Ottawa River Regulation Planning Board

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Summertime ORRPB message

In both Ontario and Québec, citizens have the primary responsibility for their safety, the safety of their property and the safety of the activities in which they engage.

• Be aware of weather conditions in your area but also in upstream areas. Sign up to receive alerts from your favorite weather forecast application.
• When wet weather occurs, be prepared for higher-than-normal levels: adapt your activities and secure your belongings.

Heavy rains can cause the Ottawa River levels to rise rapidly and without warning.

• Even if it’s sunny where you live, it could be raining heavily in the headwater area of the river.
• Rainwater makes its way in swales, creeks, small rivers and finally the Ottawa River.

A general message describing current and forecast river conditions is posted weekly on our website, on Tuesday, throughout the summer.  If the message is revised thereafter due to significant change in weather and flow conditions, a post is sent to the platform “X”.

• Consult the River Conditions Forecast message weekly to know whether an increase in water level is expected.
• Push notification from “X” to receive notification when ORRPB posts something new (x.com/ORRPB).

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