Despite reduced flow rate, South Sask. River remains dangerous

The City continues to urge residents and visitors seeking recreational activities to stay off the South Saskatchewan River; the flow rate remains well above what is typical in Saskatoon and the river remains dangerous.

Typical flows are about 160 cubic metres per second, currently they are almost double that around 296 cubic metres per second.

Stay away from the area of the weir. Usually, there are buoys across the river downstream of the University Bridge. The river boom was recently damaged during the ongoing rapid water flow event.

Beware: the buoys are currently not across the river.

The City continues its efforts to have the boom safely reinstalled as soon as possible.