The Saskatchewan Water Security Agency (before 2013, the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority) is an arm's 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

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. The Agency is a Treasury Board

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administered by a board of directors appointed by the provincial government.Water Security Agency is located in Moose Jaw, SK, Canada and is part of the Water, Sewage and Other Systems Industry. Water Security Agency has 870 total employees across all of its locations and generates $63.62 million in sales (USD). (Sales figure is modelled). There are 1,121 companies in the Water Security Agency corporate family. The Agency * operates dams and related facilities, * maintains an inventory of the quantity and quality of ground and surface water, * administers the allocation of water, * regulates and controls the flow of rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and other bodies of water, * represents the provincial government when negotiating interprovincial and international water agreements, * regulates water works and drainage works, * develops flood forecasting and identify flood susceptible areas, * promotes the efficient use of water for environmental and socio-economic benefits, * develops watershed studies and research, * protects watersheds, including ecosystems, erosion control, waterfowl conservation and fish habitats, * manages the Saskatchewan Safe Drinking Water Strategy

Dams, weirs, and reservoirs operated by the agency

The following is a list of dams, weirs, and reservoirs operated by the Saskatchewan Water Security Agency: * 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 Dam * Chicken Lake Dam *

Cowan Lake Dam Cowan Lake is a lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan in the Beaver River watershed. The primary inflow for the lake is Big River at the lake's southern end by the town of Big River and the outflow, located near the lake's northern ...

Craven Dam Craven Dam is at the confluence of the Qu'Appelle River and Last Mountain Creek and immediately east of the village of Craven on the Qu'Appelle River at SW 24-20-21 W2. It is in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan in the RM of Longlaket ...

* Crooked Lake Dam * Darmody Dam * Dellwood Brook Dam *

Echo Lake Dam Echo Lake is a lake along the course of the Qu'Appelle River in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Echo Lake is so named because of the echo heard by the First Nations while paddling on the lake. It is one of four lakes that make up the ...

* Esterhazy Dam * Five Mile Dam *

Gardiner Dam The Gardiner Dam on the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatchewan is the third largest embankment dam in Canada and one of the largest embankment dams in the world. Construction on Gardiner Dam and the smaller Qu'Appelle River Dam was started ...

* Grant Devine Dam * Hugonard Dam * Katepwa Dam * Kingsway Dam * Kipahigan Lake Dam * Lac la Plonge Dam * Lac la Ronge Dam *

Makwa Lake Control Makwa River is a river in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan in the transition zone between parkland and boreal forest. ''Makwa'' is Cree for '' Loon''. The upper reaches of the Makwa River's watershed reach just across the border into ...

* Moose Mountain Dam * Moosomin Dam * Northminster Effuent Reservoir * Opuntia Lake Control * Pike Lake Water Supply *

Qu'Appelle River Dam The Qu'appelle River Dam is the smaller of two embankment dams: which created Lake Diefenbaker in Saskatchewan, Canada. The larger dam is Gardiner Dam, the biggest embankment dam in Canada and one of the biggest in the world. Construction of b ...

Rafferty Dam McDonald Lake, also known as Rafferty Reservoir, is a reservoir in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada. It was created when the Rafferty Dam was built on the Souris River in 1994. Before the dam was built that flooded the Souris Valley, McDonald L ...

* Round Lake Dam * Scott Dam * Spruce River Dam * Star City Dam * Stelcam Weir * Summercove Dam * Tee-Pee Creek Dam * Theodore Dam * Wascana Lake Weir * West Poplar Dam * Woody Lake Weir * Valeport Dam * Zelma Dam

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External links

* *https://www.wsask.ca/Lakes-and-Rivers/Dams-and-Reservoirs/ {{Authority control Crown corporations of Saskatchewan Water management authorities

Dams, weirs, and reservoirs operated by the agency

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