Water levels are still very low in most areas of the Northwest Territories, despite an increase in precipitation this past summer.
Water levels have been some of the lowest on record in the past year in water bodies across the territory. On the Slave River, Great Slave Lake and the Mackenzie River, water levels are about where they were last year which is, in many cases, still the lowest on record, according to Ryan Connon, a hydrologist with the government of the Northwest Territories.
“There wasn’t nearly enough rainfall this summer to cause a significant bump in water levels,” he said.
But, Connon said there are some areas that are starting to rebound.
That includes lakes and rivers in the Beaufort Delta region as well as areas north and east of Great Slave Lake, like the Snare River, Lockhart River and Coppermine River.
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