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Advisory: UPDATED: Potential Water Releases – Burnt Dam & Granite Canal Areas

November 29th, 2021

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro is advising residents, cabin owners and travellers in the Burnt Pond and White Bear River areas of Central and Southern Newfoundland that the Company is no longer releasing water at the Burnt Dam Spillway into the White Bear River but there is a potential for additional releases due to already high water levels remaining from last weeks rain event and further increases due to forecast rainfall for this week.

In addition, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro is advising residents, cabin owners and travellers to the Granite Canal area accessed from Central Newfoundland that due to already high water levels resulting from last weeks rain event and further heavy rainfall forecast for this week that the Company may be required to release water at the at the Granite Canal Bypass structure and may be required to release water at Granite Canal Spillway and the Granite Overflow Dykes into Grey River. Releases at the Granite Canal Spillway or overflow dykes may wash out the road to Burnt Dam, located 15.5 km from the Granite turn-off.


Previous Notice (Nov. 26):

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro is advising residents, cabin owners and travellers in the Burnt Pond and White Bear River areas of Central and Southern Newfoundland that the Company is releasing water at the Burnt Dam Spillway into the White Bear River.

Furthermore, the Company is advising residents, cabin owners and travellers in the Granite Canal area accessed from Central Newfoundland that the Company may be required to release water at the at the Granite Canal Bypass structure and may be required to release water at Granite Canal Spillway and the Granite Overflow Dykes into Grey River. Releases at the Granite Canal Spillway or overflow dykes may wash out the road to Burnt Dam, located 15.5 km from the Granite turn-off.

People are advised to use these areas with great caution as water levels and flows will be higher than normal and may be unpredictable.



Media Contact:

Jill Pitcher
Senior Communications Advisor, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro
t. 709.737.1219 / c. 709.689.9938 e. JillPitcher@nlh.nl.ca