The Western Producer
The St. Mary River Irrigation District (SMRID) spans more than a half-million acres in southern Alberta between Lethbridge and Medicine Hat. After several years of crippling drought, the farmers in the region got used to ever-shrinking water allocations. Last year, it was set at just eight inches an acre, but rose to nine inches after timely rainfall in May. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Irrigation.