Present and future water demand in Saskatchewan

Water demand in this study was taken as an equivalent quantity of water intake or of water withdrawn from a source (surface water bodies or groundwater aquifers). Although water demand is economically regulated by its price, this control acts along with other factors that affect behaviours of individuals or institutions. Since in this study such a demand function was not estimated, it was postulated that the quantities of water reported here reflect behaviour at a given time and a given price level for water; thus, the quantities are equivalent to water demand.