| Community Type |
Total water use (dam3) |
Change by 2060 as % of2010 |
| 2010 |
2020 |
2040 |
2060 |
| Cities |
105,971 |
111,480 |
124,958 |
140,087 |
32.2% |
| Total Municipal Water Use |
105,971 |
111,480 |
124,958 |
140,087 |
32.2% |
| Towns > 1000 |
16,586 |
16,550 |
16,345 |
16,106 |
-2.9% |
| Towns < 1000 |
6,491 |
6,487 |
6,647 |
6,860 |
5.7% |
| Bedroom Communities |
1,865 |
2,410 |
3,641 |
5,260 |
182.0% |
| Total Domestic Water Use |
24,942 |
25,447 |
26,633 |
28,226 |
13.2% |
| Villages |
7,175 |
6,918 |
6,551 |
6,272 |
-12.6% |
| Rural non-farm |
5,768 |
5,183 |
4,316 |
3,891 |
-32.5% |
| Rural farm |
15,673 |
14,003 |
11,447 |
10,534 |
-32.8% |
| Total Rural Water Use |
28,616 |
26,104 |
22,314 |
20,697 |
-27.7% |
| First Nations |
5,461 |
6,611 |
10,677 |
15,459 |
183.1% |
| Institutions |
327 |
300 |
252 |
204 |
-37.6% |
| Unorganized Division 18 |
202 |
188 |
162 |
139 |
-31.2% |
| Other |
385 |
414 |
474 |
534 |
38.8% |
| Total Community Water Use Excluding IBT |
165,904 |
170,544 |
185,470 |
205,346 |
23.8% |
| IBT* |
1,012 |
1,034 |
1,100 |
1,184 |
17.0% |
| Total Municipal/Domestic Water Use Including Inter-basin Transfers |
166,916 |
171,578 |
186,570 |
206,530 |
23.7% |
*Interbasin transfers include water uses of communities located in a particular basin but receive their water supplies from another basin; one example is the City of
Humboldt. It is located in the Qu’Appelle River Basin but water is supplied by South Saskatchewan River Basin |
