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Irrigation would bring economic benefits to Moose Jaw, says expert

- Dale Miller, of AECOM, speaks at the SIPA/ICDC 14th annual conference at the Heritage Inn in Moose Jaw, while Larry Lee, chairman of SIPA, looks on and Mark Oram, vice-chair of SIPA and Paul Heglund, vice-chair of ICDC, look at the slides. Rebecca Lawrence photograph

Dale Miller, of AECOM, speaks at the SIPA/ICDC 14th annual conference at the Heritage Inn in Moose Jaw, while Larry Lee, chairman of SIPA, looks on and Mark Oram, vice-chair of SIPA and Paul Heglund, vice-chair of ICDC, look at the slides. Rebecca Lawrence photograph

Published on November 9th, 2009
Published on November 9th, 2009
Rebecca Lawrence
Topics :
Irrigation Crop Diversification , Saskatchewan Irrigation Projects Association , Heritage Inn , Moose Jaw , Western Canada , Lake Diefenbaker

Expansion of irrigation would bring huge economic benefits to Moose Jaw, a leading engineer has said.

AECOM’s Dale Miller, manager for water resources, Western Canada, spoke to the Times Herald during the Irrigation Crop Diversification Corporation (ICDC) and Saskatchewan Irrigation Projects Association (SIPA) annual conference at Moose Jaw's Heritage Inn on Monday.

He updated people at the conference on irrigation expansion on land surrounding Lake Diefenbaker as well as  the Qu'Appelle South Irrigation Project, from Bridgeford to Marquis north of Moose Jaw.

Miller told the Times Herald there were two implications for Moose Jaw.

“If you put 100,000 acres of irrigation only one hour from Moose Jaw, the economic benefit will be tremendous,” he said.

Miller said irrigation provided a secure water supply and allowed producers to grow more valuable products such as potatoes and sugar beet.

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    Michael Lach
    - November 10th, 2009

    Since irrigation water use is such a large issue regarding the amount of water we use for irrigation why not start there in designing and using a better product? http://www.IrrigationThatMakesSense.org is a non profit group trying to battle our national water issues by providing funding and installation of green irrigation products. They have a irrigation product that conserves up to 80% of water use after two years. Their product is installed sub-surface therefore you never see it watering. It makes the plants stronger, uses less fertilizer along with water and no over spray onto sidewalks and roads. The cost to install their underground irrigation product is comparable to overhead sprinklers but this is the green irrigation choice.

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