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Following a very challenging winter and spring, the Haliburton District reservoir lakes draw down for 2012 has commenced – the earliest start in recent memory. On this date in an average year the system would be at 90% full; instead it is currently at only 84%. Everything is being done to maximize water conservation – […]

Parks Canada is facing significant budget cuts. What will be the fate of water management in the Trent Watershed?

Be informed, and be heard:

http://cewf.typepad.com/Request_for_Support_June2012.pdf

Based on information provided by the TSW and the data on their water levels website:

Despite an early spring thaw and below average rainfall in April, the TSW was able to get the reservoir lakes up to 95% of storage capacity as of the end of May
One log was removed from each of a few key […]

There has been a lot of press recently regarding the significant Federal Government budget cuts, including how they will impact Parks Canada, and the TSW specifically. Here is the letter CEWF just received from TSW updating our situation:

http://cewf.typepad.com/Stakeholders_Letter_May_3_2012.pdf

We shall press on to understand the proposed specific implications to water management at our […]

Based on information received from TSW, CEWF understands that as of April 24, 2012:

TSW is making every effort to fill the reservoir lakes, which are generally not far off being full.

This has resulted in low flow rates throughout the system, especially on the Gull, negatively impacting the flow-through lakes.

Precipitation for April to date has […]

A good article in The Echo laying out the CEWF positions:

http://cewf.typepad.com/Haliburton_Echo_Defining_Priorities_on_the_TSW.pdf