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Title: Simulating the effects of climate change on a coastal aquifer, Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Description: Prince Edward Island stands unique in Canada for its almost total reliance on groundwater resources for its domestic, industrial, and municipal water needs.
Author(s)/Creator(s): Brian Alden Hansen
Keywords: saltwater intrusion, groundwater, climate change
Type: thesis

Title: A case study of coastal aquifers near Richibucto, New Brunswick: Saline groundwater occurrence and potential impacts of climate change on seawater intrusion
Description: A case study was conducted between 2010 and 2012 to investigate saline groundwater occurrence and the potential impacts of future climate change and sea level rise on seawater intrusion into...
Author(s)/Creator(s): Kerry MacQuarrie, Karl Butler, Eric Mott, Nathan Green
Date: 2012
Keywords: climate impacts on water and food supply, saltwater intrusion, climate change
Type: case study

Title: Saltwater Intrusion in the City of Summerside and Lennox Island First Nation
Keywords: saltwater intrusion, Groundwater
Project Need: Groundwater is the sole source of drinking water in Prince Edward Island. In coastal areas, saltwater can enter groundwater supplies, making the drinking water unfit for consumption. Saltwater has...
Project Benefits: Assessing the risk of saltwater intrusion will better inform water management policies, safe withdrawal rates in coastal communities and appropriate siting of wells in communities.
Type: project profile

Title: Development of a GIS Based Approach for the Assessment of Relative Seawater Intrusion Vulnerability in Nova Scotia
Description: Presented at the Climate Change : Getting Ready Conference, March 2012.
Author(s)/Creator(s): Gavin Kennedy
Date: 2012
Keywords: saltwater intrusion
Type: presentation

Title: Climate Change Adaptation Groundwater Management in Atlantic Canada
Description: Due to the growing concern of climate change and its current and future impact on coastal communities, adaptation is essential to carry on in a changing climate.
Author(s)/Creator(s): Trina Adams
Date: 2011
Keywords: climate impacts on water and food supply, climate change, saltwater intrusion
Type: report

Title: Analytical modeling of saltwater intrusion: tests from Nova Scotia and the eastern United States
Description: Need has arisen to develop a simple method to assess the risk of seawater intrusion (SWI) for the purpose of managing fresh groundwater resources in coastal areas. An investigation was completed to...
Author(s)/Creator(s): Calvin Beebe, Grant Ferguson, Gavin Kennedy
Date: 2012
Keywords: freshwater availability, saltwater intrusion, climate impacts on water and food supply
Type: report

Title: Une étude des aquifères côtiers près de Richibucto au N.-B. Présence d'eau souterraine salée et effets possibles des changements climatiques sur l'infiltration d'eau de mer
Author(s)/Creator(s): Kerry MacQuarrie, Karl Butler, Nathan Green, Eric Mott
Date: 2012
Keywords: coastal aquifers, climate change, saltwater intrusion
Type: presentation

Title: Saltwater intrusion and climate change
Description: Globally, saltwater intrusion has emerged as a significant issue for local governments. Coastal areas around the world have been forced to address the issue of saltwater intrusion, and they will...
Date: 2011
Keywords: saltwater intrusion, climate change, climate impacts on water and food supply
Type: report

Title: Identifying and mapping saltwater intrusion and submarine groundwater discharge
Author(s)/Creator(s): B. Hansen
Date: 2011
Keywords: saltwater intrusion, submarine groundwater discharge
Type: presentation

Title: Vulnerability of Nova Scotia's Coastal Groundwater Supplies to Climate Change
Description: Approximately 50% of Nova Scotians rely on groundwater for their drinking water supply, including 40% who depend on private wells. Hydrogeological setting and currentconditions are of particular...
Author(s)/Creator(s): Grant Ferguson, Calvin Beebe
Date: 2012
Keywords: saltwater intrusion, climate change, coastal groundwater
Type: report