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Ag Water Stewardship Policy finalized, WSA committed to reporting on its long-term effectiveness

Ag Water Stewardship Policy finalized, WSA committed to reporting on its long-term effectiveness

Jan 30, 2025 | 11:47am
The Saskatchewan Water Security Agency announced Thursday morning its Agricultural Water Stewardship Policy has been finalized. They’re also committing $1 million over the next three years for ongoing research and monitoring to ensure the policy is effective over the long-term. The money, it says in a news release, “will fund projects that help to ensure […]
Improving drainage the goal of newly formed SK DEN

Improving drainage the goal of newly formed SK DEN

Sep 16, 2024 | 4:23pm
A few agriculture groups have come together to create an organization dedicated to improving drainage in Saskatchewan. Called the Saskatchewan Drainage Extension Network (SK DEN), the privately-led initiative is comprised of one farming operation, Stone Farms, the University of Saskatchewan, farm groups such as the Saskatchewan Farm Stewardship Association (SaskFSA), Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan […]
Auditor’s report shows Water Security Agency making progress on some recommendations

Auditor’s report shows Water Security Agency making progress on some recommendations

Jun 6, 2024 | 5:18pm
The Provincial Auditor followed up on whether the Water Security Agency (WSA) implemented any of its recommendations made in the 2018 audit. As of April of this year, the WSA has made some progress on recommendations on regulating drainage of water on agricultural lands, fully implementing four of them and partially implementing another five.  The WSA […]
SAWS deliver letters calling for a wetland conservation policy to the steps of Sask. Legislature

SAWS deliver letters calling for a wetland conservation policy to the steps of Sask. Legislature

Sep 26, 2023 | 4:18pm
A blue container with thousands of letters was delivered to the Saskatchewan Legislature Monday by the Saskatchewan Alliance for Water Sustainability (SAWS). The letters contained comments and concerns from a wide-range of people about the provincial government’s Agricultural Water Stewardship Policy, which is in development and in a consultation period until the end of this […]

‘Not as dramatic’: Saskatchewan farmers draining water demonstrate benefits

Jul 22, 2023 | 8:31am

It’s an area of farmland Ryan Maurer says is worth as much as a Lamborghini. High run-off flooded one of his fields in spring 2022, leaving shallow pools of water. This was before the farmer opened ditches to drain it. “Would you take your Lamborghini and park it in a slough?” Maurer asked on his […]

Illegal drainage causing problems for Saskatchewan landowners

Jun 5, 2023 | 10:31am

Lane Mountney spreads a map over his kitchen table at his farmhouse in southeast Saskatchewan, pointing to yellow and orange arrows slithering across the document. Many of the arrows represent existing channels and ditches, moving across fields and out of wetlands to drain water. The arrows eventually make their way to a creek, causing what […]

Sask Water Security Agency offers free farm water management workshops

Feb 16, 2023 | 2:11pm

  Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency is offering free farm workshops this winter on water management. Agency spokesperson Patrick Boyle says free half-day workshops are being offered online and in-person until April. He says scheduled in-person workshops will begin in March. The course covers various water control practices like surface ditches, tile drainage, wetland consolidation and […]

Water Security Agency offers new funding for constructed farm drainage projects

Jun 30, 2022 | 2:03pm

The Water Security Agency is providing up to one million dollars in new funding for channel clearing and maintenance for constructed agricultural drainage projects. The funds are available for local governments, including RM’s, Conservation and Development Area authorities and Watershed Associations. The expanded eligibility includes maintenance for constructed drainage projects. Previously, only natural watercourses qualified […]

Sask Water Security Agency offers water drainage workshops for farmers

Dec 20, 2021 | 11:02am

  The Water Security Agency is offering free online workshops for farmers to plan water drainage projects in a changing climate. The workshops, called AgH2Onward, will introduce farmers to the Agricultural Water Management program in Saskatchewan, the process and benefits of drainage approvals, and techniques to best manage water on their land. The free workshops […]

Work on north-central drainage systems continues Monday

Apr 11, 2021 | 1:53pm

  The second of a three-year, $15 million drainage improvement project begins Monday in the North Central community. “This major drainage project will help prevent ponding during large storms and reduce the risk of basement and street flooding to over 450 homes within the neighbourhood,” says Kim Onrait, Executive Director of Citizen Services. The project […]

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