RPE 15 - Irrigation Canal Liner Owner: Eastern Irrigation District Location: Brooks, Alberta, Canada Material: Reinforced Polyethylene (RPE 15) 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 f

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