Alberta oil sands · water systems · tailings · reclamation
How water moves through oil sands operations—and how recovery, reuse and reclamation fit into the same system
Understand process water, produced water, treatment, recycling, tailings water, monitoring, mine-water management and the environmental obligations that continue through closure.
Explore the guides →Use the toolsSourcenonsaline · saline · produced · recycled
Treatseparate · clarify · condition · monitor
Reuseprocess water · steam · recovered water
Reclaimtailings · land · mine water · monitoring
Quality-first Canadian rebuild
Water management connects extraction, tailings, land and reclamation
The old site repeated filtration, membranes and sludge. The rebuild explains where water enters, how it is reused, why tailings and mine water remain long-term challenges, and where reclamation and monitoring fit throughout the process.