government of Alberta, is seeking an environmental water-management strategy and decision-support system for southern Alberta rivers. - Government buyer: Government of Alberta, Agriculture and Irrigation; no sub-agency or office is specified. - Requested services: Develop practical environmental operating procedures and a decision-support system for managing altered streamflows while maintaining primary water-management objectives. - Geographic scope: Oldman, Waterton, Belly, St. Mary, Willow Creek, and Little Bow rivers. - Work includes: Assessing ecosystem and other services; auditing selected years of water-management decisions against environmental, water, social, and recreational objectives; and developing integrated water-supply, hydrology, climate, water-temperature, fish-habitat, and socioeconomic models. - Deliverables and requirements: Develop, test, and refine a tool for operators and resource managers, and provide a final technical report. - OEMs and vendors: No OEMs or vendors are identified in the opportunity.

Description

The solicitation seeks development of practical environmental operating procedures and potentially tools to support real-time water-management decisions in the Oldman River Basin while maintaining primary water-management objectives. Over three years, the work includes identifying and quantifying ecosystem services, auditing selected years of water management, and developing environmental, hydrological, and operational models. The contractor will develop, test, and refine an environmental decision-support system for altered streamflow in the Oldman, Waterton, Belly, St. Mary, Willow Creek, and Little Bow rivers, and deliver the tool to operators and resource managers with a final technical report. The expected delivery period is November 23, 2026 through March 31, 2029.

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