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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Cocktails at 6:00
Supper at 6:30
Presentation on St. Mary River Irrigation at 7:30
Ralph’s Bar and Steakhouse – TransCanada Way
$25.00
Presentation by Ron Renwick, P. Eng,
General Manager
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The St. Mary River Irrigation District (SMRID) is Canada’s largest irrigation district delivering water through 2060 km (1280 miles) of canals and pipelines to approximately 150,500 hectares (372,000 acres) of land south of the Oldman and South Saskatchewan Rivers between Lethbridge and Medicine Hat, Alberta.
QUICK FACTS
- St Mary River Irrigation District operates within five separate counties:
County of Lethbridge, County of Warner, County of Taber, County of Forty Mile, and the County of Cypress
- Reservoirs and lakes within the district include:
Raymond, Verdigris, Eight Mile, Northeast, Chin, Stafford, Grassy Lake (Sherburne), Yellow, Forty Mile, Sauder, Klaudt, Murray, and Seven Persons
- There are over 1,800 water users within the district
- Irrigating approximately 372,000 acres, or around 600 square miles, SMRID is Canada's largest irrigation district providing roughly 20% of Canada's irrigated area.
Please RSVP by Noon, Friday May 30, 2008, by contacting one of the following:
Tracy Hullah –Scheffer Andrew Ltd. – 526-3434 – t.hullah@schefferandrew.com
Sandra Plank, P.Eng. - City of Medicine Hat – 529-8164 – sanpla@medicinehat.ca
Attending this function contributes 1 PDH towards your Continuing Professional Development Program
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