It contends the lake is at its highest level in 24 years, roughly 60 centimetres above average, because of near-record spring rains. Frank Bevacqua, a spokesman for the commission, said lake levels would have been nearly identical under the previous regulation plan. But Tertinek and others said the old plan would have allowed releases months ago in anticipation of the rising waters. He said the state is formally appealing to the International Joint Commission to release additional water through the Moses-Saunders Dam on the St. Lawrence River to lower Lake Ontario levels. But regulators say the same kind of flooding happened with heavy rains under the old plan in 1973 and 1993.

Source: National Post May 03, 2017 17:03 UTC