Water Supply Outlook for Alberta
February 2008
Bow River Basin - Water Supply Forecasts |
As of February 1, 2008, natural runoff volumes for the March to September 2008 period are
forecast to be near average in the Elbow, Kananaskis, Spray and Cascade River basins, below average to
average in the Highwood River basin and below average
at Banff and Calgary (Table 4).
Current natural runoff volume forecasts range from 88 to 98% of average in the basin, and for
the Bow River at Calgary it would rank 31st lowest in 91-years of record (1912-2001).
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