Message # 2021-14 Issued: 10:00 a.m., Friday October 15, 2021 Subject: FLOOD WATCH issued for all waterbodies/watercourses in the Otonabee Region watershed. Issued to: Municipalities of Selwyn, Douro-Dummer, Asphodel-Norwood, Otonabee-South Monaghan, Cavan Monaghan, City of Kawartha Lakes, City of Peterborough and Trent Hills, and Otonabee Conservation’s other partners in flood emergency management. A FLOOD WATCH… Read More >
The Otonabee Region Water Response Team (WRT) has lifted the Level 1 Low Water condition that was reinstated last month. The Region received abundant precipitation and low transpiration/evaporation rates this September which resulted in increased surface water flows to levels well-above their historical monthly averages. This has alleviated previous concerns that surface waters were under… Read More >
THIS FLOOD MESSAGE IS NO LONGER ACTIVE Message #2021-13 Issued: 2:00 p.m., Friday October 1, 2021 SUBJECT: Watershed Conditions Statement – Water Safety – Update issued for the Trent-Severn Waterway ISSUED TO: Municipalities of Selwyn, Douro-Dummer, Asphodel-Norwood, Otonabee-South Monaghan, Cavan Monaghan, City of Kawartha Lakes, City of Peterborough and Trent Hills, and Otonabee Conservation’s other… Read More >
THIS FLOOD MESSAGE IS NO LONGER ACTIVE Issued: 3:30 p.m., Monday September 27, 2021 SUBJECT: Watershed Conditions Statement – Water Safety issued for the Trent-Severn Waterway (TSW) ISSUED TO: Municipalities of Selwyn, Douro-Dummer, Asphodel-Norwood, Otonabee-South Monaghan, Cavan Monaghan, City of Kawartha Lakes, City of Peterborough and Trent Hills, and Otonabee Conservation’s other partners in flood… Read More >
THIS FLOOD MESSAGE IS NO LONGER ACTIVE Message # 2021-11 Issued: 11:00 a.m., Wednesday September 22, 2021 Subject: FLOOD WATCH issued for all waterbodies/watercourses in the Otonabee Region watershed Issued to: Municipalities of Selwyn, Douro-Dummer, Asphodel-Norwood, Otonabee-South Monaghan, Cavan Monaghan, City of Kawartha Lakes, City of Peterborough and Trent Hills, and Otonabee Conservation’s other partners… Read More >
Level 1 Low Water Condition has been reinstated in the Otonabee Region watershed Peterborough, Ontario (September 10, 2021) The Otonabee Region Water Response Team (WRT) has reinstated a Level 1 Low Water condition for the Otonabee Region watershed. Improved water levels and flows that resulted from abundant and frequent rainfall in July had lifted the… Read More >
THIS MESSAGE IS NO LONGER ACTIVE The Otonabee Region Water Response Team (WRT) has lifted the Level 1 Low Water condition that was first declared on June 9, 2021, following the fourth driest May since Confederation. The drought was declared early in June after the watershed experienced below-normal snowfall, an earlier-than-usual spring freshet, stream flows… Read More >
THIS FLOOD MESSAGE IS NO LONGER ACTIVE Message #2021-10 Issued: 4:00 p.m., Thursday July 22, 2021 Watershed Conditions Statement – Water Safety issued for the Trent-Severn Waterway A Watershed Conditions Statement – Water Safety is issued when high flows and/or other factors could pose a risk to public safety on and around waterways, but flooding… Read More >
THIS FLOOD MESSAGE IS NO LONGER ACTIVE Message # 2021-09Issued: 2:00 p.m., Thursday July 8, 2021 FLOOD WATCH issued for all waterbodies / watercourses in the watershed Region of Otonabee Conservation except the Trent-Severn Waterway Issued to: Municipalities of Selwyn, Douro-Dummer, Asphodel-Norwood, Otonabee-South Monaghan, Cavan Monaghan, City of Kawartha Lakes, City of Peterborough and Trent Hills,… Read More >
THIS MESSAGE IS NO LONGER ACTIVE Despite recent rainfall events, the Level 1 Low Water Condition continues in the Otonabee Region watershed. The Otonabee Region Water Response Team (WRT) has declared a continuation of the Level 1 drought originally declared last month due to persistent dry conditions. The rainfall events that we received throughout the… Read More >