{"id":2023,"date":"2026-09-10T17:27:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T17:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/?p=2023"},"modified":"2026-09-10T17:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T17:27:18","slug":"2026-09-10-level-forecast-and-outages-at-dams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/2026\/09\/10\/2026-09-10-level-forecast-and-outages-at-dams\/","title":{"rendered":"2026.09.10 Level Forecast and Outages at Dams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The current level of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lwcb.ca\/pdf\/LakeoftheWoods.pdf?v=1234\">Lake of the Woods<\/a>\u00a0is 322.74 m (1058.9 ft), a 15<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0percentile level, below the normal range for this time of year. The average lake level declined by 1 cm (0.5 in) over the past week and is expected to increase by up to 4 cm (1.5 in) over the next week. Lake of the Woods authorized outflow\u00a0is<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>150 m<sup>3<\/sup>\/s with no changes scheduled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The current level of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lwcb.ca\/pdf\/LacSeul.pdf?v=1234\">Lac Seul<\/a>\u00a0is 356.40 m (1169.3 ft), a 50<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0percentile level, within the normal range for this time of year. The lake level increased by 2.5 cm (1 in) over the last week and is expected to increase by 3 to 6 cm (1 to 2 in) over the next week.\u00a0Lac Seul authorized outflow is 200 m<sup>3<\/sup>\/s with no changes scheduled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hydro Outages at Dams<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hydro One will be conducting work on the electrical grid starting this weekend which will affect the dams at Ear Falls and Kenora.  For both outages, generators will be shut off at the dams and flow will need to be passed through the spill gates.  During these operations, there will be fluctuations in water levels on the Winnipeg and English Rivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>September 12 to 14: Outage at Ear Falls<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Expect a temporary water level decrease on the English River between Ear Falls and Manitou Falls, as well as at Pakwash Lake and Camping Lake.  A lesser decrease in water levels is also expected directly downstream of Manitou Falls.  There will be minimal impact on water levels further downstream and no impact at Caribou Falls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>September 16: Outage at Kenora<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Expect levels along the Winnipeg River to fluctuate by 3 to 5 cm (1 to 2 in) on the day of the outage and potentially into the following day, as operators restore flow through the generators and close the log sluices.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nv-c-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Caution:<\/strong> These outages will exacerbate already low water levels due to the ongoing drought conditions. The LWCB recommends that boaters exercise increased caution on the outage days indicated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The current level of\u00a0Lake of the Woods\u00a0is 322.74 m (1058.9 ft), a 15th\u00a0percentile level, below the normal range for this time of year. The average lake level declined by 1 cm (0.5 in) over the past week and is expected to increase by up to 4 cm (1.5 in) over the next week. Lake of&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/2026\/09\/10\/2026-09-10-level-forecast-and-outages-at-dams\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2026.09.10 Level Forecast and Outages at Dams<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2023"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2028,"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023\/revisions\/2028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwcb.ca\/noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}