Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 27, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A10 Winnipeg free june 1997 flood monitoring cuts frightening grand Fork level catastrophe expert warns by Manfred Jager science reporter above by Ottawa to reduce the provinces ability to forecast future floods is an appalling and frightening a univer sity of Manitoba professor University of Manitoba hydrologist Jay Doering warns that further reducing the number of River flow monitoring stations in the province could Lead to a grand Fork level flood catastrophe during the we had no fewer than 500 Monitor gauges on Rivers and Doering said by that had been whittled Down to one year there was another 40 per cent now were putting increasing Reliance on a decreasing number of its an appalling and fright ening there Are 187 flow rate gauges and 120 water level gauges operating in Manitoba of them on the red and Assiniboine Rivers to enable hydraulics engineers to forecast future floods in the red River according to Winnipeg and Southern Manitoba need at least it would mean that the flood forecasters in the provincial water resources Branch would essentially be Blind 250 monitors on the red and the Assiniboine Rivers alone to predict floods and protect the an engineering professor and head of the University hydraulics research and testing said Ottawa move to Cut some monitoring stations in the red River Valley and shut Down others part time would put some commune including in it would mean that the flood fore casters in the provincial water resources Branch would essentially be he we know whats coming each Spring until the Waters hit us and its too late to do that How the billion Dollar grand Forks catastrophe doer ing one of the monitors Down there was malfunctioning and falsely indicated much lower Waterflow rates than materialized when it was too late to take Steve director of the provincial water resources said that a year ago there were an additional 45 monitoring stations on Rivers and streams throughout the Basin of the red River and its Tribu of the stations now 31 have been put on Par time Ken free press near flood Way monitoring is sounding the Manitoba and Ottawa Are negotiating Over Federal participation in the Cost of flood forecasting and water flow Topping said precise monitoring is essential for safeguarding Winnipeg and other red River communities in future flood or near flood our position is that we do not want to see further cutbacks in the hydrometric weve hit the Wall we cant Cut any Many of the flow gauges which consist of vertical Riverbank stand pipes with horizontal sensor arms containing a flow measure propeller extending from them Are they Are accessed from Winnipeg by Telephone and release their information into a Central computer Bank for interpretation and Manitoba share of maintaining the hydrometric monitoring network stands at but Ottawa wants the province to cough up another Oak a Pine furniture 1 heirloom Quality p now is the time to Bui your 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yesterday presented them with a Cheque for to help rebuild their for children that age to raise Money for a purpose like it was very touch said 72yearold Mabel who accepted the Money on behalf of her ail ing husband their South vital Home was ruined in the she and the Money will go towards a new for a school to do things like for people like that one of the nicest things that happened out of the said in very grateful for it about 50 Grade 9 students from the Charleswood school went out for a Day last month to the Senchuk House to help sandbag As the red River their efforts proved and the couples Home was inundated with River during graduation Cere monies the Stu Dent body presented them with a portion of the Money they had gathered during the year through fundraising Many of the students who had gone out sandbagging Felt badly that their efforts didst keep the floodwaters said Grade 9 teacher Blair they seemed to take ownership of he adding very Seldom do you see kids want to be part 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