Rocks along a stretch of Cedar Creek Park have taken on a rusty tinge, and City of 91大黄鸭 staff are doing tests to determine what鈥檚 going on.
Tom Wilson, from the City of 91大黄鸭, said water treatment staff have seen it before and believe the colour was caused naturally from the extra low water level this year.
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They鈥檝e taken samples for tests and the results will be made available in a few days, said Wilson.
The reason for this year鈥檚 low lake level is last year鈥檚 flooding.
鈥淲e鈥檝e been dropping the lake by half-a-centimetre per day,鈥� Shaun Reimer, section head for public safety and protection with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.
鈥淲hat we鈥檝e been doing is really trying to hit those target levels. We鈥檝e been manipulating the flow to continue to ensure that happens.鈥�
Currently, Okanagan Lake is 40 centimetres lower than this time last year, Reimer said.
At the same time, the snowpack is at record levels.
鈥淭he Okanagan is at 152 per cent. It鈥檚 the highest of any basing alongside the Similkameen,鈥� said Jonathan Boyd, River Forecast Centre hydrologist.
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