TSW Update & Forecast – June 15/21
In spite of some locally significant rainfall events the extreme drought conditions continue across most of the Trent River basin including in the reservoir areas. Many of the largest reservoirs failed to reach their full level this spring and now the drawdown has begun to offset the high evaporation rates and lack of […]
TSW Water Management Update – June 2/21
Drought and low water levels in many reservoirs continue.
Under extremely dry conditions low water levels are persisting in some reservoir areas and in flow through lakes and river sections. In particular reservoirs in the northern Gull River; Kennisis, Hawk, Halls, and Kushog; in the Maple Lake branch; Oblong, and Redstone; and in the northern Central […]
TSW Water Management Update – May14/21
From the TSW (to view on their website – click here):
Weather
The total precipitation during 2021 winter was 25% less than normal followed by 50% less than normal amounts of precipitation in March and April. Rainfall amounts for early May have been near normal. The 7 day forecast suggests a transition […]
TSW Water Management Update – Apr9/21
From the TSW:
Weather
The 7 day forecast is indicating temperatures above 10 degrees Celsius and a moderate precipitation amount of approximately 20 mm.
Outlook
The total precipitation for this past winter was 25 % less than normal values followed by 25-50% less than normal amounts of precipitation in March. The watersheds of the Haliburton reservoirs experienced an earlier […]
TSW Water Level Management Update – March 30/21
Weather
The five day forecast is predicting less than 5 mm. Air temperatures will fluctuate but approach double digits in Haliburtons and will remain positive overnight towards the weekend.
Outlook
With the ongoing snowmelt and significant amount of rain received over the course of last week, coupled with warm temperatures, flows […]
Yes, our water levels are low
CEWF has been getting comments and questions from our member associations about the current lake levels. Yes, our reservoir levels are lower than normal for this time of year.
This situation is not the result of actions by the TSW water management team. TSW is actively replacing logs in all dams to capture the available runoff […]