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Urban low impact development part of downtown Lindsay reconstruction
Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 01:24 PM
May 26, 2020 – When the Downtown Lindsay Reconstruction Project is completed in 2022, there will be new infrastructure, that for the first time, will have been used in a municipal project in Kawartha Lakes; low impact development infrastructure that will support a healthy environment.
Thanks to the financial support of RBC, Kawartha Conservation has facilitated a Silva Cell project that will support a healthy tree canopy component to Kent Street project.
“Trees are most healthy when they are planted...
Watershed Conditions Statement - Water Safety - August 9
Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 01:24 PM
Currently watershed conditions are normal for the Kawartha Conservation watershed.
Rivers and streams across the Kawartha Conservation watershed are currently flowing at lower-than-normal water levels and water levels in the large Kawartha Lakes are at average levels for this time of year throughout the Trent Severn Waterway.
WATERSHED CONDITIONS STATEMENT - WATER SAFETY
DATE: August 9, 2021
TIME: 2:00 pm
Message sent based on information received from:
- Kawartha Conservation Flood Forecasting Network
Watershed Conditions Statement - Water Safety - March 12
Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 01:24 PM
DATE: March 12, 2021 TIME: 2:00 pm
Message sent on the basis of information received from:
- Kawartha Conservation monitoring network
- Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry - Surface Water Monitoring Centre
- Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Ontario Waterways - Trent Severn Waterway
The warm weather observed earlier this week has significantly reduced the snowpack around the Kawartha Conservation watershed. Our observations show that snow has melted in open fields, while remnants of snow still...
Watershed Conditions Statement - Water Safety - March 8
Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 01:24 PM
Message sent on the basis of information received from:
- Kawartha Conservation monitoring network
- Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry - Surface Water Monitoring Centre
- Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Ontario Waterways - Trent Severn Waterway
The first wave of warm weather is arriving in southern Ontario, including the Kawartha Conservation watershed, later this week. We can expect air temperatures to climb as high as 12C° on Wednesday and Thursday. Precipitation, up to 15 mm of rain, is...
Watershed Conditions Statement - Water Safety - September 21
Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 01:24 PM
Environment Canada has issued a Special Weather Statement for part of southern Ontario that includes the Kawartha Conservation watershed. Significant rainfall is forecast for the next 48 hours as a slow-moving system passes through the region today and tomorrow. Between 40 to 60 mm of rain can be expected before Thursday, and isolated thunderstorms could contribute an additional 10 – 25 mm each day where they develop.
WATERSHED CONDITIONS STATEMENT - WATER SAFETY
DATE: ...