Flood Messages

A WATERSHED CONDITIONS STATEMENT – WATER SAFETY has been issued on April 2, 2024 because expected rainfall events over the next 3 days will cause periods of higher-than-normal water flows/levels that may be dangerous. Flooding is not expected.

WATERSHED CONDITIONS STATEMENT – WATER SAFETY issued for Trent-Severn Waterway (TSW) for Kawartha Lakes, Otonabee River, Rice Lake and Trent River to Hastings and all Local Watercourses.

Issued:  12:15 p.m., Wednesday January 24, 2024

This FLOOD WATCH is issued to alert municipalities, residents, and businesses that flooding of local rivers, streams and creeks is possible.

Have you heard of frazil ice? Frazil ice is a kind of slush ice. It can form in watercourses when cold air temperatures and wind chill combine to cause surface water temperature to be super-cooled.

A FLOOD WATCH has been issued for the Trent Severn Waterway to alert municipalities, residents, and businesses that floods are possible. 

Issued: 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, January 9, 2024

WATERSHED CONDITIONS STATEMENT – WATER SAFETY issued for all area waterbodies and watercourses.

The Flood Warning will remain in effect for the Trent-Severn Waterway, within the jurisdiction of Otonabee Conservation, as flooding of low-lying, flood-prone areas is occurring and expected to continue through next week.