Weed Control Program

The Bow River Irrigation District will be applying herbicides to control vegetation in or within 30 horizontal meters of open bodies of water owned by the Board of Directors of the BRID.

Activities will be carried out under approval No. 10409-04-00 issued by Alberta Environment. This approval expires March 15, 2020. Applications for broadleaf control will begin in May and continue until the end of September. For aquatic weed and algae control, treatments will begin May 20th and continue until the first week of September. Affected water users will be notified before the aquatic applications begin. The weed control program is administered by licensed applicators.

No Spray Zone

Please contact us if you do not wish the Bow River Irrigation District to spray adjacent to your land.
No Spray Zone Agreement included as a downloadable .pdf file for your convenience.

Restricted Weed List

Magnacide Application Notice

The Bow River Irrigation District will be applying Magnacide H to control aquatic vegetation and algae at the following application sites:

Badger Lake / Enchant Area

Lateral H TWP 15, 16 RGE 18
- Applications on Wednesdays May 26; June 16; July 7; July 28; and Monday May 31**

Travers / Lomond Area

Lomond Lateral TWP 15, 16 RGE 19
- Applications on Tuesdays May 25; June 1**; June 15; July 20

Lateral D TWP 15 RGE 19
- Applications on Tuesday June 22; Wednesday July 21

Enchant Area

Lateral B TWP 14, 15 RGE 18, 19
- Applications on Mondays, June 14; July 5

Circle Hill Area

Lost Lake Channel TWP 13, 14 RGE 16, 17
- Applications on Mondays, June 7; June 28; July 19

Circle Hill / Stonehill Area

Lateral B TWP 14, 15 RGE 16, 17
- Applications on Tuesdays, June 8; June 29

Vauxhall / Retlaw Area

Lateral A TWP 13 RGE 16, 17
- Application on Thursday, June 24 and Tuesday, July 13

Vauxhall Area

Lateral H, H1 TWP 12 RGE 16
- Applications on Mondays, June 7; June 21; July 12

Lateral C TWP 13, 14 RGE 16
- Application on Thursday, June 24 and Tuesday, July 13

Hays Area

Main Canal below Scope Reservoir TWP 13 RGE 13, 14
- Applications on Wednesdays, June 2; June 23; July 14

Lateral R below Scope Reservoir TWP 12, 13 RGE 13, 14
- Applications on Thursdays, May 20; June 3; June 17; July 15; July 29; August 19 and Wednesday June 30

**Applications only if canal is not treated a week earlier because of cold water temperatures and no algae growth.

Note:
For operational reasons, a Magnacide application may be cancelled or rescheduled. For rescheduled applications, affected waterusers will receive notification from their ditchrider.

During the application no water is permitted to enter municipal waterworks systems, water systems used to supply water for household purposes, dugouts or ponds used for livestock watering, dugouts or ponds containing stocked fish. Please ensure that water you have diverted does not apply to any of these categories. We ask that you review our information package available from your ditchrider for more information about Magnacide H.

Organic growers irrigating should contact their ditchrider so they can be informed of any application which could affect organic crops.

Information from the manufacturer can be obtained from the following link: Baker Petrolite

FURTHER INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM:

David Cholka, Water Controller
P.O. Box 140, Vauxhall, Alberta T0K 2K0
Phone: (403) 654-2111