The Seine Rat River Conservation District or SRRCD, was formed 2002. The SRRCD is composed of two main watersheds, the Seine River Watershed and the Rat River Watershed. The five sub-watersheds that all drain into the Seine River Watershed are the Upper Seine River, the Lower Seine River, the Seine River Diversion, the Tourond Creek and the Manning Canal. The two sub-watersheds that contribute to the Rat River Watershed are the Upper Rat River and the Lower Rat River/Joubert Creek watersheds.
The SRRCD includes the municipalities of La Broquerie, Ste. Anne, Hanover, De Salaberry, Ritchot, Stuartburn, Reynolds, Montcalm, City of Steinbach, Town of Ste. Anne, the Village of t. Pierre-Jolys and as of April 2010 Franklin and the Town of Niverville joined the SRRCD. To complete the watershed-based Conservation District, only the RM's of Piney and Morris are left to join. The SRRCD operates under the board of directors, made up of municipal appointed rate-payers and councilors who are all working together for the overall health of the watershed. The SRRCD decision-making process is based totally on watershed boundaries. All recommendations are made by the local sub-watersheds and are brought before the main SRRCD board for approval.
The SRRCD is located southeast of Winnipeg and is home to over 50,000 people. The CD offers a full line of water management programs with a particular focus on surface and groundwater management initiatives. One of the main objectives lies in creating water retention projects to hold back water during spring run-off to alleviate flooding downstream and provide greater aquifer recharge areas upstream. Both objectives increase water quality on the surface and sub-surface overall. The SRRCD also provides funding to seal old and abandoned wells that present a point of contamination to groundwater; to purchase alternative watering systems & riparian fencing to keep livestock out of creeks and rivers; and to monitor well water in rural homes throughout the district are among the most popular programs.
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