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Helpful Hints for High Water

CEWF continues to monitor water levels and conditions on your behalf. Members of CEWF recently met with senior TSW officials to discuss this spring’s rainfall and the higher water levels leading into the summer season.

We have heard from lake members that high water lifted docks, boats, kayaks and even logs from shorelines and […]

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CEWF’s 2026 Flooding Overview April 22, 2026

Current Situation April 22, 2026:

Flooding Warnings are in place across the province of Ontario. Locally, Minden Hills remains under a State of Emergency, and its Emergency Operations Group is meeting frequently. To learn more about this, follow communications from the Township of Minden Hills and the County of Haliburton.

All reservoirs in the Trent Severn Waterway […]

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Quick Update on Spring Water Levels

Many communities are still dealing with high and fast water, road closures and some infrastructure damage however, with no rain in the forecast and snowmelt complete, the intensity of flood risk is much reduced.

TSW continues to actively monitor flows and levels, making adjustments where needed to stabilize the reservoir system. As inflows settle down, their work […]

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Update from CEWF on TSW Reservoir Dam Operations as of March 11 2026

CEWF continues to maintain ongoing communication with the TSW Water Management Team.

The TSW Water Management Team has been actively adding logs to all accessible reservoir dams to capture as much of the current melt and rainfall runoff as possible. The only dam that has not been accessible has been Anstruther but that dam will be […]

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2025 Monthly Precipitation Breakdown

CEWF keeps track of precipitation data and the chart below demonstrates how extreme 2025 was.

Precipitation from February until May was well above normal; and precipitation from June to October was extremely low. These conditions led to major challenges for both the TSW and property owners. It was a roller coaster!

The precipitation data is outlined in […]

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