Abstract
Whenever a large number of different activities are based upon a single resource, conflicts are inevitable. The Trent-Severn system of dams controlling the water levels and flows in a large recreational area is just such a situation. Whitewater canoeing requires flow to be taken from reservoir headwater lakes while cottaging on these lakes is enhanced when the water level remains high. Lock operation with adequate advertised draught through the navigation route, as planned and designed for, requires that evaporation losses from canal route lakes be replaced with water from the reservoir lakes, also detrimental to the reservoir cottager. Fish spawning requires certain flows of water at certain times in certain locations just at a time in some years when flow must be reduced to ensure filling the lakes for summer. Power production, flood control, agriculture, water quality and municipal water supply are among the further concerns of Trent-Severn Waterway in controlling flows.The primary raison d’etre of the...
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