Dugouts

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 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)