The Water Security Agency has released its spring runoff forecast for March and most of northern Saskatchewan is expected to see below normal runoff.
John Fahlman, Associate Executive Director for the WSA, says there just hasn’t been very much snow in the northern parts of the province.
“The way it is right now, the flows in the Churchill River system are normal,” said Fahlman. “We have below normal spring runoffs in the basin and there is enough water out on the landscape that it is going to feel normal. The water is going to flow and discharge through the channel all summer.”
Fahlman says this forecast should remain the same unless there is a major precipitation event in the next month.
According to the March report, the only area expected to have above normal runoff is the central part of the grain belt. Even with the above normal forecast, the Water Security Agency does not expect any significant issues in that part of the province.
The rest of the province either has normal or below normal spring runoff forecasts.