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announced a 10-year, $ 4 billion irrigation expansion project that would increase the amount of land irrigated from Lake Diefenbaker to up to 500,000 acres. Phase one and two of the project will rehabilitate and expand the existing Westside Irrigation canal system. Phase three will see a system built
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to supply water to downstream reservoirs for irrigation, drinking water, and industrial uses. The Westside Irrigation Project supplies water to the west side of the South Saskatchewan River and the Eastside Irrigation Project supplies water to the east side of the South Saskatchewan River. Notable
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and one of the largest embankment dams in the world. Construction on Gardiner Dam and the smaller
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upstream and diverting a considerable portion of the South Saskatchewan's flow into the
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south from the Qu'Appelle River Dam called the Qu’Appelle South Irrigation Project.
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has property on both sides of the dam. On the north-east end is the
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at the south-east end and the Gardiner Dam at the north-east end
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reservoirs on the Eastside Irrigation Project include
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was started in 1959 and completed in 1967, creating
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Archived from 404:Coteau Creek Hydroelectric Station 377:Coteau Creek Hydroelectric Station 318:Saskatchewan Water Security Agency 236:Coteau Creek Hydroelectric Station 21:Dam in RM of Loreburn No. , Canada 14: 589: 578: 494:Saskatchewan Watershed Authority 458:Saskatchewan Watershed Authority 410:crosses the river atop the dam. 329:South Saskatchewan River Project 129:Saskatchewan Watershed Authority 120:Saskatchewan Watershed Authority 367:and on the south-west end is a 679:Loreburn No. 254, Saskatchewan 413:The dam is named for a former 1: 620: 162:5,000 m (16,400 ft) 669:Coteau No. 255, Saskatchewan 379:. The park was named after 352:. On July 2, 2020, Premier 16:Dam in Saskatchewan, Canada 710: 385:Saskatchewan Liberal Party 375:, and guided tours of the 639: 633: 623: 618: 573:Danielson Provincial Park 361:Danielson Provincial Park 31: 694:South Saskatchewan River 612:South Saskatchewan River 290:South Saskatchewan River 219:115 km (71 mi) 415:Premier of Saskatchewan 394:Gate Control Structures 381:Gustaf Herman Danielson 243:Installed capacity 154:64 m (210 ft) 684:Dams completed in 1967 395: 281: 256:Annual generation 175:Spillway capacity 92:51.27000°N 106.87083°W 64:RM of Loreburn No. 254 393: 338:Brightwater Reservoir 323:Two main gravity fed 296:is the third largest 272: 140:Type of dam 41:gates of Gardiner Dam 674:Dams in Saskatchewan 598:at Wikimedia Commons 306:Qu'Appelle River Dam 278:Qu'Appelle River Dam 97:51.27000; -106.87083 59:RM of Coteau No. 255 334:Broderick Reservoir 216:Maximum length 207:Catchment area 198:Total capacity 88: /  396: 346:Bradwell Reservoir 282: 167:Spillway type 656: 655: 651: 650: 594:Media related to 585:Canada portal 419:James G. 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Spillway
RM of Coteau No. 255
RM of Loreburn No. 254
51°16′12″N 106°52′15″W / 51.27000°N 106.87083°W / 51.27000; -106.87083
Saskatchewan Watershed Authority
Type of dam
Embankment dam
Lake Diefenbaker
Catchment area
Turbines
Coteau Creek Hydroelectric Station
Installed capacity
MW
Annual generation
GWh

NASA
Qu'Appelle River Dam
South Saskatchewan River
Saskatchewan
embankment dam
Canada
Qu'Appelle River Dam
Lake Diefenbaker
Qu'Appelle River
Saskatchewan Water Security Agency
aqueducts
Broderick Reservoir
Brightwater Reservoir

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