PRAIRIE WATER NEWS

Index of Articles

Vol. 1 No.1 Spring 1991:

• How We Got Started
• Planning Ahead for Farm Dugouts - Stan McFarlane [Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration]
• We Can't Live Without Water - Dr. M. Reesal and T.J. MacAulay [Saskatchewan Health]
• Dugout Water or Mud Soup? - Bob Buchanan [Alberta Agriculture]
• Algae Problems in Dugouts - Hans Peterson [Saskatchewan Research Council]
• Fighting Water Blooms - Hans Peterson [Saskatchewan Research Council]
• Municipal Water Concerns - Val Kononoff [Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities]
• Groundwater: Hidden, But Not Forgotten - John Lebedin [Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration]
• Liming Improves Dugout Water Quality - Bob Buchanan [Alberta Agriculture]
• New Research on Sulphates in Poultry Drinking Water - Carlyle Bennett [Animal & Poultry Science, University of Saskatchewan]
• Float Suspended Intake - Orin Kenzie [Alberta Agriculture]
• Ozone Water Treatment Has Potential - But... - Ken Williamson [Alberta Agriculture]

Vol. 1 No. 2 Fall 1991:

• Fall Dugout Maintenance - Bob Toma [Manitoba Water Services Board]
• Dugout Water Quality Concerns in the Peace River Region - Harry Krawchuk [Alberta]
• Nature's Poisons
• What Can Government Do For You and Your Water? - Richard L. Pasquill [Manitoba Water Services Board]
• Water Requirements for Cattle - Dr. Meg Smart [Veterinary Internal Medicine, University of Saskatchewan]
• Solar Water Pumping - Eric Jensen [Canadian Agtechnology Partners Inc., Alberta]
• Water - Precious or Nuisance? - Bob Buchanan [Alberta Agriculture]
• Dugout Site Testing - Ron Lien [Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration]
• Prairie Fish Farming - Robert Kidd [Saskatchewan Parks & Renewable Resources]
• What Farmers Think About Their Water - Hans Peterson [Saskatchewan Research Council]

Vol. 2 No.1 Spring 1992:

• Drinking Water Safety - Issues for the Nineties
• Irrigation Dugouts - Joyce Koke [Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration]
• Water Use Trends on the Prairies - Bill Andresen [Sask Water]
• Looking Back on Water Societies in Southern Alberta - Orin R. Kenzie [Alberta Agriculture]
• Trickle Irrigation - Bill King [Sask Water]
• Bacteria in Farm Dugout Water - Elmer Spilchen [Public Health Inspector]
• "Yes - Some People Really Do Drink That Stuff" - Ken Williamson [Alberta Agriculture]
• Hooking up a Well - Richard Pasquill [Manitoba Water Services Board]
• Prevention of Water Contamination by Pesticides - Bob Buchanan [Alberta Agriculture]
• Surface Water Quality for Cattle - Bob Buchanan [Alberta Agriculture]
• Check Your Pumping System - Orin R. Kenzie [Alberta Agriculture]
• Who Pays for Wetlands? - G.A. Fuller [University of Regina]

Vol. 2 No. 2 Fall 1992:

• SPRINGS - An Often Untapped Resource - Craig Wright [Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration]
• Aerating Dugouts on the Prairies the Natural Way - Bob Buchanan [Alberta Agriculture]
• Alternative Pasture Water Systems - Ken Williamson [Alberta Agriculture]
• Water Water Everywhere But How Do I Find It? - Herb Martin [Sask Water]
• Dugouts and the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA) - Glen Brandtard Kelly Fischer [Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration]
• Pumping Water by the Air Lift Method - Orin Kenzie [Alberta Agriculture]
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Are You Aware of Purple Loosestrife? - WATERHAULER'S BULLETIN 1992
• Shock Chlorination for Iron Bacteria Control - Bill Andresen [Sask Water]
• A Weed Eating Fish - Hans Peterson [Saskatchewan Research Council]

Vol. 3 No. 1 Spring 1993:

• Agriculture and Water Quality - Gary Bank [Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration]
• Better Water - and more of it! - Bruce Anderson [Something Ventured]
• Treating Drinking Water Through Reverse Osmosis - Bill Andresen [Sask Water, Outlook]
• Drinking Water Reservoirs and Reglone A (Diquat) - Hans Peterson [Saskatchewan Research Council]
• Windpowered Dugout Aeration - Bob Buchanan [Alberta Agriculture]
• How to Contaminate Your Own Well - Ken Williamson [Alberta Agriculture]
• Water Quality Improvements - Hans Peterson [Saskatchewan Research Council]
• Where to Get Good Information on Water Systems - Richard Pasquill [Manitoba Water Services Board]

