The Alder Creek watershed provides source water from the aquifers of the Waterloo Moraine for multiple well fields that supply the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo. Recharge rates and human impacts on streamflow are important topics for the watershed, and many numerical models of the area have been constructed. In order to support these types of analyses, field equipment was deployed within the watershed between 2013 and 2018 to monitor groundwater levels, stream stage, soil moisture, soil temperature, rainfall, and other weather parameters.

GW recharge ~ 7 municipal well fields Non-point source contaminants (NO3- & Cl-) Monitoring Every 2 weeks - water levels Monthly water quality at selected sites Currently deployed: 1x CR1000 weather station 1x CR1000 stream station 16x Solinst Leveloggers Deployable equipment: Leveloggers, weather stations, temperature sensors, drive-point wells, mini-piezometers, streambed temperature profiler, pumps

Wiebe, A. J. and Rudolph, D. L. (2022). Meteorological and hydrological data from the Alder Creek watershed, SW Ontario. Earth System Science Data https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-3229-2022 Journal Article

Three years of data is available on FRDR Dataset Meteorological and Hydrological Data from the Alder Creek Watershed, Grand River Basin, Ontario https://gwfnet.net/Metadata/Record/T-2020-05-28-H16QPj1LSEkeVAH1SBfg6Rkg Data storage/access/sharing: Field data is downloaded and collected monthly and uploaded to a shared OneDrive folder (PI, Observatory Manager, grad students) Quality assurance and control by MSc and PhD students Long-term preservation plan is to publish on FRDR after students complete degrees