Batten down the hatches, we're in for plenty more rain in Humboldt and the area.

After receiving anywhere from a reported four inches down to two inches of rain last night the region is continuing to be belting by wet weather.

Director of Planning and Engineering Peter Berquist says so far the system has held up.

"We're concerned that the ground is now saturated so if we have a significant amount of more rain that water may not be able to absorb. It may generate more water on the roads if it comes down at the same rate. also it might activate weeping tile and sump pumps more than normal."

A rainfall warning is still in effect for the entire region, we could see 80 more millimetres before the system begins to break Tuesday night.

'We want to make sure that people have their downspouts away from their house and their sump pumps are running well and that we try to keep as much water out of the sanitary sewer system as possible," Berquist continued.

The city has two systems, rain water that drains down through their gutter system and road drains is the Storm Sewer system. The sanitary sewer system is your sinks and toilets, which they want to leave free and clear.

"We're also asking for residents to help us out if we have any type of drains plugging from debre that washes down the road and happens to plug the storm sewer."

Berquist added that the sanitary system is their number one concern for obvious reasons.

"Those are our first priority, we don't want to have any sewer back up so that's where our crews are going to concentrate. Secondly we're going to look at more or less cordoning off roads that have surface flooding and let the system take care of it with time."

A deepening low pressure system in North Dakota will stall over southern Saskatchewan this afternoon and linger in the area into early Wednesday.

Berquist believes their systems can sustain the prolonged rainfall, it's the downpours such as Sunday where issues arise.

"When you have a sudden downpour nothing is designed to accommodate that, it doesn't matter if it's Humboldt or anywhere else. The systems aren't built to handle that kind of flow suddenly, if it's over a longer period, that's how we like it. The systems will respond to it and drain what it needs to and then we should be OK."

You can hear more from Berquist below as well.