Water Season

Sheep River flowing through Diamond Valley, illustrating local water supply within Alberta’s licensing system

Water Season 2026: Building Water Resilience at the Household Level

Water Season 2026 Series- Part 4 As Water Season 2026 continues, it becomes useful to look closer to home. Water is often discussed at the scale of rivers, snow-pack, and seasonal forecasts. But its final destination is much closer and more familiar. Every day, water moves quietly through Diamond Valley — from the Sheep River, […]

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Water Season 2026: What Alberta’s Water Licensing System Means for Diamond Valley

Part 3: What This Means for Diamond Valley Water Season 2026 Series- Part 3 As Water Season 2026 unfolds, understanding Alberta’s water licensing framework and irrigation governance helps clarify something important: Our local water story does not operate in isolation. The Sheep River is part of a larger basin. Licensing priority, seasonal variability, and runoff

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Who Controls Water in Alberta? Understanding Irrigation Districts and Licensing

Water Season 2026 Series- Part 2 This five-part series explores how Alberta’s water system works and what it means locally: As Water Season 2026 continues, it’s important to look more closely at how irrigation districts operate within Alberta’s licensing framework — and how water transfers and property rights intersect with that structure. This is an

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View of the Sheep River in early spring

Water Season 2026: How Alberta’s Water Licensing System Works

Connecting the Dots Between Policy, Physics, and Community This five-part series explores how Alberta’s water system works and what it means locally: Each of these pieces builds on the last, helping us better understand the full water cycle — from watershed to household, and back again. As we move into Water Season 2026, it’s worth

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