Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre reports the outflow from the Shellmouth Reservoir will increase today as part of normal operations to draw down reservoir levels in preparation for spring run-off from the upper Assiniboine River.
The current outflow is 300 cubic feet per second (cfs) and will be increased to 400 cfs today.
This outflow increase will result in a half-foot increase in water levels on the Assiniboine River from Shellmouth to Brandon. The increase will diminish as the river reaches Winnipeg.
The province will continue to monitor conditions on the upper Assiniboine River and downstream river levels.