<P> The Bow River Irrigation District (BRID), headquartered in Vauxhall, Alberta, was created in 1968, making it the most recent district to be supplied by the Bow . The BRID diverts the Bow at the Carseland weir and also uses the McGregor, Travers, and Little Bow dams . Each has a reservoir that is also used for recreational purposes . </P> <P> In March 2012, the citizens of the BRID voted in favour of expanding the area of the district by 110 square kilometres (28,000 acres). An expansion of 85 square kilometres (21,000 acres) passed in 2004 as well . This means that, for the second time in eight years, the BRID will increase its demand on the Bow River by roughly 10 percent . </P> <P> Of the 45 crops that are grown in the Bow River basin, only 10 could be produced without irrigation . </P> <P> Because of the dependence of the region on Bow River irrigation water, in the early 21st century all three irrigation districts began to make major changes in order to continue to serve their large mandated areas . In 2006, as a part of the "Water for Life Initiative", the Alberta government placed a moratorium on any new licenses for water use from the Bow, Oldman, and South Saskatchewan River basins . The government also requested that the three irrigation districts increase their efficiency by 30 percent . The irrigation districts are improving their irrigation system by changing most canals to pipelines in order to decrease contamination, spillage, and loss of water to evaporation . A drawback of this change is that trees must be cleared in order to prevent roots from damaging the pipeline, changing the habitat . </P>

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