The water is still rising in Lampman although the intensity of the inflow has lessened substantially.
That is the somewhat good news emanating from the flood control headquarters in the town office and town administrator Greg Wallin.
"It rose about a half inch a day over the weekend," said Wallin when talking with The Mercury Monday morning.
"It is now running away from the town to the east and southeast, very slowly," he added.
The week before, the town's volunteer flood fighters were still contending with a rising water level that had increased by about eight inches, so the significantly lower volume witnessed in the past seven days was welcomed news.
Lampman's water and sewer systems were still functioning as normal, well protected by diking materials that were holding up well.
"A lot of rural roads are still blocked and water is is running over some of them," said Wallin, commenting on the state of affairs in the adjoining RM of Browning.
The volunteers are still on standby in the event that they may be called upon to assist another farmer who was having to evacuate a rural home due to the encroaching water. About four of them had to undergo that procedure during the height of this slowly moving flood situation. Several farms were also the recipients of volunteer assistance for diking and sandbagging to protect properties.
"The sandbagging is done for now. We have a good stockpile of filled bags," said Wallin, commenting on the town's state of preparedness in the event there are more rain-filled days in the near future.
"We could need more in the future, but right now there is a pretty healthy inventory."
Calls for various types of assistance are now coming into the town office in an "off-and-on" fashion, said the town's administrator, so that has allowed the volunteer flood-fighting teams to stand down from their more hectic water-related schedules and return to their normal every day jobs, while still keeping a wary eye on the water levels.
Wallin said the fresh flows of water continue to seep into the region from the Griffin, Fillmore and Creelman areas but with no major rainstorms forecast in the near future, the hope was that sometime soon, perhaps this week, Lampman would be able to record a gradual decrease in the town and regional water levels.
