Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

Table 6 - Recorded March 1 to September 30, 2002 Natural Runoff Volumes - North Saskatchewan River Basin (Natural Flows)

2002 Recorded Volumes
March 1 to September 30 		2002 Forecast Volumes
Locations Volume in dam3 Volume as a
% of Average 		Ranking (lowest to highest) Average difference between Forecast and Recorded natural volumes
Lake Abraham Inflow 2,175,000** 103 11/19 -6.9%
Brazeau Reservoir Inflow 1,022,000*** 71 5/30 +11.4%
North Saskatchewan River
at Edmonton 		4,266,000* 72 8/84 +7.0%

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* - Recorded 2002 natural volumes are preliminary and subject to change
** Lake Abraham is compared to 19 years of data
*** Brazeau Reservoir is compared to 30 years of data

Average and rankings are based on the period 1912 to 1995

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