Prairie Provinces Water Board

The most significant interjurisdictional water management arrangement in Canada is the Master Agreement on Apportionment.

1986 Pearse Inquiry on Federal Water Policy

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Prairie Provinces Water Board
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1783 Hamilton Street
Regina, SK S4P 2B6

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Cold Lake


Apportionable flows are estimated at the outlet of Cold Lake (station 06AF001).

The black bar shows the amount of apportionable flows that were required to be delivered by Alberta to Saskatchewan.  The white bar shows the flow surplus amounts that were delivered in excess of required flows.  The combined black (provincial share) and white (surplus) stacked bars show the total recorded flows. On the y-axis, the number following the "e" in the Scientific Notation shows how many zeros should be placed to the right of the decimal place.

 

Under the Master Agreement on Apportionment, Saskatchewan's share is 68.4% of Cold Lake outlet's apportionable flows. The 50% general formula is adjusted to consider that some of the basin that flows into Cold Lake is within Saskatchewan. This adjustment ensures that both provinces get their equitable share, an important principle in the Agreement.

Alberta has always met their delivery requirement throughout the data record.

Flow data presented below can be copied and pasted into a spreadsheet or word processing file.  Alternatively, a MS Excel file can be downloaded from the right side bar.

 

 

Year

Recorded Flow

Apportionable Flow

(Unit: dam3)

1997

12,727

14,823

1998

184,286

186,780

1995

339,707

345,441

1996

799,400

808,100

1997

1,412,000

1,418,600

1998

421,110

426,300

1999

94,337

97,624

2000

51,000

56,678

2001

203,523

209,306

2002

186,951

196,545

2003

300,100

340,059

2004

651,845

660,241

2005

896,633

902,443

2006

527,738

536,723

2007

588,770

598,190

2008

585,000

591,000

2009

402,000

407,800

2010

567,000

574,000

Total

8,224,127

8,370,653

 

 

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