Saskatchewan water management agencies are responsible for:

• Legislation of areas of water supply, pollution control and hydroelectric power development;

• Authorization of water use and development; and

• Flow regulation.

Federal responsibilities are in areas that have the potential for significant national economic impact such as:

• Navigation;

• Fish habitat;

• Water on federal lands (e.g., Prince Albert National Park) and Indian Reserves; and Boundary and Transboundary waters.

Shared federal-provincial responsibilities:

• National water issues;

• Interprovincial water issues;

• Agriculture; and

• Health.

Provincial agencies with water management responsibilities and legislation:

Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture's role in water management centres around the relationship between agricultural activities and water resources.  Agriculture's responsible for the protection of surface and groundwater with respect to intensive livestock operations.  Irrigation Development based in Outlook is responsible for irrigation development, agronomic services, irrigation engineering services and market development services.
Legislation:  Agricultural Operations Act; Provincial Lands Act

Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment is the principle regulator of municipal waterworks and all privately owned (publicly accessible) waterworks that have a flow rate of 18,000 litres or more per day.  Environment will also regulate certain pipeline systems.
Legislation:  Environmental Assessment Act; Environmental Management and Protection Act; Fisheries Act; Ground Water Conservation Act; Natural Resources Act; Provincial Lands Act

Saskatchewan Government Affairs manages the Canada-Saskatchewan Infrastructure Program will be a major source of funding for municipal water capital projects.  The program is cost-shared by the federal, provincial and municipal governments.
Legislation:  The Cities Act; The Rural Municipality Act; The Urban Municipality Act

Saskatchewan Ministry of Health through the regional health authorities, will regulate semi-private waterworks that have a flow of less than 18,000 litres per day. These include on-site water systems serving restaurants, motels, campgrounds, small parks, municipal wells with no distribution system.  Smaller non-municipal pipeline systems  will also be regulated by Health  About 150,000 people rely on private waterworks including systems at farms, rural homes and cottages. Although private waterworks are not regulated, health regions will interpret test results and provide health-related water treatment advice.
Legislation:  Public Health Act

SaskWater owns and operates regional water systems throughout the province.  It provides system assessments and project management of water infrastructure projects. SaskWater also provides water and wastewater treatment plant operations in a Total Quality Water Management framework.
Legislation:  Saskatchewan Water Corporation Act