North Saskatchewan River Basin Water Authorization Act

NORTH SASKATCHEWAN RIVER BASIN WATER AUTHORIZATION ACT Chapter N-3.6 Preamble WHEREAS the communities and residents within Parkland County and Lac Ste. Anne County are experiencing problems with the quantity and quality of water from their individual existing potable water supplies; WHEREAS supplying water from the North Saskatchewan River Basin to those communities and residents would provide reliable treated municipal water to those communities and residents, but the piping and discharge of treated water would result in a transfer of water to the Athabasca River Basin; WHEREAS section 47 of the Water Act requires a special Act of the Legislature to authorize the issuance of licences to transfer water between major river basins; and WHEREAS the Minister of Environment and Parks has complied with section 48 of the Water Act ; THEREFORE HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: North Saskatchewan water authorization 1 For the purposes of this Act, licences and amendments to licences pursuant to the Water Act are authorized to be issued in respect of application number 001‑00448696, which licence may provide for the transfer of treated municipal water between the North Saskatchewan River Basin and the Athabasca River Basin, in an amount not to exceed 171.915 cubic decametres annually, as follows: (a) for Parkland County (Entwistle) an amount not to exceed 158.045 cubic decametres annually; (b) for Lac Ste. Anne County (Nakamun Park) an amount not to exceed 13.870 cubic decametres annually. Appeals 2 No appeal lies to the Environmental Appeals Board from a decision to issue a licence authorized under section 1.