Communities in southern Manitoba are asking residents to conserve water to reduce overwhelming drainage systems following a downpour of rain on Canada Day that flooded one business owner’s restaurant.
Ralf Dargusch, the owner of Ralph’s German Restaurant in Winkler said he was concerned whether the amount of rain would cause any flooding inside his business on Monday evening.
He checked his indoor camera footage around 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday to find a shiny pool of water covering the restaurant’s kitchen tiles and immediately hurried to clean up the mess.
Winkler’s city manager Jody Penner said the sewage and drainage system can become overwhelmed by storm water during intense rain and thunderstorms which can affect some of the pumping stations.
The last time Winkler’s drainage and sewage system had trouble keeping up with the rain was on May 24, which also led the city to issue a water conservation notice to residents.
Nancy said the city is recognizing these weather events happening more regularly because of global warming, leaving communities to deal with the aftermath of each storm or drought.
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Communities in southern Manitoba are asking residents to conserve water to reduce overwhelming drainage systems following a downpour of rain on Canada Day that flooded one business owner’s restaurant.
Ralf Dargusch, the owner of Ralph’s German Restaurant in Winkler said he was concerned whether the amount of rain would cause any flooding inside his business on Monday evening.
He checked his indoor camera footage around 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday to find a shiny pool of water covering the restaurant’s kitchen tiles and immediately hurried to clean up the mess.
Winkler’s city manager Jody Penner said the sewage and drainage system can become overwhelmed by storm water during intense rain and thunderstorms which can affect some of the pumping stations.
The last time Winkler’s drainage and sewage system had trouble keeping up with the rain was on May 24, which also led the city to issue a water conservation notice to residents.
Nancy said the city is recognizing these weather events happening more regularly because of global warming, leaving communities to deal with the aftermath of each storm or drought.
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