Water is in short supply in southern Alberta. Is a massive expansion of irrigation possible?
Alberta has a near-billion-dollar plan to expand irrigation while some southern Alberta farmers are already being told there's not enough water to go around. So how is that possible?
![Water is in short supply in southern Alberta. Is a massive expansion of irrigation possible?](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7167023.1712610389!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/michel-camps.jpg)
![Michel Camps, a farmer in southern Alberta, knows how important irrigation is to his operation — farming potatoes, sugar beets and grains in this area wouldn’t be viable without it. A man wearing a vest and a hat holds stands next to farm equipment in a field.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7167023.1712610389!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/michel-camps.jpg)
Alberta has a near-billion-dollar plan to expand irrigation while some southern Alberta farmers are already being told there's not enough water to go around. So how is that possible?