Water Supply Outlook for Alberta
April 2008
Table 4a - Water Supply Forecast as of April 1, 2008 - Bow River Basin
(Natural Flows) |
Volume Forecast for March 1 to September 30, 2008 | ||||||
Locations | Volume in dam3 | Volume as a % of Average | Probable Range as a % of Average |
Reasonable Minimum as % of Average |
Forecast Ranking (lowest to highest) | Recorded March-September 2007 Volume as a % of Average |
Bow River at Banff | 968,000 | 90 | 83-102 | 75 | 26/91 | n/a** |
Lake Minnewanka Inflow | 166,000 | 89 | 76-109 | 67 | 33/91 | n/a** |
Spray River near Banff | 348,000 | 95 | 83-114 | 76 | 35/91 | n/a** |
Kananaskis River | 398,000 | 97 | 87-117 | 78 | 40/91 | n/a** |
Bow River at Calgary | 2,203,000 | 91 | 80-108 | 72 | 29/91 | n/a** |
Elbow River | 205,000 | 94 | 75-129 | 632 | 50/91 | n/a** |
Highwood River | 539,000 | 86 | 69-125 | 55 | 39/91 | n/a** |
** The recorded March-September 2007 volumes will be published in the next Water Supply Outlook Report. Average is calculated for the March 1 to September 30 period from 1912 to 2001
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