Water Level Updates

Drought Conditions Continue After a dry summer season, September 2026 yielded a slightly wetter pattern for the region, with the...
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Drought Conditions Persist As Summer 2026 ended, total precipitation from June-August was 5.6 inches below normal in the Twin Cities,...
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Gray’s Bay Dam Closed Amid drought conditions, the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) closed Gray’s Bay Dam on Monday, August...
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Dry Conditions Persist Water levels across the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) gradually declined through most of July 2026, as...
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Potential for Stormy Start to July A series of severe thunderstorms is predicted to move through the region during July...
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Dry End to Spring Water levels across the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) declined through most of May 2026, as...
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Gray’s Bay Dam Open The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) opened Gray’s Bay Dam on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, in...
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2026 Season Outlook Ahead of open water season, the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) assesses the impacts of winter weather...
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Gray’s Bay Dam Winterized In coordination with the City of Minnetonka Public Works, the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) installed...
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Gray’s Bay Dam Closed The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) closed Gray’s Bay Dam on October 17, 2025, as Lake...
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Water Levels Gradually Decrease Through Fall Water levels across the Minnehaha Creek Watershed steadily decreased throughout most of September 2025....
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Fall Drawdown Begins Over the past three weeks, water levels across the Minnehaha Creek Watershed have steadily decreased, as rainfall...
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