Alberta Report, July 9th, 2001
Farmers and investors sue the Saskatchewan government for wrecking their potato-irrigation dream
The sunlight-dappled waters of Lake Diefenbaker form a crown jewel with a mysterious flaw. The reservoir--140 miles long, up to two miles wide and 190 feet deep--took shape after the Gardiner Dam bottled up the South Saskatchewan River in 1967. Constructing the project today would cost a billion dollars. But the lake's irrigation potential for semi-arid southern Saskatchewan, although immense, remains unfulfilled three decades later.
Marv Anderson, an economist from Edmonton, has conducted 50 w...
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