7 August 2025: Reservoir Update

  • Reservoir level decreased from 2792.02 feet to 2791.58 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 decreased from 277 m3/sec to 50 m3/sec on the past 7 days. 
  • Seventeen (17) millimetres of precipitation was recorded last week, with approximately 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