As we all start to breath again while the weather gives us a bit of a break, there is a lot of work now being done behind the scenes to balance the system back to where it should be. There is still a lot of water being held in the upper reservoirs and dam operations […]
Trent-Severn Waterway – Water Level Management Update – April 23, 2026 Read More »
Current Situation April 22, 2026:
Flooding Warnings are in place across the province of Ontario. Locally, Minden Hills remains under a State of Emergency, and its Emergency Operations Group is meeting frequently. To learn more about this, follow communications from the Township of Minden Hills and the County of Haliburton.
All reservoirs in the Trent Severn Waterway […]
CEWF’s 2026 Flooding Overview April 22, 2026 Read More »
Many communities are still dealing with high and fast water, road closures and some infrastructure damage however, with no rain in the forecast and snowmelt complete, the intensity of flood risk is much reduced.
TSW continues to actively monitor flows and levels, making adjustments where needed to stabilize the reservoir system. As inflows settle down, their work […]
Quick Update on Spring Water Levels Read More »
The TSW has released an other water management update in response to the extreme conditions we are currently experiencing. Water levels continue to rise and active management of the system continues as the conditions require.
—-The Following is the release from Parks Canada and Trent Severn Waterway—-
Parks Canada’s water management team continues to actively monitor water […]
Trent-Severn Waterway – Water Level Management Update – April 15, 2026 Read More »
All reservoirs are now expected to fill or overfill this week with at least another 30mm of rainfall expected along with double digit temperatures causing snowmelt. These are exceptional circumstances for mid-April.
The greatest risks are in the northern areas where there is still snowpack which is melting very quickly and adding to the flows from […]
Reservoirs Facing Flood Risk Read More »
Water levels across the reservoirs have continued to rise with ice still in place on most lakes. TSW is actively managing logs in and out to balance melt and rain runoff against the risk of flooding and the risk of not filling the system if springs rains are less than expected. Residents should access current […]
Trent-Severn Waterway – Water Level Management Update – April 8, 2026 Read More »
From CEWF —
This update was posted by TSW on March 12th. We apologies for the slight delay in forwarding this out.
As stated in our previous post and in this update there is active dam work through out the system and lake levels are starting to come up, many with ice still in. Please remember to […]
Trent-Severn Waterway – Water Level Management Update – March 12, 2026 Read More »
CEWF continues to maintain ongoing communication with the TSW Water Management Team.
The TSW Water Management Team has been actively adding logs to all accessible reservoir dams to capture as much of the current melt and rainfall runoff as possible. The only dam that has not been accessible has been Anstruther but that dam will be […]
Update from CEWF on TSW Reservoir Dam Operations as of March 11 2026 Read More »
Trent-Severn Waterway – Water Level Management Update – December 30, 2025
Parks Canada’s water management team continues to actively monitor water levels, flows, and weather forecasts across the Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site. These factors are used to determine dam operations on a daily basis.
Parks Canada maintains the Ontario Waterways Water Management InfoNet on the Trent-Severn […]
Trent-Severn Waterway – Water Level Management Update – December 30, 2025 Read More »
The TSW has issued this advisory for the navigation channels and not necessarily the reservoir lakes. All the dams are at their winter set levels and there is no indication that that is going to change. Having said this with little to no rain there will continue to be water loss and lower than normal […]
LOW WATER LEVEL ADVISORY Read More »
