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Projected 21st Century Increased Water Stress in the Athabasca River Basin: The Center of Canada’s Oil Sands Industry
- Marc-Olivier Brault,
- Jeannine-Marie St-Jacques,
- Yuliya Andreichuk,
- Sunil Gurrapu,
- Alexandre V. Pace and
- David Sauchyn
The Athabasca River Basin (ARB) is the location of the Canadian oil sands industry and 70.8% of global estimated bitumen deposits. The Athabasca River is the water source for highly water-intensive bitumen processing. Our objective is to project ARB...

