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Source
Watrecon Consulting. 2012. The Peace Watershed: Current and future water use and issues, 2011. Prepared for the Mighty Peace Watershed Alliance, Grande Prairie, AB.
 

Historical Discharge in the Wabasca River

historical discharge




Surface Water Allocations

All diversions of ground or surface water in Alberta require an allocation license under the Water Act, unless the water is to be used for one of the following purposes:
  • statutory household use
  • traditional agriculture use
  • firefighting
  • wells equipped with hand pumps
  • alternate watering systems that use surface water for grazing livestock and/or certain types of dugouts

The Peace River is one of the least allocated rivers in the province, with less than 1% of its surface waters allocated.25 In the Mighty Peace watershed, the total volume of surface water allocated in 2013 was 194,643,903 m3. There are no surface or groundwater allocations licensed in the Slave River Watershed.

LEARN MORE ABOUT:
Water Licenses, Transfers, and Allocation at esrd.alberta.ca/water/education-guidelines/documents/AlbertaWaterAct-FactSheet.pdf


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