Fields in southern Manitoba remain essentially bare this winter.
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The Province says future snow and spring rain will determine Manitoba’s seasonal run-off and potential for high water situations this year.
According to the Manitoba Hydrologic Forecast Centre’s mid-January basin conditions assessment, drier than normal conditions remain for much of the southern and central Manitoba basins.
The Red, Souris, and Assiniboine river basins continue to receive below-average precipitation since August 2020. However, northern Manitoba basins, including the Churchill and Saskatchewan river basins, continue to receive average to above-average precipitation since July 2020.
“Our government continues to strengthen its’ efforts to protect Manitobans in response to high water events; to achieve that, we must always be prepared,” said Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler. “We will monitor watershed conditions closely despite low levels o
Province awards five-year contract for ice-jam mitigation program
Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach
Posted on 01/02/2021 at 10:00 am
The Manitoba government announced that a five-year contract for ice-jam mitigation services has been awarded to Winnipeg Environmental Remediations Incorporated.
“Manitobans are smart shoppers and they expect their government to do the same,” said Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler. “Open and transparent tendering processes allow us to go to the open market so we can benefit from competitive and sustainable pricing while maintaining the quality of services that Manitobans expect and deserve.”
A request for proposals was issued in August for a five-year contract to carry out ice-jam mitigation services and Winnipeg Environmental Remediations Incorporated was the qualified successful proponent.
Province issues 2020 Fall Conditions Report
Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach Percent Normal Precipitation (%) from May 1 to October 31, 2020.
Manitoba Infrastructure’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre has released the 2020 Fall Conditions Report that indicates soil moisture levels before freeze-up are normal to below normal in most Manitoba basins.
“The 2020 Fall Conditions Report describes the hydrologic conditions of Manitoba basins at the time of freeze-up,” said Infrastructure Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler. “Hydrologic and weather conditions in the winter and spring are the main factors that affect the risk and extent of high water events.”
Soil moisture at freeze-up is one of the major factors that affects spring run-off and potential flood risks. Due to minimal summer and fall precipitation, the soil moisture at freeze-up is normal to below normal for most of southern, central and western Manitoba basins, with the exception of the Little Saskatchewan River ba