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Notes:
- Data are obtained from Alberta Environment for AID, LID, MVID, RCID and UID, and Irrigation Districts for BRID, EID, LNID, MID, RID, SMRID, TID, and WID.
- RCID has a second supply from Ross Creek, but data has not been consistently recorded at that location.
- Diversion data represent the gross diversion into and through the works of the districts and includes volumes used direction for irrigation supplied or licensed to municipal, domestic, other agricultural, industrial and environmental uses.
- UID licence amended in 2004, allocating 1300 acre-feet of diversion authority to the Southeast Alberta Water Cooperative.
- Water rationing in effect for MID, RID, SMRID and TID in 2001..
- ** Average Volume 1976 - 2009
The annual gross diversion volumes represent the gross volume of water diverted into the works of all thirteen irrigation districts and includes water distributed for irrigation purposes, volumes which may have accrued as net gains in reservoir storage, and volumes diverted through the works of the districts for other uses such as domestic, municipal, other agricultural, industrial, recreational, and habitat enhancement purposes.
Prepared by: Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Water Resources Branch, Lethbridge |
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