Water in the Souris River downstream from Rafferty and Boundary reservoirs near Estevan, Sask., will remain high for several weeks, but officials now believe the worst is over.
Barring a significant rainfall, the flows should be manageable, said Doug Johnson, the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority’s director of regional operations.
The authority reduced the flow out of the reservoirs today because inflows have declined.
Johnson said the storage capacity of the reservoirs in southeastern Saskatchewan has helped hold water back from flood-ravaged Manitoba. However, water released from those reservoirs does eventually enter the Assiniboine River system.
