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the supplementary supply reaching 4,693 dam 3 (3,804 acre/ft). This rate 

 of abstraction is expected to be maintained through 1991. The return to 

 higher abstraction rates reflected the well network's new role as a 

 supplementary supply during an extended period of drought and low surface 

 runoff. Saskatchewan Water Corporation had granted Sask Power a 

 temporary allocation of 5,000 dam 3 for 1990 and an additional 5,000 dam 3 

 for 1991. A summary of the monthly pumpages from all supplementary 

 supply wells is shown in Table 7. 



Table 6. — yearly abstraction of ground water for 



supplementary supply to Cookson Reservoir. 



Year Volume (dam 3 ) Volume (acre/ft) 



Pre-1980 11,351 9,202 



1980 4,064 3,295 



1981 5,696 4,618 



1982 5,993 4,858 



1983 8,348 6,765 



1984 7,764 6,294 



1985 7,083 5,742 



1986 5,032 4,080 



1987 5,532 4,485 



1988 3,492 2,831 



1989 2,078 1,685 



1990 4,693 3,804 



Pumping was initiated in 1976, 



