Latest Water Level News

The recent substantial rainfall in all areas is making a meaningful drawdown forecast this week impossible to produce. TSW has issued a Water Management Update summarizing the situation – click here.

A new forecast will be issued next week.

(to view the TSW website – click here)

Significant Rainfall over the Trent Basin has Allowed Drawdown to be Reduced

The water level forecast for August 22nd for extreme drawdown on many reservoirs is no longer valid following significant rainfall.

The CEWF Executive Committee met with Trent-Severn Waterway (TSW) officials on Monday this week to review the water level management situation. The heavy rainfall received […]

Kawartha Lakes and the Lower Trent experiencing the most severe drought Conditions in Ontario – click here
 
This new article from The Weather Network documents that the Kawartha Lakes and The Lower Trent Basin are experiencing the most severe drought conditions in Ontario. Note That Peterborough is experiencing its driest summer since 1914 […]

 
Reservoir water levels projected to drop sharply. For the full forecast click here
 
The extreme heat causing high evaporation rates and a near total lack of precipitation has led to a worsening of the drought conditions over the Trent Basin. Water is now being drawn from across the reservoirs to maintain only minimum […]

Water Level Forecast – click here

As the extreme drought over the Trent Basin continues with no real relief in the forecast, the drawdown of the reservoirs is accelerating. All of the Central Lakes (Mississagua, Anstruther, Crystal, Jack's and Eels Lakes), and most of the largest lakes in the Gull and Burnt Basins […]

A good piece from The Weather Network describing the severity of the current drought conditions. " Due to one of the driest growing seasons so far on record, drought conditions are spreading through southern Ontario, and the situation is growing worse as we see little rain in the forecast."

To read the full article –