The City of Morden, Parks and Urban Forestry department would like to ask for the community’s assistance in watering boulevard trees. Due to low soil moisture conditions and above-average temperatures trees are at risk of becoming moisture stressed. Once stressed trees are more susceptible to… Read More »Tree Watering Advisory
MORDEN, Manitoba – The City of Morden is moving its drought response stage to Normal. With the spring melt inflows, the water level in Lake Minnewasta has risen to 1’ below the full-supply level as of March 28, 2022. We are expecting it to overflow… Read More »The City of Morden is moving to Normal Drought Stage
We would like to inform all residents that based on the spring runoff forecast provided by the Province, the City of Morden is moving its drought response level to Moderate. Morden Drought Stages Details Based on the preliminary forecast provided by the Province, it is expected… Read More »The City of Morden is moving to Moderate Drought Stage
With this plan, we have identified actions needed during our current situation and the long-term changes that our community can make to reduce the likelihood of another extreme drought.
The City of Morden is projecting to increase the amount of water purchased from Pembina Valley Water Cooperative (PVWC) from 5% (2020 figure) to 23% due to the current drought situation. The existing City of Morden rates were set considering that only 5% of the… Read More »Water Increase Notice
Before winter, protect your rain barrel!
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Our Grade 3 class had a discussion on how we use water, how we waste it and how we can save water. We enjoyed colouring the pages from Morden’s Water Conservation Colouring Book.
Our Grade 8 coloured posters from Morden’s Water Conservation Colouring Book. Turns out we really like colouring. We also designed a few original posters. The activity led to some good conversations about saving water. Every drop counts!
We conserved water by relying on our established trees and plants to survive on their own without any supplemental watering. Any flowers or fruit that were produced were counted as a bonus. This year we really appreciated our grape vines that produced enough for us, plus some to share.
Morden, Winkler, and the RM of Stanley are working together to reduce water consumption in light of the extreme drought conditions in the region.
As a result, a new program to provide rain barrels at a cost-shared rate to residents has been developed.
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