Rigaud on floodwatch during warm and damp weather

Réal Tremblay remembers the spring of 2017 all too well, because that’s when water invaded his basement.

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While he says the damage was minimal, he wasn’t taking any chances Wednesday morning, driving around his neighbourhood by the Outaouais River, looking uneasily at the level of the water.

The Town of Rigaud has also dispatched teams to survey the water levels, which according to Environment Canada, have risen by almost 6 cm this week in the midst of heavy precipitation and warm weather.

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Officials told Global News there’s little risk of floods this week.

“We’re just monitoring for the moment,” said Marie-Andrée Gagnon, a town spokesperson.

“Right now we’re following day-to-day what’s going on with the level of the water.”

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The town has sand at the ready, and has ordered 15,000 sandbags for delivery by April 1 to deal with spring floods.

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All of these preparations are happening in the wake of massive flooding that wracked southern Quebec last spring, when riverside areas like Rigaud, Pierrefonds-Roxboro, Hudson and Île-Bizard ended up inundated by surging water.