##  [Hydrotechnical Research in the Alberta Oil Sands](/resource/hydrotechnical-research-alberta-oil-sands) 

Organization

[Government of Alberta (GoA)](/organization/government-alberta-goa)

 

 

Resource Type

[Report](/taxonomy/term/38)

 

 

Author(s)

Tom Sneddon

 

 

Original Authors

Tom Sneddon

 

 

Resource Date:

1983

 

Page Length

340

 

 

Hydrotechnical research in the Alberta Oil Sands has been oriented toward establishment of baseline (i.e. pre-development) environmental conditions and identification of contaminant transport mechanisms. Monitoring networks for both groundwaters and surface waters are in place and both water yield and quality are being observed. Plans are being made for research into groundwater/surface water interaction and into the geomechanical consequences of insitu extraction of bitumen using high pressure, high temperature steam injection techniques.