By David Kirton

Hundreds of acres of land expected to be underwater soon

Jun 13, 2011 | 9:51 PM

Twelve hundred acres of prime farmland just southwest of Saskatoon will soon be underwater.

Rain pelted Alberta this weekend and that water is moving into Lake Diefenbaker. As a result the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority's John Fahlman says they have to open Gardiner Dam and let that water out.

“It's an estimate of 12 hundred acres along the (South Saskatchewan) River Valley above Saskatoon, but I would suspect most of that would be in the Moon Lake area,” Fahlman said during a conference call with reporters.

Fahlman says if they don't let that water go, Gardiner's structure could be at risk.

“The extreme consequences of a dam failure are just so severe, and we're balancing that all the time with the additional agricultural flooding.”

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The river level is expected to rise half a metre and the higher flow is expected for at least a couple of weeks.

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