Carman/Dufferin Director of Public Safety Ben Vanderzwaag is not too concerned about flooding in the town or surrounding municipality, and says snow levels in ditches are not too worrisome.

"At this point things [are] definitely very full of snow, but the public works departments have already started doing some cleaning at some of our high-risk areas. At this point things are looking pretty good."

He says the town and municipality have been through many flood situations, so they are prepared for the worst case scenario, whether it comes or not. 2017 was the most recent incident where ice jams along the river caused overland flooding of the Boyne River into Carman. The severe levels left schools closed for two days.

"We have a very different situation than 2017. Our ice thicknesses are not near what they were in 2017, so the ice on the rivers and on the lakes and stuff, there's a lot less, so we don't anticipate the damming that we experienced back in 2017."

Vanderzwaag notes the cold temperatures throughout February and the beginning of March aided in evaporating moisture from the large snow piles left after this winter's storms.

"And we're having very favourable weather with regards to how the snow is melting. We're getting some plus temperatures during the day - some sunshine to start the melting process - but then in the evenings we're going below zero which is just great for a slow and steady melt," he says.

The reservoirs, lakes, and low-lying areas are also seeing very low water conditions, and Vanderzwaag says it's just a matter of being ready in case conditions change.

"There's not a lot of things that we're worried about. With preparation we have sand, we have sandbags, we have equipment available if we need to set up if we do run into similar situations to 2017. So at this point we feel that we're sitting very well prepared."