The Town of Drumheller will be keeping a close eye on river levels over the next few days.
As of 2 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Terry Yemen said the storm system causing all the rainfall in the Southern part of the province is expected to bypass Drumheller, but the Town is being cautious.
“It looks like it’s not going to come this far north, but if it does, just in case, we’re going to continue monitoring over the weekend.”
“We’re all on readiness,” said Fire Chief Bill Bachynski, who is also the Town’s Deputy Director, Disaster Services.
'We’re not anticipating any problems.”
If the situation changes, Bacynski said, the Town is prepared and able to respond.
The Mayor has also checked on levels from the Dickson Dam, and said the current flow rate out of the dam is 50 cubic metres per second.
He also noted flow rates on the Red Deer River are currently 200 cubic metres per second.
“When we get up to that 1200 cubic metres per second, that’s when we start to worry.”
“One of the things in our favour,” the Mayor adds, “is that most of that snow cap has gone.”
