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TSW Water Management Update – Apr4/23

Trent-Severn Waterway – Water Level Management Update – April 4, 2023

Weather

The five-day forecast suggests 35-48 mm with air temperatures reaching double digits in the Haliburton areas and above 0°C at night.

Outlook

With the onset of the snowmelt and forecasted amount of rain, coupled with warm temperatures, flows and water levels are expected to increase at all […]

TSW Water Management Update – Mar30/23

Trent-Severn Waterway – Water Level Management Update – March 30, 2023

Weather

The five-day weather forecast is predicting a widespread precipitation event with totals as high as 23-48 mm of mixed precipitation (snow and rain).  Air temperatures are expected to reach up to 10°C in the Haliburton area and remain above zero overnight.

Outlook

With the onset of the snowmelt […]

TSW Water Level Management Update – Mar8/23

Weather

The 5-day forecast suggests no significant precipitation. Air temperatures are expected to remain below 0°C across the entire Trent and Severn Watersheds.

Outlook

The current forecast indicates that water levels and outflows will recede and remain on average at most locations. The fluctuations in levels vary and highly depend on the amount of snow and any significant […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]