By Chad Klassen

Village of Chase watching creek levels as temperatures rise

May 8, 2018 | 5:00 PM

CHASE, B.C. — The Village of Chase is keeping a close eye on levels in Chase Creek and Little Shuswap Lake as the snow melts over the next few weeks. 

Mayor Rick Berrigan says village staff have been monitoring chase creek in particular this week, but says level are below normal. 

“Professional data is 70 cubic feet per second, which is below the average at peak for sure,” says Berrigan. “As long as we get the slow melt that we’ve been getting right now, we don’t get any rain, I think we’ll be okay. But there’s always that fear and we need to be mindful of it.”

Berrigan notes there is some concern as well about the potential for levels in Little Shuswap Lake to rise and the threat it could pose on homes along the water.

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“We also have the properties down on the lake that need to be monitored also. I believe it was 2012, they experienced flooding and sandbagging down by the lake,” says Berrigan. “Right now they’re feeling comfortable, but they need to be mindful.”