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Flood Warning – Ice Jam at Auburn Issued at 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 24, 2018 Maitland Conservation is issuing a Flood Warning for 2 km downstream and 4 km upstream of the Patterson Bridge on County Rd. 25 in Auburn. Although river levels have peaked from the rain that fell earlier this week, an ice […]

Watershed Conditions Statement – Water Safety Over the past 24 hours the Maitland River watershed has received an average of 32 mm of rain. The highest rainfall amount was recorded in Benmiller with 47 mm. Headwater areas of the Maitland watershed will peak this afternoon, however the levels from Wingham downstream to Goderich will continue […]

Flood Watch Issued for Lower Maitland and Nine River Municipalities The Watershed Conditions Statement – Water Safety issued on January 10, 2018 has been upgraded to a Flood Watch for the Township of Ashfield-Wawanosh-Colborne, Municipality of Central Huron and the Town of Goderich. Prior to the mild temperatures earlier this week, the snowpack water equivalent […]

Unseasonably mild temperatures are in the forecast with a high of 9° expected on Thursday. Periods of rain will begin this afternoon and continue into Thursday. Between 15 mm and 25 mm of rain is expected in the Maitland and Nine Mile River watersheds over the next 24 hours. Given the current snowpack, this will […]

The Ausable Bayfield Maitland Valley Source Protection Region has posted a notice of proposed amendments to assessment reports and source protection plans for the Maitland Valley and Ausable Bayfield source protection areas. The local source protection authority is proposing the amendments to reflect recent changes in six area well systems: Benmiller, Blyth, Dungannon, Molesworth, Ripley, […]