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South Nation wants new flood map

Recorder & Times / Wayne Lowrie / 19 September 2017

The South Nation Conservation authority has applied for federal money to map the flood-prone areas along the St. Lawrence River from outside of Cornwall to Brockville.

The money under the National Disaster Mitigation Program would update 25-year-old floodplain maps based on the evidence from this year’s record flooding, according to Sandra Mancini, the authority’s engineering team lead.

She told Augusta township council the mapping would cover the corridor between the 401 and the St. Lawrence River.

Mancini said the survey, done by airplane, would use electronic technology that plots the topography of the strip along the river. The information would allow the authority to map the areas that would be in danger of flooding when the river spills its banks.

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Stormwater scorecard added to toolkit

Green Communities Canada / GCNews / Issue 906: August 2017

The updated and redesigned Soak It Up! Toolkit includes a new feature: a Stormwater Scorecard to help communities assess progress to date and identify priorities for further action. GCC developed the scorecard in partnership with the Canadian Freshwater Alliance and the Our Living Waters Network, supported by a grant from Tides Canada and Mountain Equipment Coop.

The toolkit outlines 16 actions municipalities can take to reduce runoff and runoff pollution, provides examples of what communities are doing, and offers insights from practitioners about what works and what doesn’t.

The approaching crisis: Is the world running out of water?

news.com.au / Nick Whigham / 17 June 2017

Water is absolutely fundamental to life, which makes the increasingly loud warnings about water scarcity and an impending global water crisis so concerning for world leaders.

If current patterns of consumption continue unabated, two-thirds of the world’s population will be facing water shortages as a daily reality by 2025 and global policy makers are scrambling to avoid catastrophe.

“What’s happening bit by bit is that water scarcity is becoming increasingly common all around the world, no matter where you look as country after country hits the limit of what it can use,” says Professor Mike Young.

“Whether that’s in Australia, California, China, India, Pakistan, or right throughout Africa.”

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Action on urban flooding

Green Communities Canada / GCNews May 2017

Climate Adaptation Intern Anastasia Kaschenko outlined a practical and collaborative approach to addressing urban flooding at the 2017 Grey to Green Conference based on GCC’s report Urban flooding in Ontario: Toward Collective Impact Solutions. Thanks to the Ontario Trillium Foundation and Natural Resources Canada for supporting this work.

The report is the first phase of a larger Collective Impact project. Phase 2, pending funding, will engage a wide range of stakeholders to develop an urban flooding action plan. In the final phase participants will collaborate on implementing the action plan.

CRCA screening maps for permits under Ontario Reg. 148/06

Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority

Each municipality has its own screening map. The maps show the areas where our Regulation of Development, Interference with Wetlands and Alterations to Shorelines and Watercourses apply. Because of the scale of these maps, we recommend that you consult with municipal and/or CRCA staff before beginning any projects near the regulated areas.

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[ See also: Floodplain Mapping ]

Trudeau: Canada must brace for more storm devastation

CBC News / Kathleen Harris / 11 May 2017

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says officials at all levels of government must develop a plan to “rebuild better” as Canada braces for more frequent floods and fires related to climate change.

Trudeau spoke to reporters Thursday morning after touring the Gatineau, Que., flood zones by helicopter with Premier Philippe Couillard.

Trudeau said a “tremendous” cleanup is ahead as the water levels recede.

Going forward, officials must also develop a rebuilding strategy that makes communities more resistant and resilient to extreme weather events.

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