Residents near Twin Lakes Beach are concerned about rising water levels on Lake Manitoba.
About 1,000 homes and cottages in the Twin Lakes Beach and St. Laurent areas are currently at risk from rising waters.
The RM said a sandbagging machine is filling up as many bags as possible and crews are getting them to residents as quickly as they can.
Fred Pisclevich is a resident in the Twin Beaches area. On Friday, he and his daughter Lori were surveying what's left of their beach-front property.
"We used to have another 30 feet of property here and then the beach and then water. And now we just have water," said Lori.
Residents such as the Pisclevich family said the province is to blame for the rising waters on Lake Manitoba.
They said more water is being pushed through the Portage Diversion and into Lake Manitoba, but it's not draining through the Fairford River at the same level.
Provincial officials said increasing flow out of the lake is not an option.
"There is nothing we can do to maximize the capacity at that structure," said Steven Topping from Manitoba Water Stewardship.
The province also isn't saying whether the Portage Diversion is causing water levels on Lake Manitoba to rise. Officials said that will be only be determined later through a study.
Permanent residents can apply for compensation for damage caused by flooding, but that compensation is not extended for cottagers.
- with a report from CTV's Karen Rocznik
