While the turning of seasons and melting of snow is largely welcomed, it can also create issues with water.

In recent years, we have seen flooding issues, as well as some highways and other area roads being submerged following excess water due to snow melt.

The Water Security Agency is out with spring runoff updates, which, for the most part, isn't expected to be all that damaging this year, according to spokesperson Patrick Boyle.

"We're not expecting major flooding issues in that northeast corner, north of Yorkton, east from Humboldt," he noted. "There could be potential for some out of bank flows and potential for some roadways to be over topped."

"It's not going to be anything like what we saw in 2011 or 2014. They're going to be similar flows to what we experienced in the spring of 2013 and 2014, but not what we experienced in the spring of 2011 or summer of 2014."

An area of continual concern not only for residents in the area, but for the WSA themselves, is the Quill Lakes.

Last May, there was a record peak observed, and while that continues to slowly climb this year, Boyle states that it is levelling off.

"The Quill Lakes, for the most part, a lot of what had been in that basin has come off and was in recession. We're expecting around similar or just above the peaks that we saw last year."

He added that the Quill Lakes should peak within the next seven to ten days at around 520.7 metres. Rainfall could also result in a higher elevation later this year.


More with Boyle can be heard below.