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The official Alberta Agriculture weather data recorded at Hespero west of the Sylvan Lake watershed is a reasonable indicator of wind on the lake. The following slideshow compiles and presents about 6500 hourly measurements of wind speed and direction for the period January to September 2019. It includes an expanded record of the two days …
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https://trca.ca/news/new-tool-stormwater-management-planning-design-practices/ Traditional stormwater practices were designed to convey water as quickly as possible to the outlet, either through natural or built water courses, to prevent flooding especially during larger storms. However, urbanization intensified upstream quickly and widely with increased impervious surfaces and sources of pollution, to a point where the additional water volume and pollution load could not be managed …
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Click on this link to view the Society's report on stewardship issues that affect the Sylvan Lake watershed: The Sylvan Lake Watershed Stewardship Series The report is a compiled, expanded and edited version of the nine articles that were published in the Sylvan Lake News though the summer of 2019. A PDF copy …
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Editor Megan Roth has published our 9-part series of articles on the watershed as submitted by the SLWSS team. Click on any topic below to access each article filed in the online editions of the Sylvan Lake News. Sylvan Lake Water Quality Sylvan Lake Water Balance Stewardship in the Sylvan Lake Watershed Stewardship in Your …
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Lake users are chillier than usual this year. How can you tell? https://www.sylvanlakenews.com/community/sylvan-lake-temperature-in-summer-and-winter/ Open water lake temperatures are not monitored regularly. Data are only collected by ALMS lake technicians when the water quality is sampled during campaigns about every second year. This article uses a full set of data from Alberta Environment archives from 1996 …
This set of graphics compiles data on the Environment, the Economy, and the Social cumulative effects categories within the boundary of the Sylvan Lake watershed.
This is a preview slideshow of the weather and lake level data. Explanations to follow soon.
