Water levels in Lakes Huron and Michigan are continuing to rise at a time of year when they should be going down.
The Water and Planning Manager for the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority explains levels have come up about a metre since hitting record lows in January of 2013 but would normally start declining in late summer.
Alec Scott says that hasn't happened yet. Scott says if levels continue to rise erosion is a much bigger concern than flooding.
He points out that there aren't too many areas along the Lake Huron shoreline where flooding is an issue but with water levels higher and waves hitting the shore with more force erosion could definitely be an issue.
Scott says the amount of precipitation we get this winter and early spring will be critical. Adding if the lakes don't freeze over that will increase the amount of evapouration and help reduce water levels.