On September 17th the first Water Collaborative meeting since the election was held. A number of items were discussed. Below are links to the minutes and the two presentations that were given.   September 17th Water Collaborative Meeting Minutes Presentation: Bow River Storage Options – Geoff Graham, AMEC Foster Wheeler Supplementary Information: Bow Basin Flood Mitigation and Watershed Management Project Final Report – Alberta WaterSMART

SAVE THE DATE!   The CRCAG annual general meeting has been set for Wednesday October 14th at 7pm. Location and agenda will be confirmed shortly!   We look forward to seeing you there!

You may have seen the recent Calgary Herald article indicating that the new NDP Government intends to announce its Elbow River upstream mitigation project commitments in the very near future, following its evidence-based review of the options before it.   As you know, CRCAG has supported the completion of the Springbank Off-stream Diversion Project as the first project to pursue, given our consideration of the extensive studies that have been […]

Members of the CRCAG recently met with GOA officials that have been involved in working to bring forward flood mitigation options for the Bow River. It is our understanding that AMEC Foster Wheeler had been re-contracted by the government to examine what mitigation opportunities exist on the Bow River.  This work has identified a range of options beyond current TransAlta infrastructure.   Essentially these opportunities can be broken down into 3 categories: First category of mitigation […]

It has been over two months since a rainy day this June when CRCAG held a press conference to publicly announce the launch of our Postcard Campaign, aimed at letting the new government know how important flood mitigation infrastructure is to the City of Calgary.  Since then, CRCAG had postcards dropped in the mailboxes of homes in flood-impacted communities all over the City.  Anyone who received one and wanted to […]

Water management along the Bow River system is a complex process that involves a number of different stakeholders. The 2013 flood brought about a heightened awareness of the devastating impact water can have on our communities and how water management along the Bow River system could be changed to not only protect Bow River communities, but also the Downtown Core. Insight into the complexity of water management along the Bow […]

As our Members have known since the beginning, a principal Mandate of CRCAG has been to advocate for upstream flood mitigation infrastructure on both the Bow and Elbow Rivers. No other strategy can keep huge volumes of water out of our City and reduce the need for local, area-specific and typically much more costly infrastructure, and address the insidious problem of groundwater.   For the Elbow River, you will have […]

CRCAG has launched a postcard campaign to let our new Premier know how important timely mitigation infrastructure on the Bow and Elbow Rivers is for the City of Calgary.  CRCAG has prepared a message from the residents of Calgary to the Premier advocating for flood mitigation, and included it on a postage paid postcard addressed to the Premier.  In the coming days, thousands of these postcards will be delivered to […]

Yesterday CRCAG held a press conference and launched a public awareness campaign in support of upstream mitigation on the Bow and Elbow Rivers. Since the 2013 flood, although some progress has been made, the City remains seriously vulnerable to future flooding.   On the Bow River, a seasonal agreement for 2015 between the Alberta government and TransAlta is in place to use the Ghost Reservoir for some flood attenuation, which […]

Clark: Flood mitigation an opportunity for NDP to show leadership   By Greg Clark   The second anniversary of the 2013 flood gives us a chance to reflect on the impact this life-changing event has had on our community. In the days and weeks after the flood, we showed the world what we’re made of. Thousands of people pitched in to help total strangers dig out their basements, and neighbours with […]