Studies and Activities
in and around the Tay River Watershed

1. Tay River Macroinvertebrate Survey - 2009
   A survey of the Tay River with a sparse Unionid fauna & enigmatic Crayfish, undertaken in the first year after Zebra Mussels were first observed there.
   Compiled by Orion Clark - Friends of the Tay Watershed and Frederick W. Schueler - Bishops Mills Natural History Centre
   Click here for the 97 page Survey



2. A Place in Time: The Natural Resources of Lanark County by the Community Stewardship Council of Lanark County
   Click here for the section on Water ~ particularly the information on water regulation and monitoring starting on page 59.



3. Tay River Watershed Groundwater Research
   Queen`s University (Department of Civil Engineering) has been conducting innovative groundwater research in the Tay Watershed. Project leader Dr. Kent Novakowski and his graduate students are conducting research in the areas of fluid flow and contaminant migration in fractured rock formations using a series of test wells in the area. This is an eight year study into several aspects of groundwater migration, rural contamination and sustainability, including investigations of nutrient management practices, groundwater recharge, bacterial and nitrate contamination, and groundwater - surface water interaction in a Canadian shield environment. Click here for list of publications arising from, or related to, this study.
   
   • Constraining groundwater discharge in a large watershed
   • Groundwater Recharge, Flow and Discharg in a Large Crystalline Watershed 
   
   
   
4. RVCA Groundwater Study ~ Progress Report



5. Renfrew County, Mississippi, Rideau Groundwater Study ~ Summary Report