Reinforced Polyethylene - Irrigation Canal Liner Lateral 11B Springhill Rehabilitation Geosynthetic liner used in a Canal to prevent seepage onto adjacent lands INTRODUCTION The irrigation system within the Eastern Irrigation District was originated by the Canadian Pacic Railroad Company in 1907. The CPR determined that in conjunction with the construction of the trans- continental railway, they would initiate the development of Canada's most ambitious agricultural project. The CPR began construction of a network of canals, umes, syphons, drains, spillways and reservoirs. Through irrigation, crop production increased and the irrigated farmland beneted from less erosion than a dry land farm. With the eventual transfer of ownership to the Eastern Irrigation District (EID), the district

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