Mackenzie Data Management System Pilot Mackenzie Data Management System Arctic Change, December 2014 Carolyn DuBois Water Program Manager The Gordon Foundation Carolyn@gordonfn.org Dr. Erin Kelly Associate Assistant Deputy Minister Department of Environment and Natural Resources Government of the Northwest Territories Erin_Kelly@gov.nt.ca

Mackenzie Data Management System: Overview of the Pilot NWT Water Strategy CBM Data Communities Decision-makers Storage Interpretation Visualization

Mackenzie River Basin Drains 20% of Canada’s land mass Among least studied Basins in the world Basin spans 3 provinces and 3 territories Many aboriginal peoples maintain subsistence lifestyles within the basin Experiencing rapid change due to climate change and resource development Vital to northern livelihoods and health

Mackenzie River Basin Initiative Strategy Objectives Raise profile of the Basin Data for decision-making Basin-wide collaboration www.gordonfoundation.ca Approach Support innovative research and communications to strengthen community involvement in freshwater management and policy.

Northern Voices, Northern Waters Northerners expressed concerns about their water (transportation, subsistence, spiritual, cultural and economic purposes, etc.) Collaborative effort (Aboriginal leadership, communities, governments, regulatory boards, environmental non-government organizations and industry, resulted in a draft Strategy (2009)) Strategy released in May 2010 by GNWT and AANDC guidance provided by Aboriginal Steering Committee

Released in May 2011 ‘Keys to Success’ broken down into Action Items Due dates and lead agencies for each Action Item listed Released in May 2010 Vision Goals ‘Keys to Success’

Tailor-made community monitoring Community Questions Can we drink the water? What is in the water and is it changing? What are the impacts of local and upstream development and climate change? Are there contaminants in the water that can affect the health of fish and wildlife?

community-based monitoring sites NWT-wide community-based monitoring sites 2012 and 2013 monitoring locations 2014 sampling season 20 communities 40+ sites throughout the NWT

Equipment to measure what is happening at the time of sampling YSI Sonde 6600 – every 2- 4 hours Measures: Temperature, Conductivity, pH, Oxidation/Reduction Potential (ORP), Dissolved Oxygen, Turbidity, Chlorophyll Grab Water Samples – 3 to 5 times Measures: Over 70 parameters Taiga Laboratory, Yellowknife

Equipment to measure what is happening over longer periods of time Passive Samplers Diffusion Gradient in Thin Films (DGTs) – 3 days Measures: Dissolved Metals Trent University, Peterborough Polyethylene Membrane Device (PMDs) – 1 month Measures: Dissolved Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PACs) University Alberta, Edmonton

Partnering to Build a Pilot Mackenzie Data Management System NWT Water Strategy monitoring locations, partners and communities Dehcho First Nations Aboriginal Aquatic Resources and Ocean Management Inuvialuit Settlement Community-based Monitoring Program NWT Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program Wek’eezhii Land and Water Board and Renewable Resources Board Behchokǫ̀ - Tłįchǫ Government Dettah and N’dilo - Yellowknives Dene First Nation Fort Fitzgerald - Smith Landing First Nation Fort Good Hope- Yamoga Land Corporation, Community Council, Metis Land Corporation and Renewable Resource Council Fort Smith - Fort Smith Metis Local, Northwest Territory Metis Nation, Salt River First Nation, and the Town of Fort Smith Fort McPherson- Renewable Resource Council Fort Providence -Dehcho First Nation Fort Resolution - Deninu Kue First Nation, Fort Resolution Métis Council and the Hamlet of Fort Resolution Fort Simpson - Liidlii Kue First Nation Hay River and Hay River Dene Reserve - K'atl'odeeche First Nation Inuvik - Hunters & Trappers Committee Kakisa - Ka'a'geetu First Nation Nahanni Butte: Nahanni Butte Dene Band Tulita - Fort Norman Metis Lands and Financial Corporation Norman Wells – Town of Norman Wells and Renewable Resource Council Tsiigehtchic - Gwicha Gwich'in Council and Renewable Resource Council Trout Lake: Sambaa K’e Dene Band Wrigley - Pehdzeh Ki First Nation

Mackenzie Data Management System NWT Water Strategy CBM Data Mackenzie Data Management System Communities Decision-makers Storage Interpretation Visualization Pilot Tesera Systems Inc. Development underway Scheduled launch: September 2015 Open source software Low cost to grow modify and maintain Hosted on Amazon Cloud High degree of interoperability Testing a concept

Mackenzie Data Management System NWT Water Strategy CBM Data Other CBM datasets Other parameters: invertebrates, fish, muskrat Mackenzie Data Management System Communities basin-wide Decision-makers basin-wide Storage Interpretation Visualization Long-term vision Pilot Tesera Systems Inc. Development underway Scheduled launch: September 2015 Open source software Low cost to grow modify and maintain Hosted on Amazon Cloud High degree of interoperability Testing a concept Expand analytical interpretation capabilities Include other relevant aquatic indicators (invertebrates, fish, muskrat) Include other CBM datasets, collected throughout the Basin

Carolyn DuBois Dr. Erin Kelly Carolyn@gordonfn.org Erin_Kelly@gov.nt.ca