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Yesterday morning, water began seeping through the original barrier built along the point at the South McClintock subdivision. Frank Wengzynowski awoke to find water had come up around the back of his home and was beginning to surround it.

About a dozen members of the Marsh Lake volunteer fire crew, a 91社区破解版 fire crew and Wildland Fire Management, as well as members of the Marsh Lake community, began working on constructing a new barrier to protect Wengzynowki鈥檚 home, as well as prevent the spread of water to other properties in the area.

鈥淲e were taking on water through the high pile (of sandbags),鈥� Wengzynowski said. 鈥淚t was just seeping right through it, and the water kept building up.鈥�

In addition to seepage, Wengzynowski said there was a possibility that some of the sandbags may have been punctured by debris.

Concrete blocks were set up by Emergency Measures Organization (EMO) early on in the response effort, but not in front of Wengzynowski鈥檚 property. They were in front of neighbouring properties, but by the time the decision was made to start moving concrete blocks into place, the water level was already too high in front of his house.

In order to put in another wall closer to the house to stop the flow, work crews had to cut through the wooden sun deck between his house and the lake.

鈥淚鈥檓 not too upset about it. It wasn鈥檛 too new anyway,鈥� Wengzynowski said with a grim smile.

Contrary to initial reports, there were still sandbags filled and on-hand which were used to build the new barrier. Two pumps were set up to lower the water level around the house, which at 4 p.m. was not as high around the back of the house as it was earlier in the day. Wengzynowski said there were 63 centimeters (25 inches) of water in his crawlspace that morning when he woke up.

鈥淭he biggest concern is that if the south wind comes up, it could give us some real troubles with the main wall of sandbags,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t hasn鈥檛 been too bad so far. For most of the last month the wind has been from the north and goes right by.

鈥淏ut when it鈥檚 windy, I don鈥檛 get much sleep.鈥�

Rick Janowicz, manager of the Department of Environment鈥檚 hydrology section, said again today that the water level is somewhat stable. It has increased one centimetre in the past three days, and currently sits at 657.343 metres above sea level.

鈥淭here are minor fluctuations, a millimetre here or there, but that鈥檚 about it. We should be at the peak or very near the peak,鈥� Janowicz said.

The forecast today is for a high of 25 C, but the glacial melt is no longer the main contributor to the high water level.

鈥淚t may be keeping the water level up, but it鈥檚 not enough to increase the water level,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 the tail end of last week鈥檚 rainstorm that caused this most recent increase.鈥� No rain is in the forecast for the next five days.