Level 2 water advisory for Rideau Valley Conservation Authority

The RVCA becomes the second Ottawa-area conservation authority to downgrade its low-water status in the last two weeks.

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Following increased precipitation over the past two months, the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority has downgraded its low-water advisory to Level 2 after spending more than three months under the most severe Level 3 water status. Article content

The decision to reduce to Level 2 in the Rideau Valley watershed was made on Nov. 25, five days after the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority also downgraded its low-water status to Level 2 , Tammy Rose, the City of Ottawa’s general manager of infrastructure and water improvements, said in a memo to council released on Thursday. Article content Article content

Level 2 is the second of three water