Acts
- Alberta Land Stewardship Act
- Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act
- Public Lands Act
- Water Act
Regulations
- Activities Designation Regulation
- Approvals and Registrations Procedure Regulation
- Bow, Oldman and South Saskatchewan River Basin Water Allocation Order
- Environmental Appeal Board Regulation
- Oldman River Basin Water Allocation Order
- Potable Water Regulation
- Wastewater and Storm Drainage (Ministerial) Regulation
- Wastewater and Storm Drainage Regulation
- Water (Ministerial) Regulation
- Water (Offences and Penalties)
Directives
- Alberta Dam and Canal Safety Directive
- Assessment of Thermally-Mobilized Constituents in Groundwater for Thermal In Situ Operations
- Directive for Water Licensing of Hydraulic Fracturing Projects – Area of Use Approach
- Directive on Use of Approvals to Allow Riverbed Armouring to Provide Scour Protection for Pipelines
- Surface Water Allocation Directive
- Water Allocation Policy for Closed River Basins in the South Saskatchewan River Basin Directive
- Water Wells and Ground Source Heat Exchange Systems Directive
Codes of Practice
- Code of Practice for a Waterworks System Consisting Solely of a Water Distribution System
- Code of Practice for Waterworks Systems Using High Quality Groundwater
- Code of Practice for Wastewater Systems Consisting Solely of a Wastewater Collection System
- Code of Practice for Wastewater Systems Using a Wastewater Lagoon
- Water Codes of Practice
Standards and guidelines
- Administrative Guideline for Transfer of Water Allocations (and Agreements to Assign Water, and Licence Amendments)
- Administrative Guide for Approvals to Protect Surface Water Bodies Under the Water Act
- Alberta Water Quality Guideline for the Protection of Freshwater Aquatic Life - Dissolved Oxygen
- Alberta Wetland Policy implementation
- Domestic Wastewater Guidelines for Industrial Operations
- Guide to Compelling Reasons to not Take the 10% Holdback for Water Transfers Within the South Saskatchewan River Basin
- Guide to Groundwater Authorization
- Guide to Requirements for Wastewater Systems Consisting Solely of a Wastewater Collection System
- Guide to Requirements for Wastewater Systems Using a Wastewater Lagoon
- Guide to Water Act Application Requirements for Surface Water Quality Monitoring for Peat Operations in Alberta
- Guide to Water Act authorizations required for excavations (dugouts, borrow pits and other types of pits/excavations)
- Guideline for Preparing Agricultural Feasibility Reports for Irrigation Projects
- Guidelines for Conducting Toxicity Testing on Wastewaters
- Guidelines for Licensing Water Diversion Projects
- Guidelines Regarding Appurtenance
- Interim Guidance to Authorize Reuse of Municipal and Industrial Wastewater
- Laboratory Data Quality Assurance Policy
- Preparing Water Shortage Response Plans
- Protocol to Develop Alberta Water Quality Guidelines for Protection of Freshwater Aquatic Life
- Soil and groundwater remediation
- Standards and Guidelines for Municipal Waterworks, Wastewater and Storm Drainage Systems
- Stepping Back from the Water
- Technology Based Standards for Pulp and Paper Mill Wastewater Releases
- Turbidity monitoring for in-stream construction activities: Guideline
- Water Conservation and Allocation Guideline for Oilfield Injection
- Water Conservation and Allocation Policy for Oilfield Injection
- Water conservation policy for upstream oil and gas operations
- Water Licence Change of Purpose Administrative Licensing Criteria
- Water Quality Based Effluent Limits Procedures Manual
- Water quality guidelines
Fact sheets
- Alberta Water Act
- Alberta’s Water Priority System
- Blue-green Algal (Cyanobacterial) Blooms
- Canada/Alberta Farm Water Program Water Licensing Process Under the Water Act
- Drilling Water Wells in Alberta
- Ground Source Heat Exchange Systems in Alberta
- Hydrostatic Testing of Pipelines
- Management of Class ‘A’ Watercourses in Alberta
- Pipelines and Telecommunication Lines Crossing a Water Body
- Riparian Rights and Shoreline Modifications
- Shoreline/Water Body Modifications
- Spring Run-off Flood Prevention
- Upstream Oil and Gas Activity In and Near a Water Body
- Water Act: Approvals
- Water Act: Dugouts
- Water Act: Dugouts, Borrow Pits and Other Pits/ Excavations
- Water Act: Licences
- Water Act: Online Submission of Temporary Diversion Licence Applications
- Water Act: Storm Water Management
- Water Act: Temporary Water Diversions
- Water Act: Transferring Water Allocations Under a Licence
- Water Act: Water Diversion for Agricultural Uses During Low Flow Conditions
- Water licence cancellations for non-use of water allocated by a licence
South Saskatchewan Region
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