Dear CRCAG Member:   The City’s Water Services Department has advised that it will be distributing letters to Elbow River community homeowners concerning an upcoming controlled river high-flow test event planned for May 10th, and have asked us to distribute this information to help ensure everyone is aware of it.   The letter is self explanatory and is reproduced here, in full. Please direct any questions you have to the City’s 311 […]

Dear CRCAG Member:   As part of its overall “Flood Mitigation Readiness Assessment” process, the City of Calgary has struck the “Community Advisory Group” (CAG) to obtain stakeholder input as various mitigation options along the Bow and Elbow rivers are considered. This work has commenced and CRCAG was invited to participate.   Our representative on the CAG is Daryl Rudichuk, a long time member of the CRCAG core team. Also […]

Dear CRCAG Member:   Representatives of the Resiliency and Mitigation department of the Environment and Park Ministry have asked us to forward along to you the following links, concerning their current ongoing work to understand the flood hazard risks on the Bow and Elbow river watersheds.   Of principal importance is the ongoing work to develop the “inundation maps” and the “flood hazard” maps, that are referenced in these two […]