General

To view the July 27 TSW two-week water level forecast – click here

(to view the Parks Canada website - click here)

To view the July 20 TSW two-week water level forecast – click here

(to view the Parks Canada website – click here)

As always, to best understand these figures, Column 3 'Target Differential' shows how much the water level for each lake is forecast to drop in the next 2 weeks.

CEWF responds to a Federal Candidate’s Request for our Views on the Plan put forward by the Working Group on the TSW

One of the candidates in the upcoming federal election asked CEWF if we supported the proposed four point plan recently advanced by a group called the Working group on the TSW. CEWF has a […]

The annual TSW summer drawdown has begun. (For those who wish to understand this water management process in more detail – click here).

On this CEWF website we will be reporting the weekly data published by TSW Parks Canada showing the current water levels for each reservoir lake, and the water level changes […]

Water Management Update – July 3, 2015

As of July 3rd the TSW reported the reservoir system was about 94% full overall. All of the reservoirs in the Gull and Burnt systems are above their average levels for this date. Two of the larger southern reservoirs, Eels and Crystal lakes, remain below average for this date […]

Today in Brighton the Minister of Environment announced $285 Million in infrastructure funding for the Trent Severn Waterway. The funding includes major projects in the reservoir area. The projects identified are the Horseshoe Dam, the Coboconk Dam and the Mississagua Dam, as well as supplementary funding for the Kennisis Dam project that was previously announced.

The […]

As of June 17th the TSW reported the reservoir system was about 95% full overall. Most of the reservoirs in the Gull and Burnt systems are now above their average levels for this date. Two of the larger southern reservoirs, Eels and Crystal lakes, remain well below full but are rising after recent rainfall.

Water Management Update – June 17 Read More »

As a result of very low water levels on most reservoir lakes heading into the spring runoff period and only a moderate snowpack, there was concern through the spring that it would be a struggle to fill the reservoirs.  To a degree this was the case.  The Trent Severn Waterway (TSW) captured what runoff existed […]

The Pan Am Games will be running their whitewater events at the Minden Wild Water Preserve this July. There have been concerns raised whether this will have impacts on water levels in the TSW system. Parks Canada has responded that it will not have any appreciable impacts – the extra water released during the days […]

To see the latest posting from Parks Canada – click here