Vol. 3 No. 2 Fall 1993:

• The Chemical Brew - Hans Peterson [Saskatchewan Research Council]
• Enhancements of Livestock Water Supplies by Snow Fencing - Orin Kenzie [Alberta Agriculture]
• What Do You Get When You Cross Dugout Water With Chlorine? - Ken Williamson [Alberta Agriculture]
• What Are You Drinking? - Darrell Corkal [Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration]
• Water Analysis and Interpretation - Bill Andresen [Sask Water]
• New Pasture Water System - Bob Buchanan [Alberta Agriculture]
• Worst and Best Management Practices - Hans Peterson [Saskatchewan Research Council]

Vol. 4 No. 1 Spring 1994:

• Water From Dugouts Can Reduce Livestock Performance - Dr. Walter Willms andDr. Doug Colwell [Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada] and Orin Kenzie [Alberta Agriculture]
• Grass Carp Provide Aquatic Plant Control - Robert Burland [Alberta Environmental Protection]
• Better Water - More Water - Bruce Anderson [Something Ventured]
• How do we Best Manage our Groundwater Resources? - Harry Rohde [Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration]
• Cleaning Dugouts: A Viable Alternative - Richard Pasquill [Manitoba Water Services Board]
• Water Lawnmowers - Hans Peterson [Saskatchewan Research Council]
• Removing Iron From Domestic Water - Bill Andresen [Sask Water]
• Letter From the Editor - Esther Kienholz [Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration]

Vol. 4 No. 2 Fall 1994:

• Stabilization Techniques for Riparian Areas - Richard Pasquill [Manitoba Water Services Board]
• Surface Water Quality Initiative--1994 Update - Darrell Corkal [Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration]
• Odour Control in Water Heaters - Bill Andresen [Sask Water]
• Safe Drinking Water Relay Team Raises Funds - Hans Peterson [Bugbuster's Safe Drinking Water Team Captain]
• Protection of Rural Drinking Water Pipelines - T.J. Macaulay [Saskatchewan Health]
• Protecting Ground - Water and Wells - Bob Buchanan [Alberta Agriculture]
• Improve Drinking Water or Pay the Health Bill - Hans Peterson [Saskatchewan Research Council]
• Topical Index - Prairie Water News (PWN)
• Letter From the Editor

Vol. 5 No. 1 Spring 1995:

• Do Farming Practices Affect Water Quality? - Darrell Corkal [Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration]
• The Ultimate Water Treatment Device - Bob Buchanan [Alberta Agriculture]
• Study of Farm Dugout Water Treatment - Hans Peterson [Saskatchewan Research Council], Jim Kidd [Sask Water] and Bill Andresen [Sask Water]
• Rural Water Quality on the Prairies -- Workshop
• Why Shock Chlorinate Your Well? - Bob Buchanan [Alberta Agriculture]
• Using Ozone to Treat Drinking Water from Dugouts - Huch Mack [Alberta Environmental Centre]
• To Soften or Not to Soften? - Hans Peterson [Saskatchewan Research Council] and Ken Williamson [Alberta Agriculture]

Vol. 5 No. 2 Fall 1995:

• Watering Range Livestock: Part Risk, Part Profit - Dan Dyck [Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute]
• Water Treatment Demonstration Trailer - Darrell Corkal and Rob May [Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration] and Larry Eggleton [ADD Board 37]
• Biological Treatment of Drinking Water - Hans Peterson [Saskatchewan Research Council]
• Magnets Improve Dugout Water Quality - Darrell Corkal [Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration, Joanne Sketchell and Jim Kidd [Sask Water]
• Working With Wet Wells - Rob May [Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration]
• Linking Water Quality and Livestock Productivity - Trevor Yurchak and Bob Buchanan [Alberta Agriculture]
• Giardia and Cryptosporidium in Prairie Water Supplies - Randall S. White and Peter M. Wallis [Hyperion Research Ltd.]
• Chemical Concerns in Drinking Water - Barry H. Thomas and Veronique Morisset [Health Canada]
• Foam Swabbing Effective and Inexpensive - Gary Papic [Saskatchewan Environment and Resource Management]
• Prairie Water News Enters Team in Easter Seal Relay
• Rural Water Quality on the Prairies Workshop

Vol 6 No. 1 Spring 1996:

