Water Wells

The purpose of this dataset is to provide a GIS representation of the locations of water wells in Saskatchewan.

This dataset is a GIS representation of the locations of known water wells in Saskatchewan. As per the Water Security Agency Act, anyone drilling a water well in Saskatchewan is required to submit the details of the drilling to the Water Security Agency. These submissions are maintained in a database called the "Water Well Driller's Reports" database. This GIS dataset is created from the WWDR database. Note that most of the point features are located at the centroid of the quarter section which they fall within; the actual location in the real world could be anywhere in that quarter section. Note that the data has not been field-verified by the Water Security Agency or otherwise. The Water Security Agency is not responsible for the accuracy of the information, including the location of the wells. Use of, and reliance upon, the data is at the user’s own risk. The dataset does not contain all of the wells in the Province, only those that have been reported by drillers.

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Domain / Topic
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Title
Title for the Dataset.
Water Wells
Description
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The purpose of this dataset is to provide a GIS representation of the locations of water wells in Saskatchewan.

This dataset is a GIS representation of the locations of known water wells in Saskatchewan. As per the Water Security Agency Act, anyone drilling a water well in Saskatchewan is required to submit the details of the drilling to the Water Security Agency. These submissions are maintained in a database called the "Water Well Driller's Reports" database. This GIS dataset is created from the WWDR database. Note that most of the point features are located at the centroid of the quarter section which they fall within; the actual location in the real world could be anywhere in that quarter section. Note that the data has not been field-verified by the Water Security Agency or otherwise. The Water Security Agency is not responsible for the accuracy of the information, including the location of the wells. Use of, and reliance upon, the data is at the user’s own risk. The dataset does not contain all of the wells in the Province, only those that have been reported by drillers.
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Dataset Size
Dataset size in megabytes.
96032.0
Metadata Identifier
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Published Date
Published date of the dataset.
2023-09-22
Time Period Data Span (start date)
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Time Period Data Span (end date)
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GeoSpatial Area Data Span
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Access category
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public
License
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GOS Standard Unrestricted Use Data Licence v2.0
Limits on use
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Location
Location of the dataset.
https://geohub-wsask.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/WSASK::water-wells
Data Service
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Owner
Owner of the dataset.
kbra_WSASK
Contact Point
Who to contact regarding access?
Water Security Agency
Contact Point Email
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Publisher
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Water Security Agency
Publisher Email
Email of the publisher.
Author
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kbra_WSASK
Author Email
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Accessed At
Date the data and metadata was accessed.
2025-06-27
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Identifier
Unique identifier for the dataset.
10ff760af0d549b28afb21a6f932a97d
Language
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English
Link to dataset description
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https://geohub-wsask.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/WSASK::water-wells
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Contains Indigenous Data
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None
Source
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None
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Provenance Text
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Water Security Agency
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GeoSpatial resolution in meters
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Indigenous Community Permission
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Community Permission
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The Indigenous communities the dataset is about
Indigenous communities from which data is derived.
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Number of data rows
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146529
Number of data columns
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144
Number of data cells
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21100176
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