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 […]
CEWF’s 2026 Flooding Overview April 22, 2026 Read More »
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 […]
Quick Update on Spring Water Levels Read More »
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 […]
Update from CEWF on TSW Reservoir Dam Operations as of March 11 2026 Read More »
Copies of the TSW water level charts for 2025 have been added to the annual compilation on the CEWF website dating back to 2013. These can be accessed by navigating to Water Level Summaries by Year in the Water Management tab or by clicking [here]
2025 Historic Water Level Graphs Posted Read More »
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 […]
2025 Monthly Precipitation Breakdown Read More »
We have made the public portion of the video available for all. The video and all of the presentation materials can be accessed by navigating to the annual meeting report, in the menu, or clicking [here]
ACM Meeting Video is Live Read More »
The summary of this year’s Communication meeting is now posted on our website along with all the presentation slide shows and a video of the meeting. Click this link to get to the summary page. https://www.cewf.ca/about-cewf/annual-communication-meeting-report
Annual Communications Meeting Summary Read More »
UPDATED LOW WATER LEVEL ADVISORY
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Further to the CEWF alert of August 19th, the latest TSW 2-week drawdown forecast puts our lakes at 2 to 4 weeks ahead of a ‘normal’ year, with the drawdown continuing.
This means we are currently experiencing water levels similar to what we would usually see in mid to late September. […]
Updated Low Water Level Advisory & FAQs Read More »
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IMPORTANT
PROPERTY OWNERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF UNUSUALLY LOW WATER LEVELS AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY
Water Levels through out the reservoir area are very low for the date. In most cases our levels are what we would expect in early to mid-September. […]
PROPERTY OWNERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF UNUSUALLY LOW WATER LEVELS AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY Read More »
