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Wabasca Sub-watershed

Demographics % of MP 
Area 66,920 km2 32 %
Population 13,944 8%
Where People Live
City
Towns
Rural 9,434 68%
Metis Settlement 662 5%
Reserve 3,848 28%


Surface Water Allocation (m3)  Groundwater Allocation (m3) 
Total Volume 14,055,822 Total Volume 6,781,116
Agricultural 36,000 0.26% Agricultural 1,803 0.03%
Industrial 470,910 3.35% Industrial 5,975,521 88.12%
Municipal 983,970 7.00% Municipal 244,512 3.61%
Commercial 1,328,425 9.45% Commercial 13,726 0.02%
Other 33,390 0.24% Other 545,554 8.05%
Water Management:
Utikima Lake Enhancement Project
11,182,266 79.56%

Footprint

Total Footprint  2.70% 
Cultivation (Crop/Pasture/Bare Ground) 1.33%
Cut Blocks 1.01%
Seismic line 0.12%
Road – Vegetated Verge 0.04%
Pipeline 0.05%
Rural (Residential/Industrial) 0.03%
Well Site 0.02%
Road – Hard Surface 0.02%
Road/Trail (Vegetated) 0.02%
Transmission Line 0.01%
Urban 0.01%
Borrow-Pits/Dugouts/Sumps 0.01%
Mine Site 0.00%
Industrial Site Rural 0.01%
Other Disturbed Vegetation 0.00%
Rail – Vegetated Verge 0.00%
Rail – Hard Surface 0.00%
Undisturbed  97.30% 


Wetland Cover (outside of national parks)

54% 29,565 km2
Wetland type within sub-watershed 
Bog 33% 9,870 km2
Fen 30% 8,807 km2
Marsh 3% 952 km2
Swamp 34% 9,936 km2
Wabasca
Wabasca Footprint
Wabasca Wetlands





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