Some, including irrigation districts, have argued in submissions that the current system works and ensures water is shared efficiently while supporting agriculture, communities and industry.

Southern Alberta has 13 irrigation districts, including one that spans the city of Calgary, covering around 491,017 hectares. Private irrigation land totals 109,778 hectares in the province.

Municipalities and irrigation districts in the western Canadian province of Alberta have agreed to use less water this summer to combat a severe ongoing drought, the provincial government said on ...

Well over a century ago, irrigation began helping farmers grow crops in semi-arid southern Alberta. The irrigation industry now contributes $3.6 billion annually to Alberta’s GDP and represents ...

Alberta has more than 1.7 million irrigated acres and the province estimates 200,000 more acres of land will receive new irrigation. The amendment comes after an $815-million investment last fall.

‘Historic’ $815M irrigation investment announced for southern Alberta agriculture By Eloise Therien Global News Posted October 9, 2020 7:24 pm Updated September 21, 2021 2:38 pm ...

The recreationists would be utterly shocked if they were to lose all of what they think of as their lakes which are really our irrigation reservoirs.” Ron McMullin, the executive director of the ...

That feat has been accomplished without increasing water use, he added. Irrigation supplies water to about 690,000 hectares in Alberta, which has the most irrigated land in the country.

According to a 2021 study entitled “The Economic Value of Alberta’s Irrigation Districts” published by the Alberta Irrigation Districts Association, “irrigated land in Alberta within the ...

In water licence documents like these – from 1963, 1988 and 2017 – the key number is the age of the claim, because under FITFIR, oldest wins. In the 1963 document, the holder is an irrigation ...

Irrigation districts, which account for 46% of Alberta's water allocation, have also agreed to use less by allowing other water users to receive their share and then dividing up what is left.