By Chris Carr

South Saskatchewan River rising again

Jun 17, 2011 | 4:57 PM

The South Saskatchewan River is rising again as the Gardiner Dam opens up to make room for water coming in from Alberta.

Heavy rainfall in southwestern Alberta means more room is needed at Lake Diefenbaker.

Right now the South Saskatchewan is running at 1,310 cubic metres per second. By Sunday it will be 1,550 cubic metres per second.

Saskatoon deputy fire chief Dan Paulsen said those number are very high.

“In 2005, the highest rates that we recorded going through the city at that time, I believe, was 1,805 cubic metres per second. That’s when we had water making its way down toward Spadina,” said Paulsen.

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By Sunday, the river will be about 300 cubic metres shy of those record levels.

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