A water budget was created for every year of study to determine the importance of different hydrological parameters at Bic-Saint-Fabien.The main loss of water was through evapotranspiration and the principal input was precipitation. The main difference in the water budget between study years was that pre-rewetting was climatologically wetter than post-rewetting. Despite more available water before rewetting, before-after-control-impact design ANOVA indicated the water table was significantly higher at the cutover area after rewetting. In 2011 a wetness gradient remained evident within the cutover section of the peatland; however the mean seasonal water table was close (within 20. cm) to the peat surface at all measured wells. An interior section of Bic-Saint-Fabien remained saturated for nearly all of 2011 and had mean seasonal water table of +2.4. cm, and volumetric soil moisture content and soil water pressure, measured 5. cm below the surface, of 86% and +4. mbar, respectively, compared to -15.4. cm, 67% and -13. mbar, respectively, at a nearby (~100. m) peripheral section. Systematic differences in wetness across the site suggest that a uniform prescription for vegetation re-establishment in the rewetted section may not be appropriate.