Saskatchewan Water Security Agency
The Saskatchewan Water Security Agency (formerly the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority) is an arms length organization responsible for the management of water resources to ensure safe drinking water sources and reliable water supplies for economic, environmental and social benefits in Saskatchewan, Canada. The authority is a treasury board crown corporation administered by a board of directors appointed by the provincial government.
The authority performs the following functions:
- operates dams and related facilities,
- maintains an inventory of the quantity and quality of ground and surface water,
- administer the allocation of water,
- regulate and control the flow of water such as rivers, lakes, and reservoirs,
- represents the provincial government when negotiating inter-provincial and international water agreements,
- regulates water works and drainage works,
- develops flood forecasting and identify flood susceptible areas,
- promote the efficient use of water for environmental and socio-economic benefit,
- develops watershed studies and research,
- protection watersheds, including ecosystems, erosion control, waterfowl conservation and fish habitat,
- Saskatchewan Safe Drinking Water Strategy,
The authority is responsible for the operation of the following dam facilities:
- Alameda Dam
- Avonlea Dam
- Blackstrap North Dam
- Blackstrap South Dam
- Bradwell East Dam
- Bradwell West Dam
- Brightwater Creek Dam
- Broderick East Dam
- Broderick West Dam
- Buffalo Pound Dam
- Candle Lake
- Chicken Lake Dam
- Cowan Lake Dam
- Darmody Dam
- Dellwood Brook Dam
- Esterhazy Dam
- Five Mile Dam
- Gardiner Dam
- Hugonard Dam
- Katepwa Dam
- Kingsway Dam
- Kipahigan Lake Dam
- Lac la Plonge Dam
- Lac la Ronge Dam
- Makwa Lake Control
- Moose Mountain Dam
- Northminster Effuent Reservoir
- Opuntia Lake Control
- Pike Lake Water Supply
- Qu'Appelle River Dam
- Rafferty Dam
- Round Lake Dam
- Scott Dam
- Spruce River Dam
- Star City Dam
- Stelcan Weir
- Summercove Dam
- Tee-Pee Creek Dam
- Theodore Dam
- Wascana Lake Weir
- West Poplar Dam
- Woody Lake Weir
- Zelma Dam
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