During the 2018-19 fiscal year, a record investment is being made to Saskatchewan’s water management infrastructure.

The Water Security Agency (WSA) is investing $43.6 million in the rehabilitation and management of the province’s dams and conveyance channels – 15 times the amount invested 10 years ago.

$10 million of this will go towards 20 dams that have been transferred from federal to provincial control under WSA. These previously federally-operated dams require upkeep including safety upgrades and structural work, with the largest single project being a $4.2 million investment to the Highfield Dam south of Rush Lake.

One project includes the ongoing rehabilitation of the M1 Canal, which supplies six reservoirs, several towns and villages, four potash mines, 13 wetland projects and Blackstrap Provincial Park.