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 …

Wind Speed History of Sylvan Lake in 2019

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 …

A new tool for stormwater management planning and design practices

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 …

The Sylvan Lake Watershed Stewardship Series 2019

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 …

The Sylvan Lake News Articles on the Watershed by the SLWSS Team

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 …

The Temperatures of Sylvan Lake

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 …

State of the Watershed Data

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.  

Here’s How Sylvan Lake has Changed Over Two Decades

This is a preview slideshow of the weather and lake level data. Explanations to follow soon.

Sylvan Lake Weather and Lake Level in 2019

The Alberta Agriculture weather station at Hespero west of Sylvan Lake reports these data for precipitation and temperature between January 1 and May 21: The lake level on 2018-11-01 was 936.550 metres above sea level (masl). On 2019-05-21 the lake level was 936.705 masl. Data are available at this Environment Canada website https://wateroffice.ec.gc.ca/.   Accumulated precipitation …

Sylvan Lake Winter 2018-19

Here is the temperature record from the Alberta Agriculture Hespero and Red Deer Airport weather stations since November 01 compared to the long term average: February has been about 12-14 C below the long term average. Lake ice should be thicker and the ice-free season shorter than usual.