GROUND WATER QUANTITY 



Coal Mine Dewatering in Saskatchewan 



Discharges 



Due to coal mine dewatering activities, a total of 7,083 dam3 (5,742 



acre-feet) of ground water was discharged during 1985. This amounts to 



9.6 percent less pumpage than in the previous year. A summary of the 



monthly pumpages from all the coal dewatering wells is shown in Table 6. 



Table 6 

 1985 Monthly Pumpages from Mine Dewatering Activities 



Month 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



TOTAL 



Pumpages 



7,083 dam3 (5,742 acre-feet) 



The ground water was discharged at 14 locations during 1985. Twelve 

 discharges were to Girard Creek, one was directly into Cookson Reservoir 

 and one was into a tributary of Goose Creek. From the discharge to the 

 Cookson Reservoir, 68.1 dam3 were diverted directly into the Town of 

 Coronach water supply. No water from this Goose Creek discharge reached 

 the main stem of Goose Creek. 



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