Sask. reservoirs mostly full

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Published: April 3, 2024

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WSA repeated that Lake Diefenbaker, the largest reservoir and supplier of more than 60 percent of the province’s water, contains a good supply. | Getty Images

REGINA — Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency said April 3 that it expects most of the province’s reservoirs to fill this spring.

The agency said 33 of the 45 major reservoirs are near full or will fill, and six more are between 70 and 90 percent full and still filling. The remaining six that won’t fill are in the southwest.

WSA repeated that Lake Diefenbaker, the largest reservoir and supplier of more than 60 percent of the province’s water, contains a good supply. It is more than one metre higher than this time last year and 1.5 metres higher than in early April 2022.

The lake is just above its normal historical average and about 80 percent full, according to a map on the WSA website.

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Officials continue to monitor runoff and reservoir levels. Concerns remain about dry conditions in the southwest and west central regions.

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Karen Briere

Karen Briere

Karen Briere grew up in Canora, Sask. where her family had a grain and cattle operation. She has a degree in journalism from the University of Regina and has spent more than 30 years covering agriculture from the Western Producer’s Regina bureau.

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