Moosomin Lake
reservoir in Saskatchewan, Canada
Moosomin Lake, also known as Moosomin Reservoir, is a man-made lake in south-eastern part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Created by the damming of Pipestone Creek in 1954, Moosomin Lake is located about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of the town of Moosomin and is in the Souris River watershed. The reservoir's uses include irrigation, water supply, and recreation. Moosomin Lake Regional Park is on lake's western shore.
The town of Moosomin gets its drinking water from wells alongside the lake. From the wells, the water is piped to town. In 2022, $10 million in funding was approved to upgrade the water treatment plant.
In 2011, much of the Souris River watershed flooded in a greater-than-one-in-a-hundred year flood event. While the well shacks are a few feet higher than the normal water level in Moosomin Lake, due to the rising water levels, sandbags had to be used around the wells to protect them from being contaminated. After the waters receded, permanent three-foot clay dykes were built at the well site to protect the wells from future potential flooding.
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