Northern water level update for Friday, August 7
The Water Security Agency has released its latest update on water levels as the extremely wet spring and summer continues. It appears most areas have reached or are very close to their peak but more rain is expected in areas in the coming days.
Rainfall
Northern Saskatchewan received extremely high cumulative precipitation since April 1, 2020, resulting in very high flows and lake levels across the Churchill River and Lower Saskatchewan River basins.
Much of this rainfall has come in the months of June and July. Minimal precipitation has been observed over most of the north over the past 11 days which has allowed flows and levels to peak in many locations. The exception is the far northwest, near Lake Athabasca, where some rainfall has been observed.