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Alberta water intelligence

How much of Alberta's water is oil and gas?

Labels hide the sector

The provincial export has no Oil and Gas purpose field. Energy operators appear mostly under a Commercial label. Correct classification evaluates sub-classification first, then known holder rules, before falling back to the purpose label.

Count versus volume versus use

Most energy diversions are temporary takes with no volume attached. Among licences that report a volume, the energy share runs near 14%. Use is lower again: sector-wide AER aggregates report about 22% of licensed allocation used and about 82% recycled in 2023.

Why it matters for assessment work

For a cumulative effects screen or holder inventory, a purpose-only filter will produce a defensible-looking chart that is wrong. Classify by sub-classification and holder, label whether the exhibit counts rows or sums volume, and note the volume-blank exclusion.

Spot-check material holders in the Environmental Records Viewer before any client chart.

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