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 Saskatchewan, Canada. The Agency is a Treasury Board Crown Corporation 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 320.5 full time equivalent employees across all of its locations.
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:
NameLSDCoordinatesDam height (m)Year builtNotes Avonlea Dam 18-12-22 W2 16.6 1964 Upgraded in 2003 Blackstrap North Dam 21-33-03 W3 10.4 1967 Part of the South Saskatchewan River Project Blackstrap South Dam 11-32-04 W3 7.9 1967 Part of the South Saskatchewan River Project Bradwell East Dam 23-34-02 W3 5.8 1967 Part of the South Saskatchewan River Project Bradwell West Dam 15-34-02 W3 3.7 1967 Part of the South Saskatchewan River Project Brightwater Creek Dam 32-30-04 W3 14.0 1967 Part of the South Saskatchewan River Project Broderick North Dam 14-29-07 W3 6.5 1967 Part of the South Saskatchewan River Project Broderick West Dam 09-29-07 W3 8.8 1967 Part of the South Saskatchewan River Project Buffalo Pound Dam 35-18-25 W2 5.7 1939 Upgraded in 2000 Candle Lake Dam 23-55-22 W2 3.4 1979 Chicken Lake Dam 24-76-01 W2 2.4 1929 Upgraded in 1993 Cowan Lake Dam 16-60-10 W3 4.2 1937 Upgraded in 1971 Craven Dam SW-24-20-21-W2M 4.9 1943 Regulates water flows on the Qu'Appelle River. It was upgraded in 2003 Crooked Lake Dam SW-08-19A-05-W2M 3.5 1941 Darmody Dam 08-20-02 W3 9.9 1929 Dellwood Brook Dam 34-32-24 W2 9.4 1967 Part of the South Saskatchewan River Project Duncairn Dam 19 1942 Echo Lake Dam NW-07-21-13-W2M 4 1942 Esterhazy Dam 33-19-01 W2 7.9 1968 Built on Kaposvar Creek north of Esterhazy Five Mile Dam 10-16-26 W2 2.7 1922 Built on the Moose Jaw River upstream from Moose Jaw Gardiner Dam 01-27-07 W3 64 1967 Water source (Lake Diefenbaker) for the South Saskatchewan River Project Grant Devine Dam 33-03-02-W2 42 1995 Formally known as Alameda Dam. Built in conjunction with Rafferty Dam Hugonard Dam 11-21-13 W2 11.9 1957 Katepwa Dam 27-19-12 W2 5 1957 Upgraded in 2005 Kingsway Dam 29-16-26 W2 5 1948 Built on the Moose Jaw River in the city of Moose Jaw. It was upgraded in 1985 and underwent repairs after unprecedented flooding in 2010 and 2011. Kipahigan Lake Dam 16-75-01 W2 2.8 1985 Lac la Plonge Dam 21-71-10 W3 1.7 1985 Lac la Ronge Dam 26-73-17 W2 3.7 1966 Upgraded in 2007 Makwa Lake Control 11-59-22 W3 3.1 1965 Upgraded in 2010 Moose Mountain Dam 09-11-08 W2 5.7 1937 Upgraded in 2012 Moosomin Dam NW 29-12-31 W1 13.5 1954 Upgraded in 2024 Northminster Effuent Reservoir 19-51-27 W3 25.3 1988 Opuntia Lake Control 19-32-18 W3 2.1 1948 Upgraded in 1971 Pike Lake Water Supply 09-34-06 W3 1.5 1948 Upgraded in 1999 Qu'Appelle River Dam 25-23-04 W3 27.4 1967 Rafferty Dam 25-02-09 W2 20.5 1991 Built in conjunction with Grant Devine Dam Rafferty R3-2 Closure Dam 34-04-12-W2 12.1 1991 Built in conjunction with Rafferty Dam to contain McDonald Lake Rafferty R4-1 Closure Dam 08-05-12-W2 10.3 1991 Built in conjunction with Rafferty Dam to contain McDonald Lake Round Lake Dam 18-39-10 W2 2 1941 Upgraded in 1973 and 2000 Scott Dam 11-39-20 W3 14.5 1929 Upgraded in 2001 Spruce River Dam 13-54-01 W3 6.1 1960 Star City Dam 29-44-18 W2 11.7 1967 Built on Melfort Creek upstream from Melfort. Upgraded in 1995 Stelcam Weir 19-15-24 W2 3 1912 Built on Moose Jaw River upstream from Moose Jaw. It was upgraded in 2002 Summercove Dam 28-04-08 W3 8.5 1949 Upgraded 1965 Tee-Pee Creek Dam 18-46-03 W2 3 1950 Upgraded in 1978 Theodore Dam 19-28-06 W2 14.6 1964 Wascana Lake Weir 13-17-20 W2 2.4 1910 Upgrades 1973 West Poplar Dam 11-03-04 W3 9.9 1957 Woody Lake Weir 27-40-30 W1 2.6 1978 Controls the outflow of Woody Lake. Upgraded in 1998 Valeport Dam SE33-20-21-W2M 3.7 1939 Upgraded in 1958 Zelma Dam 23-33-28 W2 9.1 1967 Part of the South Saskatchewan River Project
See also List of dams and reservoirs in Canada List of lakes of Saskatchewan SaskWater
References
External links
Map of dams around Saskatchewan