Weather and Emergency

Kawartha Lakes - Kawartha Conservation has issued a Flood Warning for the Kawartha Lakes region on Monday April 7, 2025 until 12pm on Friday April 11, 2025.

Kawartha Conservation Watershed
FLOOD WARNING
Date: Monday April 7, 2025
Time: 1:20pm

Kawartha Lakes – The overflow from the Fenelon Falls Wastewater System – Colborne Street and Francis Street East Sewage Pumping Stations ended Saturday April 5 at 12pm. The overflow from the Lindsay Wastewater System – Rivera Park Sewage Pumping Station ended Sunday April 6 at 12:30pm.

Kawartha Lakes – The Kawartha Lakes Community Paramedic team is offering to do health and well-being checks throughout the community.

If you would like our Community Paramedics to check on a family member, friend, vulnerable person or whomever, this weekend (April 5 and April 6), please email cpresponse@kawarthalakes.ca and include the person’s name, address and phone number.

Kawartha Lakes – The City of Kawartha Lakes Emergency Operations Centre met this morning to assess ongoing storm recovery efforts.

Key updates:

In many critical municipal facilities, power and water has been restored. We are focused on providing resident supports through those locations.

The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) – Bancroft Work Centre is advising area residents that a Flood Warning is in effect for the Black River and Burnt River watershed in the Peterborough Bancroft District until Friday April 11, 2025.

Residents should expect water levels to rise and river flows to increase through the April 5 to April 6 weekend and into the week of April 7 to April 11. Runoff into local lakes and rivers has increased significantly with recent rainfall, snow melt, and warm weather.

Kawartha Lakes - Kawartha Conservation has extended the Watershed Conditions Statement – Flood Watch that was issued on Monday March 31, 2025 until 12pm on Monday April 7, 2025.

Kawartha Conservation Watershed
Watershed Conditions Statement – Flood Watch EXTENDED
Date: Friday April 4, 2025
Time: 12:40pm

Kawartha Lakes - The Boil Water Advisory issued on Monday, March 31, 2025 for the Norland Drinking Water System located in Village of Norland, Ontario has been rescinded by the Medical Officer of Health.
Persons using the water supply from the Norland Drinking Water System are no longer required to boil their drinking water.  The water is safe for human consumption.

For more information visit www.hkpr.on.ca or call 1-866-888-4577 ext. 5006.

Kawartha Lakes – Due to the impacts of the ongoing ice storm emergency in Kawartha Lakes, we’re expecting more organics food waste than usual.

As a result, we will be increasing organics collection efforts for households in the Organics Program.

Kawartha Lakes - Kawartha Conservation has extended the Watershed Conditions Statement – Flood Watch that was issued on Monday March 31, 2025 until 12pm on Friday April 4, 2025.

Kawartha Conservation Watershed
Watershed Conditions Statement – Flood Watch EXTENDED
Date: Thursday April 3, 2025
Time: 12pm

Kawartha Lakes – The City of Kawartha Lakes Emergency Operations Centre met this morning to assess ongoing storm recovery efforts. Significant portions throughout the City remain without electricity. Our focus remains supporting those residents and communities, while clearing debris and supporting Hydro One’s efforts to bring power back online.