The water situation in the Weyburn area looks like it will be normal in all respects this spring.

Both the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority and the City of Weyburn are predicting an average, or slightly better than average supply and soil moisture levels for most of the area.

A spokesman for the Watershed Authority predicted Friday that unless a major spring storm changes the situation completely, there will be no flooding in the Souris River later this spring.

"The runoff potential in the northern part of the basin, in the headwaters of the basin in the Yellow Grass area, looks like average," said Dalvin Euteneier. "Fall moisture was very close to normal and there has been below average precipitation during the cold snap," he said.

"So far, it's been a pretty normal year." Unless the area receives a couple of heavy, late spring storms that change the situation, it doesn't look like anything exciting right now, he said.

Weyburn city engineer Bob Kinash said Thursday the source of Weyburn's municipal water supply looks in excellent shape. Nickle Lake always has a two-year supply of water and right now it looks like it's only about one metre below being full, he said. Spring runoff will raise that level even higher and Kinash said he's expecting the reservoir will fill this year. Excess water in the reservoir is released into the Rafferty Dam.

Kinash said in a prairie agricultural area, water quality is always an issue. Organic material is the biggest concern, he said, with the possibility of algae growth in the summer. The water is always monitored so the city has good quality domestic water, he said.