Backgrounder SaskWater tables 2016-17 annual report The Saskatchewan Water Corporation (SaskWater) is Saskatchewan’s commercial Crown water utility, helping communities, First Nations and industry gain access to safe, reliable and sustainable water and wastewater services. SaskWater provides professional water and wastewater services to 62 communities, eight rural municipalities, 83 rural pipeline groups, 16 industrial and 242 commercial and end user customers. SaskWater’s services directly and indirectly reach approximately 80,000 people in Saskatchewan. The corporation owns nine water treatment plants, three wastewater facilities and 935 kilometres of pipeline. SaskWater also owns or leases 42 booster and pump stations. SaskWater owns and operates 140 kilometres of canal called the Saskatoon Southeast Water Supply (SSEWS) system. This system is fed from Lake Diefenbaker and made possible by the Gardiner Dam which is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this month. The SSEWS supplies non- potable water to several communities and potash mines including, PCS Allan, PCS Lanigan, Mosaic Potash Colonsay and the proposed BHP Jansen mine. Lake Diefenbaker also feeds water to the South Saskatchewan River and Buffalo Pound Lake which SaskWater uses to supply the Mosaic Belle Plaine and K+S Bethune potash mines, the Yara Belle Plaine fertilizer plant as well as communities such as Wakaw, Humboldt, One Arrow First Nation, Marquis and Tuxford. SaskWater’s core lines of business are: potable water supply, non-potable water supply, wastewater treatment and management, certified operation and maintenance (COM), project management, water and wastewater training, remote monitoring, and leak detection audits. In 2016-17, SaskWater: Delivered 7.1 billion litres of high quality drinking water Delivered 35.8 billion litres of non-potable water Received and treated 1.3 billion litres of wastewater Partnering with TransGas (a subsidiary of SaskEnergy), SaskWater uses a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system to remotely monitor 53 SaskWater and customer owned facilities across the province 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. For more information, contact: Courtney Mihalicz Manager, Corporate Communications SaskWater Phone: (306) 694-3940 Email: [email protected] Cell: (306) 630-8441 .