Canadian Flooding
The CBC reports on the continued flooding: Lake Manitoba swells with diverted water
The flood crisis has expanded into areas around Lake Manitoba as increasing amounts of water from the raging Assiniboine River is sent there by the Portage Diversion.
…Built during a five-year span from 1965-1970, the Portage Diversion provides flood protection for the City of Winnipeg and areas along the Assiniboine River.
It is designed to handle floodwater flows of up to 25,000 cubic feet per second but this year, the province is trying to squeeze 34,000 cfs through it, sending it all to Lake Manitoba.
The authorities are having to make the choice as to who gets flooded, because there is no good way of getting the water to someone who would like it in a drought stricken area, or to pipe it into an aquifer that is depleted.
