Study of Water Impacts of CCUS Development in Alberta – 2025
With funding and support from Alberta Innovates, Emissions Reduction Alberta, Lafarge, and other industry partners, WaterSMART Solutions Ltd., a Hazen Company, has prepared a report studying the potential water impacts of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) development in Alberta.
This work builds upon WaterSMART’s previous study of hydrogen’s potential water impacts and is motivated by the anticipated scale and speed of CCUS deployments in Alberta. The study highlights the impacts that design decisions can play in CCUS’ water use, with some projects having the potential to generate more water than they consume, while others will be net water users. These water generation and consumption dynamics will be important for project proponents and sector participants to understand and manage as part of the energy transition.
The report aims to inform policies, regulations, and investments that will best enable the sector’s growth while strategically balancing trade-offs within the water-energy-food nexus context.
Click the image above for an infographic about how carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) is integral to Alberta’s transition to a low carbon economy.
