Major water users in southern Alberta agree to curb consumption in face of drought

Major water users in southern Alberta have agreed to curb their consumption if there’s a severe drought this spring or summer.Rebecca Schulz, the provincial environment minister, says it won’t be known whether the agreements need to be acted upon until snowpack information comes in later this month.The Alberta government has announced water-sharing agreements covering four sub-basins – the Red Deer River, the Bow River, the mainstem of the Oldman River and upper tributaries of the Oldman.