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Sources

How do you plan water supplies for a city that keeps changing?

WaterSMART — a Hazen company · Calgary-based work is established through the City’s named roadmap partnership and the company team page.

Graphic-novel illustration. Fictional water planner comparing a watershed map with three supply-and-demand scenarios.

Where it fits

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  • Biology 20 · Water use, conservation and ecosystems

How it works

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Plan for more than one possible future

Conceptual teaching illustration for How do you plan water supplies for a city that keeps changing? Four numbered stages and arrows correspond to the explanation below.

  1. Gather evidence about water sources and uses.

  2. Compare multiple future supply-and-demand scenarios.

  3. Evaluate conservation, treatment and supply options.

  4. Monitor conditions and revise the plan.

The graphs are invented scenarios, not forecasts. Reuse needs treatment appropriate to its intended use; a roadmap is not proof an option is already operating.

The lesson, in the real world

A useful water plan asks what might change, not just how much water is available today.

  1. 1

    Describe the sources and uses of water in the system.

    Our explanation
  2. 2

    Build more than one scenario for future demand and available supply.

    Our explanation
  3. 3

    Compare options such as reducing demand or changing which water source serves a use. Reuse requires the right treatment and controls.

    Our explanation
  4. 4

    Choose actions that can be revised as monitoring and circumstances change. A plan should state uncertainty rather than hide it.

    Our explanation
Source: WaterSMART — a Hazen company — company/project evidence 1(opens in a new tab); WaterSMART — a Hazen company — company/project evidence 2(opens in a new tab); WaterSMART — a Hazen company — company/project evidence 3(opens in a new tab); Alberta Biology 20–30 program: water use and ecosystems(opens in a new tab)

Who does this work

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Role

Planning communication and engagement

Help people with different needs understand and contribute to a planning process.

Company lists facilitators, communicators and policy advisers; tasks are editorial.General explanation, written by usSource: WaterSMART — a Hazen company — company/project evidence 1(opens in a new tab); WaterSMART — a Hazen company — company/project evidence 2(opens in a new tab); WaterSMART — a Hazen company — company/project evidence 3(opens in a new tab)

What might you actually do?

  • Investigate

    Explain scenarios and technical options in accessible language.

  • Test and compare

    Gather and document questions and priorities.

  • Document and improve

    Make clear what the evidence supports and where choices remain.

Typical of this kind of work in general. Not a description of any one person’s job at WaterSMART — a Hazen company.

Often works with
Technical teams, decision-makers and community participants
Classroom connection
A number can inform a decision without deciding whose needs take priority.

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How to prepare

  • Integrated Water Management

    SAIT

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  • SAITDiplomaCalgary

    Integrated Water Management

    Study water systems, monitoring and management.

    About this route

    Check current admission, portfolio, intake and workplace requirements; program completion does not guarantee a job or professional registration.

    Official program page(opens in a new tab)

    Why it connects to the work · our interpretation

    Planning communication and engagement

    Water-management study gives context for explaining water choices and working with stakeholders. It does not itself qualify a specialist facilitator.

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Would you choose the option that is best in one forecast or useful across several forecasts?

Use fictional annual demand of 100 units. Compare a 10-unit demand reduction under supplies of 120, 100 and 80 units. Identify the remaining deficit and one assumption the arithmetic leaves out.

Mindset it shows

Units are fictional. Real planning includes seasonality, ecosystems, rights, infrastructure and water quality; subtraction alone is not a water-security assessment.

About WaterSMART — a Hazen company

A useful water plan asks what might change, not just how much water is available today.

Headquarters
Headquarters not separately verified for this example.
Team size
Not verified. We have not found a dated, sourced figure.
The problem
How do you plan water supplies for a city that keeps changing?
Source: WaterSMART — a Hazen company — company/project evidence 1(opens in a new tab); WaterSMART — a Hazen company — company/project evidence 2(opens in a new tab); WaterSMART — a Hazen company — company/project evidence 3(opens in a new tab)
What they do
Water-management analysis and planning across supply, demand and reuse options.
Source: WaterSMART — a Hazen company — company/project evidence 1(opens in a new tab); WaterSMART — a Hazen company — company/project evidence 2(opens in a new tab); WaterSMART — a Hazen company — company/project evidence 3(opens in a new tab)
Who uses it
Municipal water planners and communities relying on water supplies.
Source: WaterSMART — a Hazen company — company/project evidence 1(opens in a new tab); WaterSMART — a Hazen company — company/project evidence 2(opens in a new tab); WaterSMART — a Hazen company — company/project evidence 3(opens in a new tab)

WaterSMART, now presented as a Hazen company, works on water management with engineers, environmental scientists and policy specialists. The City of Calgary identifies WaterSMART as a partner in its integrated water-security roadmap and water-reuse assessment. The project supports long-term choices about water supply, demand and reuse; planning evidence does not mean every option has been built.

Source: WaterSMART — a Hazen company — company/project evidence 1(opens in a new tab); WaterSMART — a Hazen company — company/project evidence 2(opens in a new tab); WaterSMART — a Hazen company — company/project evidence 3(opens in a new tab)
Company website(opens in a new tab)
Who does this work

Read each source’s date and scope: a documented role is not proof of a current vacancy or of where every position is based.

Reported as WaterSMART — a Hazen company states it. WaterSMART — a Hazen company has not reviewed or endorsed this page.

Sources and course fit

Sources checked 17 Oct 2026

Where it fits

  • Biology 20 · Water use, conservation and ecosystems

Editorial mapping to published CBE course topics. Pending educator review. No outcome-code alignment is claimed.

Organization claims are reported as the organization states them. WaterSMART — a Hazen company has not reviewed or endorsed this page.

What we know, and how
TypeClaimHow we know
workWaterSMART, now presented as a Hazen company, works on water management with engineers, environmental scientists and policy specialists. The City of Calgary identifies WaterSMART as a partner in its integrated water-security roadmap and water-reuse assessment. The project supports long-term choices about water supply, demand and reuse; planning evidence does not mean every option has been built.Source: WaterSMART — a Hazen company — company/project evidence 1; WaterSMART — a Hazen company — company/project evidence 2; WaterSMART — a Hazen company — company/project evidence 3Source-backed company/project account
local connectionCalgary-based work is established through the City’s named roadmap partnership and the company team page.Source: WaterSMART — a Hazen company — company/project evidence 1; WaterSMART — a Hazen company — company/project evidence 2; WaterSMART — a Hazen company — company/project evidence 3Source-backed local work
course fitBiology 20 A2.1sts explicitly connects societal water use to ecosystem water quality, quantity, purification and conservation. Compare scenarios rather than treating a forecast as certain.Source: Alberta Biology 20–30 program: water use and ecosystemsEditorial application of verified curriculum topics
limitsNo claim that reuse water is automatically potable or that roadmap recommendations are already constructed.Source: WaterSMART — a Hazen company — company/project evidence 1; WaterSMART — a Hazen company — company/project evidence 2; WaterSMART — a Hazen company — company/project evidence 3Scope of this example

Solid green: the organization states it. Outlined: seen in a dated source. Dashed: our interpretation, not yet researched, or announced but not yet real.