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Huron Expositor, 2007-03-21, Page 6Page 6 March 21, 2007 • The Huron Expositor News Ice thickness and rain forecasts combine to create potential for flooding, says ABCA Jennifer Hubbard Water levels continue to climb across the region, but Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) water and planning manag- er Alec Scott isn't anticipating any "serious flooding problems." "I always hesitate to say that we're through the worst of it," Scott said in a March 14 interview. "Over the next two to three weeks, heavy rainfall could cause problems because the ground is still saturated, but the concerns about melting snow are gone." While high water events are a concern each spring, levels of water content measured in the snowpack in early March were higher than normal. The water content of early March snow within the watershed was 100 millimetres in the north and 75 mil- limetres in the south, compared to Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) field staff Wayne Drinkwalter use a cutter tube to measure snow depth and water snowpack on Friday Ford and Tony content in the an average 25 millimetres in the previous three years. This fact combined with last week's warm weather forecast, rain and thickness of ice levels, prompt- ed Scott to issue a press release on March 9 warning of the higher potential for spring flooding. "The weather can shift greatly at this time of year, but we feel it is important for people to be aware that there is increased potential for a significant flooding event when this heavy snow melts," he said. 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