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GROUND WATER QUANTITY 



Saskatchewan 



Coal Mine Dewatering 



Due to coal mine dewatering activities, a total of 3,492 dam 3 (2,381 

 acre-feet) of ground water was discharged during 1988. This is down 

 by 2,040 dam 3 (1,650 acre-feet) from 1987 (37 percent). A summary 

 of the monthly pumpages from all the coal dewatering wells is shown 

 in Table 5. 



Table 5. 1986 Monthly Pumpages from Mine Dewatering Activities 



Pumpages 



Month Total (dam 3 ) Rate (L/s) 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



TOTAL 3,492 dam 3 

 (2,831 acre-feet) 



