MELFORT 鈥� In response to the heatwave, Melfort has extended the hours at Spruce Haven Spray Park, opening at 10 a.m. daily and going from closing at 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The spray park operates daily on a self-activated sensor system. After operational hours, the system shuts down, preventing use.
Brent Lutz, Melfort鈥檚 director of development planning and community relations, said that as more people were spending time at the spray park in the heat, the city reviewed water usage and found the extra hour of use to be low impact.
鈥淥bviously we鈥檝e been experiencing some pretty dry hot weather and people have been spending a lot of time outdoors,鈥� Lutz said.
鈥淚t鈥檚 self-activated, so if it鈥檚 a cool day and people decide past 7 o鈥檆lock it鈥檚 too cold to be out in the cold water at the splash park, then they鈥檙e not going to be activating the sensors and there won鈥檛 be any water use.鈥�
He said the city currently has no plans in place to revert the hours in the future, although it remains open to review.
鈥淚f it doesn鈥檛 present any problem leaving it operating until 8 o鈥檆lock, I don鈥檛 see why we would go back to changing those hours.鈥�
