Dugouts are usually used by landowners to store water for stock watering, domestic use or spraying.
View Alberta Agriculture and Forestry’s dugout/lagoon volume calculator.
Permit Requirements
Permit requirements for dugouts
- Development permit application
- Site plan with location of building and distances to property lines
- Land title certificate searched within 30 days prior to the application
- Abandoned oil well declaration application and map
- Alberta Transportation Roadside Development Permit Application (if proposed development is within 800 metres of a highway)