Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

October 2006

Table 6 - Recorded March 1 to September 30, 2006 Natural Runoff Volumes - North Saskatchewan River Basin (Natural Flows)

2006 Recorded Volumes
March 1 to September 30 		2006 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 2,166,000** 101 16/30 5.0%
Brazeau Reservoir Inflow 898,000*** 63 2/41 17.9%
North Saskatchewan River
at Edmonton 		4,429,000* 76 12/91 8.4%

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* - Recorded 2006 natural volumes are preliminary and subject to change
** Lake Abraham is compared to 30 years of data
*** Brazeau Reservoir is compared to 41 years of data

Average and rankings are based on the period 1912 to 2001

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