24 July 2025: Reservoir Update

  • Reservoir level decreased from 2793.16 to 2792.65 feet feet in the past 7 days.
  • The Summer Temperature Management Program (STMP) is now in effect through to 20 August. The STMP is a provincial requirement to manage water temperatures to protect salmon during migration through the Nechako River. As such Skins Lake Spillway (SLS) discharge will fluctuate depending on weather and temperature.
  • SLS discharge is currently 169 m3/sec.  
  • Four (four) millimetres of precipitation was recorded last week, with three (3) millimetres of precipitation anticipated over the next 7 days. 
  • Please see visit www.getinvolvednechako.ca/flow-facts for further details regarding current reservoir conditions