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GROUND WATER AND SURFACE WATER ALLOCATIONS
By Provincial Water Management Region
Allocations in Cubic Metres Up to 2004 (included historical
Data extracted on February 3, 2005
| PURPOSE |
Ground Water |
Surface Water |
TOTALS |
% |
| Injection (Oil Recovery) |
50,771,900 |
132,238,584 |
183,010,484 |
1.88 |
| Industrial (Oil, Gas, Petroleum) |
54,744,029 |
461,269,129 |
516,013,158 |
5.31 |
| Commercial (Cooling) |
2,607,949 |
2,485,761,080 |
2,488,369,029 |
25.59 |
| Agriculture |
81,779,981 |
95,076,622 |
176,856,603 |
1.82 |
| Commercial |
23,341,565 |
599,362,559 |
622,704,124 |
6.40 |
| Fish Management |
9,334,165 |
18,695,054 |
28,029,219 |
0.29 |
| Habitat Enhancement |
68,155 |
137,104,965 |
137,173,120 |
1.41 |
| Irrigation |
650,004 |
4,147,026,898 |
4,147,676,903 |
42.65 |
| Municipal |
53,594,475 |
1,009,797,078 |
1,063,391,553 |
10.93 |
| Recreation |
4,972,859 |
19,018,795 |
23,991,654 |
0.25 |
| Water Management |
240,530 |
320,008,483 |
320,249,013 |
3.29 |
| Other purpose |
758,220 |
1,736,956 |
2,495,176 |
0.03 |
| Wildlife Management |
0 |
1,932,843 |
1,932,843 |
0.02 |
| Drilling (Developing Oil/Gas Wells) |
270,233 |
13,451,175 |
13,721,408 |
0.14 |
| Water Conservation Objective |
0 |
227,124 |
227,124 |
0.00 |
| Total |
283,134,064 |
9,442,707,346 |
9,725,841,409 |
100 |
Allocations in Cubic Metres Per year (including expired & cancelled licences)
for the Year 2005 for Injection
Data Extracted on November 1, 2005
| INDUSTRY ACTIVITY NAME |
Ground Water |
Surface Water |
TOTALS |
| Injection (Oil Recovery) |
47,338,656 |
124,747,937 |
172,086,593 |



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