The EC.GC Sylvan Lake level monitoring station in the SylvansEdge marina is operating and reporting. https://rivers.alberta.ca Locate Sylvan Lake on the active map, zoom in, and find the icons for the graph and table of data. The lake is up by about 10 cm over the last measurement of 2019. That is typical of the …
A Century of Sylvan Lake Level Data
Here is 100 years of Sylvan Lake water level data: Most of the data up to 2014 are in the Environment Canada HYDAT database that can now only be accessed offline with great difficulty. The whole HYDAT database must be downloaded then searched using Microsoft Access as a viewer. The 2010-2019 data are from other …
Where did all the Sylvan Lake water go?
Bob Dylan must have been thinking about Sylvan Lake when he wrote the lyrics to the song “Blowin’ in the Wind”. Because that line answers the question: “Where did all the Sylvan Lake water go?” A lot of it, about 20 million tonnes per year, 4.8% of the lake volume, just evaporated and blew away …
Spring Runoff 2020
The two main Sylvan Lake tributaries are flowing and carrying the early-season load of water and nutrients into the lake. Here is the video evidence: Golf Course Creek 2020 Spring Runoff on 2020-04-21 From the SLG&CC irrigation pond to Marina Bay. Flow at the Marina Bay Culverts on 2020-04-20 Northwest Creek, west of Sunbreaker Cove, …
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Sylvan Lake Level in 2019
See the lake level history as monitored by Environment Canada at the station in the WatersEdge Marina harbour. The data may be viewed at this website too: https://rivers.alberta.ca/ The lake level dropped about 0.18 metres over the lake area of about 42 square kilometres. That is a volume decrease of 7.6 million cubic metres, although …
Water Composition and Water Quality of Sylvan Lake
This slideshow presents three decades of water quality history in pictures. It shows the concentrations of the dissolved and suspended inorganic ions and some organics that are sampled and analyzed in laboratories using standard protocols. Concentrations range over six orders of magnitude, from the key nutrients nitrogen and phosphorus that are measured and reported …
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