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    Citizen Science Can Help Prepare for Future Flooding in Rainy-Lake of the Woods

    Learn how individuals in the basin can help inform water management decisions.

  • rainy water levels committee

    Citizen Science Can Help Prepare for Future Flooding in Rainy-Lake of the Woods

    Learn how individuals in the basin can help inform water management decisions.

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    Key Roles and Responsibilities

    Find out about management of water levels in the Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed, including an infographic and information on water regulation and control, data collection and forecasting  

  • rainy lake of the woods watershed

    Key Roles and Responsibilities

    Find out about management of water levels in the Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed, including an infographic and information on water regulation and control, data collection and forecasting  

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    Rainy Lake Water Levels

    Our data page contains information on recent water level decisions, links to water levels data, and links to the latest flood forecasts and guidance.

International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Board

The International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Board (the Board) was created in January 2013, from an amalgamation of the International Rainy Lake Board of Control and the International Rainy River Water Pollution Board, with added water quality responsibilities for the broader Rainy-Lake of the Woods watershed. The Board was formed to assist with binational coordination of water quality efforts for the entire transboundary watershed and to ensure compliance with the Commission’s Order on the regulation of water levels on Rainy Lake and the Namakan Reservoir.
 

About the Board

Roles and responsibilities in the basin

Water levels in the Rainy-Lake of the Woods watershed are managed binationally by multiple entities in the US and Canada.

High water forecast information

Latest flood forecasts and guidance, updated every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday:

 Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry Floods page

 U.S. National Weather Service Rainy River Basin page