Alberta Water Exchange Inc.

In 2005, Alberta Department of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (“Alberta Environment”) implemented a moratorium on the issuance of new water licenses on rivers in the South Saskatchewan River Basin. Alberta Water Exchange realized the role that water license capacity would play in the future economic growth of Alberta.

AWE deals directly with both sellers and buyers of water license capacity. We acquire and take title to existing water licenses, bring these licenses into good standing, and aggregate these licenses for resale to commercial and industrial users, land developers and other users of water license capacity. We also assist purchasers of this water license capacity in the transfer process including changing the point of diversion and the use designation of the water license capacity. AWE also takes a role in the building, financing and operation of potable water and waste-water infrastructure necessary to deliver water from the source river to the end user(s) and back to the river of origin.

AWE buys and sells both consumptive (irrigation, cattle feed, industrial processing and other water used in an activity that does not return the water to its source) as well as non-consumptive or return to river water license capacity.

AWE acquires licenses from those who have excess or unused capacity, or simply no longer have a use for their existing license capacity. Our intention is to put the water you don’t need to better use.