Water Management

• Water Regime

• Water Availability

  • Assessment of water supply for municipal, agricultural, navigational, industrial and various recreational activities

• Water quality

  • Drinking water

  • Recreational uses

  • Aquatic ecosystems

  • Sewage discharge and leaching of soils in agricultural areas

• Flooding, erosion and securit

• Integrated and adaptive management

  • Usage conflicts

Support adaptation to climate change in integrated water resources management in southern Quebec and the St. Lawrence River.

• Deepen and increase knowledge of the biophysical impacts of climate change;

• Produce and transfer practical information about the biophysical impacts of climate change;

• Consolidate and develop expertise, technical tools, and socio-economic support for the process of adaptation;

• Develop strategic, macroscopic information to support adaptation assessments;

• Experiment with approaches to adaptation in the context of integrated water resources management.