Latest Water Level News

To view the water level forecast for Aug 28 – Sep 11 - click here

The third drawdown forecast has now been posted to the TSW Website for the period from August 28 to September 11. Most reservoirs remain above, and some significantly above, normal water levels for this time of year. […]

To view the water level forecast for Aug 21 – Sep 4 – click here

The second drawdown forecast has now been posted to the TSW Website for the period from August 21 to September 4. Most reservoirs remain above, and some significantly above, normal water levels for this […]

Lake levels across the reservoirs have remained seasonally high this year, with many lakes at or near their thirty year high levels for this date. Continuing rain events including some extreme rainfall amounts in localized areas have continued to complicate TSW's efforts to bring reservoir levels closer to seasonal normals. Beginning this week TSW will […]

The levels on most reservoirs remain seasonally quite high. We have seen rain in Haliburton on 11 of the first 16 days of July following more than double normal rainfall in each of the three preceding months. We clearly need a period without significant rainfall in order to allow the TSW to bring reservoir levels […]

Since 2011 the Coalition for Equitable Water Flow has been compiling input from Member Lake Associations regarding ‘preferred water levels’ on the reservoir lakes during the navigation season. A comprehensive “Summary Report” of this CEWF initiative is now available.

Part “A” provides an overview along with CEWF conclusions – click here.
Part “B” contains […]

The TSW continues to deal with high levels and flows throughout the Trent River basin. Our reservoirs remain well above normal in most cases and the drawdown is continuing slowly. Heavy rainfall in some localities over the weekend caused levels to rise again on some lakes. Downstream, the Kawartha Lakes are above normal levels, and […]