• Effective Pre-Treatment of Dugout Water - Hans Peterson [Saskatchewan Research Council] and Rob May [PFRA], Bob Buchanan [Alberta Agriculture]
• Clean Water Boosts Cattle Performance - Bob Buchanan [Alberta Agriculture] Iron Removal by Slow Sand Filtration - Bunny Mah [Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration]
• Geophysics and Groundwater Exploration - Althea Lincoln [Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration]
• Shallow Aquifers Sensitive to Land Uses - Robert J. Stewart [Saskatchewan Environment and Resource Management]
• PFRA Shifts Focus to Water Quality - Brad Fairley [Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration]
• Meeting Peak Water Demands - Wes Friesen and Richard Pasquill [Manitoba Water Services Board]
• Removing Particles and Colour from Dugout Water - Hans Peterson [Saskatchewan Research Council]
• High Sulphate in Water a Problem for Cattle - Meg Smart [University of Saskatchewan]
• Biological Treatment of Groundwater - Darrell Corkal and Rob May [Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration], Hans Peterson [Saskatchewan Research Council], and Joanne Sketchell [Sask Water]
• Prairie Water News Enters Cyberspace

Vol. 6 No. 2 Fall 1996:

• Winter-Freeze Desalinization Demonstrated - Gordon Wager [Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration]
• Small Numbers Can Have a Large Impact - Hans Peterson [Saskatchewan Research Council]
• Constructed Wetlands Project Demonstrated - Bruce Inch and Mark Wonnick [Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration]
• Water Treatment Trailer -- An Update - Joanne Sketchell [Sask Water], Darrell Corkal [Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration] and Hans Peterson [Saskatchewan Research Council]
• Well Chlorination and Submersible Pump Motors - Bill Andresen [Saskatchewan Water Corporation]
• Aerating Your Farm Dugout - Ken Janzen [Alberta Agriculture]
• Rural Water vs. City Water: A Matter of Taste - Darrell Corkal [Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration]
• Sand-Free Water from Screened Wells - Guaranteed! - Richard Pasquill and Arnold Pedersen [Manitoba Water Services Board]
• Are You Willing to Take a Risk? - Darrell R. Corkal [Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration]
• Manitoba Environment Joins Prairie Water News - Sharon Gurney [Manitoba Environment]

Vol. 7 No. 1 Spring 1997:

• Safe drinking water - even for farmers - Dave Ehman [Agriculture Development and Diversification (ADD) Boards for Saskatchewan]
• Nitrates in well water can pose problems - Richard Pasquill [Manitoba Water Services Board]
• Quality of Alberta farmstead well water tested - Darcy A. Fitzgerald, Dave A. Kiely, R. David Neilson, and Susan Shaw
• Coagulation and treatment cell improve dugout water - Jim Kidd [Sask Water]
• Advantages of reducing water use for rural homeowners - Lisbeth Liebgott [Manitoba Environment]
• Simple facts about aluminum - Hans Peterson [Saskatchewan Research Council]
• Water wells that last for generations - Bob Buchanan [Alberta Agriculture]
• Impacts of stocking rates on pasture water quality - G. C. Chu, L. Townley-Smith, S. Murrell and T. Lennox [Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration]
• Letter from the editor
• Prairie Water News welcomes Environment Canada

Vol. 7 No. 2 Fall 1997:

• Impact of the Flood of the Century
• Flood control works
• Post-flood dugout coagulation beneficial - Robert Butler, Bill King and Darrell Corkal [Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration]
• Manure contamination bad for human and animal health - Peter Wallis
• New well? - What about the old well? - Richard Pasquill [Manitoba Water Services Board]
• Good science, bad science and nonsense - Hans Peterson
• Reduce recycling to extend pump life - Richard Barg [Goulds Pumps Canada]
• Water quality effects herbicides effectiveness - Bill Andresen [Sask Water]
• An old technology -- the slow sand filter -- makes a come back - Ken Williamson
• New web address for PWN

Vol. 8 No. 1 Spring 1998:

• Toxic algae in Manitoba surface waters - Sharon Gurney and Geoff Jones [Manitoba Environment]
• The basics of algal growth in dugouts - Richard Pasquill [Manitoba Water Services Board]
• Agricultural impacts on water quality in Alberta - Bob Buchanan [Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development]
• Ground water chemistry pilot project - Nolan Shaheen [Sask Water]
• Testing-- a step to good quality water - Dr. Joanne Sketchell [Sask Water]
• Reduce health risks by minimizing pesticide exposure - Dr. Tom Thompson [Saskatchewan Health]
• Treating high iron, manganese, sulfate and sodium levels - Larry Braul [PFRA, Water Quality Unit]
• Flooded dugout water treatments revisited - Robert L. Butler [PFRA]
• Safe Drinking Water Foundation and Prairie Water - Dr. Hans Peterson [Safe Drinking Water Foundation (Canada)]
• Letter from the managing editor

