SASKATOON – Saskatchewan is not immune to flooding and the city of Saskatoon would like to provide you with some background information that differentiates our circumstances from the Alberta flooding event.
The Saskatchewan Water Security Agency (SWA) says the river flow rate at the station at Moon Lake is estimated to increase from 477 now up to 900 cubic meters per second over the weekend.
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The city says in 2011 the river flow reached 1650 cubic meters per second.
Yesterday, WSA forecast that Lake Diefenbaker and the South Saskatchewan River to start rising 2 to 4 metres this weekend.
For safety reasons, the city is recommending that everyone stay off the South Saskatchewan River this weekend. The increasing current and high water flows tend to pick up debris from the river basin that can disable a boat or cause injuries.
The city would like to emphasize that in Saskatchewan, flooding differs from the Alberta situation because water flows can be minimized via dams and reservoirs.
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