Low Water Messages

UPDATE:

Recent rain and snow melt has improved low water conditions in the Grand River watershed. With rivers and reservoirs returning to more seasonal levels the Grand River Low Water Response Team is moving the watershed from a Level 2 to a Level 1 condition. 

As the hot, dry summer weather continues, water users throughout the Grand River watershed are now being asked to cut their consumption by 20 per cent.

Between mid-June and mid-July, the watershed received approximately 25 per cent of the normal amount of precipitation for that period. 

Water users throughout the Grand River watershed are being asked to cut their consumption by 10 per cent, because of the unusually dry weather this year.

Low rainfall since April has contributed to reduced stream flows in a number of tributaries throughout the watershed, and the Grand River Conservation Authority is using its large upstream reservoirs to augment river flows in order to maintain low flow targets on the Grand and Speed rivers.

Despite higher than normal precipitation across much of the Grand River watershed in June and July, groundwater and river base flow levels are still low due to the extremely dry spring. As a result, water users throughout the watershed are asked to continue to reduce their consumption by 10 per cent until conditions improve.