Above-average snowpack needed to bring water levels in southern Alberta back to normal

Water continues to be a hot commodity in southern Alberta as the seasons change. “This was the sixth driest year on record in southern Alberta in the past 99 years, according to Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation,” said David Westwood, general manager of the St. Mary’s Irrigation District (SMRID). While most crops are out of the ground, irrigation districts are reflecting on the possibility of another summer with drought-like conditions. Canada’s largest irrigation distri