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Main Office Phone Numbers : 613-692-3571 / 1-800-267-3504
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Watershed Reporting
RVCA’S Watershed Science and Engineering team collects, monitors and analyses watershed information.
Environmental Planning
We offer technical advice regarding environmental issues for legal and development inquiries.
Tree Planting Programs
RVCA provides technical advice, planting assistance and financial support to landowners interested in planting trees.
Drinking Water Source Protection
The RVCA supports the work of theMississippi Rideau Source Protection committee. You can learn more by visiting www.mrsourcewater.ca.
Flood, Erosion & Drought Studies
RVCA provides services to reduce the threat of loss of life and property damage through flood forecasting and warning.
Fish Habitat Protection
On behalf of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, we review proposed works in or near lakes, wetlands and watercourses providing advice on their impacts to fish habitat.
Low Water Status Update in Rideau River Watershed
Since our formation in 1966, the RVCA has been partnering with our local municipalities, residents, businesses, schools, service clubs, environmental and lake associations, community groups and provincial and federal governments to deliver programs and services that protect and manage the natural resources we all value and count on in the Rideau watershed.
Access our latest Budget and Work Plan here.
Watershed Conditions Statement: Water Safety
Our municipalities and their residents are our valued partners. We work hard to serve a wide range of municipal and public interests that benefit our watershed residents from lake country to farm lands to urban communities.
To see what we've done in 2019 in your community, click on your municipality. For a full watershed summary, check out our 2019 Annual Report.
Municipal Information Sheets
- pdf Athens - Municipal Information Sheet
- pdf Augusta - Municipal Information Sheet
- pdf Beckwith - Municipal Information Sheet
- pdf Central Frontenac - Municipal Information Sheet
- pdf City of Ottawa - Municipal Information Sheet
- pdf Drummond-North Elmsley - Municipal Information Sheet
- pdf Elizabethtown-Kitley - Municipal Information Sheet
- pdf Merrickville-Wolford - Municipal Information Sheet
- pdf Montague - Municipal Information Sheet
- pdf North Dundas - Municipal Information Sheet
- pdf North Grenville - Municipal Information Sheet
- pdf Perth - Municipal Information Sheet
- pdf Rideau Lakes - Municipal Information Sheet
- pdf South Frontenac - Municipal Information Sheet
- pdf Tay Valley - Municipal Information Sheet
- pdf Westport - Municipal Information Sheet
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Our Watershed
The Rideau River drains an area of over 4,000 square kilometres of Eastern Ontario. The main stem of the river flows in a northerly direction from Upper Rideau Lake near Newboro to the City of Ottawa where it tumbles over Rideau Falls into the Ottawa River. Total length of the longest part of the watershed is about 180 kilometres. From the highest point in the valley (Carnahan Lake in the Tay sub-watershed) to the Ottawa River is a drop of 204 metres in elevation. About 620,000 people live in the watershed including a large part of the City of Ottawa, the fourth largest metropolitan area in Canada. There are 18 municipalities within the valley and most people, outside of Ottawa, draw their drinking water from the river or from groundwater.
“Normal” Water Levels in Rideau River Watershed
RVCA is pleased to provide highlights of its many accomplishments through its annual report. You can view them below:
