Water Management Update

Trent-Severn Waterway – Water Level Management Update – April 6, 2025

With the ever changing conditions, and exceptional rain fall, the TSW is working hard to balance down stream flows and reservoir water levels. With ice still on the lakes the rising water levels poses damage risk as does flooding downstream when the flows get too high. Everything is being very closely monitored and we will […]

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Trent-Severn Waterway – Water Level Management Update – April 4, 2025

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Trent-Severn Waterway – Water Level Management Update – April 4, 2025

Parks Canada’s water management team continues to actively monitor water levels, flows, and weather forecasts across the Trent-Severn Waterway. These factors are used to determine dam operations on a daily basis for the […]

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Trent-Severn Waterway – Water Level Management Update – March 27, 2025

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Trent-Severn Waterway – Water Level Management Update – March 27, 2025

Parks Canada’s water management team continues to actively monitor water levels, flows, and weather forecasts across the Trent-Severn Waterway. These factors are used to determine dam operations on a daily basis for […]

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Trent-Severn Waterway – Water Level Management Update – March 21, 2025

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Trent-Severn Waterway – Water Level Management Update – March 21, 2025

Parks Canada’s water management team continues to actively monitor water levels, flows, and weather forecasts across the Trent-Severn Waterway. These factors are used to determine dam operations on a daily basis for the […]

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High Levels, High Flows, and More Rain. TSW Water Level Management Update – Jul 11, 2024

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From CEWF:

Reservoir areas received 50mm or more of rain on Wednesday and Thursday. This meant that already high levels and flows increased somewhat but TSW staff were operating dams and were able to avoid extreme levels. They continue to work to rebalance levels and flows towards seasonal normals throughout the […]

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Trent-Severn Waterway – Water Level Management Update – June 19, 2023

Parks Canada’s water management team continues to actively monitor water levels, flows, and weather forecasts across the Trent-Severn Waterway. These factors are used to determine dam operations on a daily basis for the Trent-Severn Waterway.

Weather

Rainfall amounts for the month of May contributed to values that are less than 50-75 mm than the long-term mean. Recent […]

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TSW Water Level Management Update

FROM THE TSW:

Weather

The 5-day forecast suggests 15-30 mm of mixed precipitation, with most of the precipitation falling mainly on Thursday night into Friday morning. Air temperatures are expected to drop significantly on Friday afternoon below 0°C across the entire Trent and Severn Watersheds.

Outlook

Flows remain high after the series of recent events that amounted to over […]

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TSW 10-year Management Plan

Trent-Severn Waterway and Peterborough Lift Lock National Historic Sites Management Plan has been Finalized

In December 2022 the Final version of the Trent-Severn Waterway and Peterborough Lift Lock National Historic Sites Management Plan was approved by The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, and then Tabled in […]

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TSW Water management Update

Trent-Severn Waterway – Water Level Management Update – December 29, 2022

Parks Canada’s water management team continues to actively monitor water levels, flows, and weather forecasts across the Trent-Severn Waterway. These factors are used to determine dam operations on a daily basis for the Trent-Severn Waterway.

Weather

The forecast for Friday and Saturday of […]

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