Vol. 8 No. 2 Fall 1998:

• Bottled water versus municipal tap water
• Water sampling, analysis, and interpretation
• Dugout aeration study answers questions
• Electric logging--a valuable water well drilling tool
• Membrane filtration pilot plant study in Wawota
• Environmental monitoring on the Assiniboine Delta Aquifer: agricultural practice and water quality
• Duckweed: not just for ducks

Vol. 9 No. 1 Spring 1999:

• Is my water safe? Is it potable?
• Protect water quality through proper manure management
• Natural gas from water wells can be dangerous
• Sanitary protection, the aquifer and your new well
• Solve iron problems in your well water
• Project update: slow sand filter demonstration
• Water and fish in.....livestock out!
• To bluestone or not to bluestone
• International approaches to quality water
• Thank you Hans

Vol. 9 No. 2 Fall 1999:

• Working together to protect Killarney Lake
• Well maintenance using shock chlorination
• Details important in well cementing
• Pesticide detection in shallow wells studied
• Arsenic in groundwater--a Saskatchewan survey
• Tips on how to select a pasture watering system
• Uncontrolled runoff creates problems
• Aeration improves dugout water quality
• "Sucker" water wells nitrogen levels can be deadly

Vol. 10 No. 1 Summer 2000:

• Protect groundwater with good manure management
• Cattle wintering sites can affect water quality
• Nitrate concentrations in Saskatchewan rural drinking water
• Many benefits in healthy riparian areas
• Why won't my carbon filter work?
• Biological treatment shows promise on Prairie water
• Saskatchewan hamlet water treatment success story
• Initiative and action in managing the Winkler aquifer
• Lake stewardship associations tackle water quality

Vol. 10 No. 2 Fall 2000:

• How to collect water samples for bacteria testing
• All about E. coli 0157:H7
• Understanding the results of water quality testing
• Protecting your well from contamination
• Saskatchewan rural water mapping initiative: the surface water quantity component
• Working together to protect the Milk River Aquifer
• Up Crowfoot Creek with a paddle
• Water quality perceptions in Sask.'s agri-food sector
• Replacing filter media makes economic sense

Vol. 11 No. 1 Spring 2001:

• Effective treatment for rural drinking water needed
• There's more to microbiological life than E. coli
• Is your well water bacterially safe?
• Water wells & pipelines for drought stricken pastures
• Climate change brings warmer summers, less rain
• How to reclaim your dugout's water quality
• Prairie dugout manual coming this fall
• Muskrat control in farm dugouts
• Quality water will improve cattle weight gain
• Why riparian areas are what they are
• Real water sources make real "cents"

Vol. 11 No. 2 Fall 2001:

• Drought proof your farm water supply
• Shallow buried pipelines provide reliable supply
• You won't gain weight walking for water....Will livestock?
• Pasture watering with the Glockemann pump
• A primer on private and farm water supply quality
• Some farmers 'flocking' to in-house coagulation system
• PWN team develops dugout manual
• Suspended intakes work in aerated dugouts
• Co-operation featured in Assiniboine Basin Study
• Alberta research finds new options in E. coli control
• Water: The real life line

Vol. 12 No. 1 Spring 2002:

• Drought conditions continue on the Prairies
• It's time to update your water supply
• Reliable water supply-Groundwater dugouts
• UV disinfection growing trend in safe water
• Rural water needs pretreatment for organics
• Understanding water quality testing results
• How to extend your pump motor life
• Winter watering with frost free nose pumps
• Putting water away on a rainy day
• Feedlot runoff treatment demonstration project
• PWN develops Quality Farm Dugouts

Vol. 13 No. 1 Winter 2002/2003:

• Drought Watch on the Internet
• Emergency Water Supply Options During Drought
• Drought Increases Blue-Green Algae Problems in Prairies
• Developing Springs as a Water Source
• Troubleshooting Water Well Problems
• Making and Using an Electric Sounder to Monitor Water Wells
• Sharing a Prairie Resource: Prairie Provinces Water Board (PPWB)
• Rural Pipelines Save the Day in Manitoba
• Introducing the Prairie Xeriscape: Gardening with Limited Water