Residents and town government are remaining positive despite the rising water in Little Manitou Lake.

Burms have been built and sand barriers have been put up, but last weeks rainfall has raised the water level to new heights.

Chris Moffatt is a Village Councillor for the resort village of Manitou Beach.

He describes the situation along the barrier.

"The burms that we have put up over the last three or four years are starting to show signs of stress and weak spots in a couple of places. Engineers are looking at it and monitoring it for concerns."

With water starting to run over and onto the road, one intersection in the community is actually closed due to the water running through.

Moffatt explains how this has become a problem.

"The surrounding area drains into Manitou Beach through Wellington Creek. That has created a problem where because of the high water levels of the lake, we've had to open up the road to get the water coming through into the lake by virtue of the road, so the road has had to be taken out."

The water is causing the resort village to build burms, dikes, and sand barriers to keep the water from flooding beach-side businesses and houses.

Moffatt says the change in weather is not helping their situation.

"The change in weather has seemed to have brought heavier storms, bigger downfalls, that sort of thing. So until we get into a drier period, the lake level is not going to go down."

However, the village is remaining positive and working with the government of Saskatchewan to find a solution for the continuous water increase.

Village businesses remain open and resort visitors still enjoy their time at Manitou beach.

Listen to Chris Moffat talk to Bolt FM's Ryan McNally here: