Staff from the Town of Olds are monitoring the effects of recent rains in the community closely.
According to Ken Ryning, who runs the weather station at Olds College, 81.8 millimetres of rain fell from May 23 through May 26.
Larry Wright, director of operations with the Town of Olds, said operations staff is monitoring the effects of the rain on the town's wastewater treatment plant extremely closely.
“We had to manage that one pretty closely and we still have to manage it very, very closely because we anticipate more rain showers this week,” he said.
Wright said there were also numerous reports of downspouts in residential areas impacting homes. In one case, rain barrels overflowed and affected a property.
“We had to respond to numerous call-outs for potential sewer back-ups. I would anticipate we're going to have more work this week in back lanes because with that heavy rain, I know … that when the sun came out, it was quite mushy and so we're still collecting rain water,” he said.
Town staff are monitoring storm ponds around the community and Wright took photos of the situation on the north side of the community and sent them to Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development to keep the provincial government apprised of the situation.
Wright said the rain also played havoc with numerous construction projects going on throughout the community, causing potholes on many roadways. He said as soon as it is possible, those construction projects will get back on track.
The Little Red Deer River was still under a high stream advisory Sunday, at which time it was listed by Alberta Environment as peaking.
