For our Bow River members, we continue to hear your concerns about wanting to know what has been going on with respect to the Bow. Read through the most recent updates below and there will be more information to come this summer. Bow River Reservoir Options feasibility study underway The phase one conceptual assessment completed in March 2020, with the consultant’s (Wood Canada Limited) submission of the main report. Throughout […]
Summary of 2020 AGM
Our 2020 Annual General Meeting took place on the evening of Tuesday, December 15, 2020. Following association business, speakers from the province and city brought us up to speed on the status of upstream and local mitigation efforts, as well as flood mapping and regulation. Throughout the meeting we shared links to resources, all of which are available at the bottom of this email along with speakers’ slides. You can […]
Tonight! Mayor, ministers and experts to speak – Don’t forget to register!
Our 2020 virtual Annual General Meeting is tonight! You will need to register in order to receive meeting access. Don’t miss your chance to hear live from Mayor Nenshi, Ministers Ric McIver and Doug Schweitzer and expert speakers about what is being done to protect you and your community. Date: Tuesday, December 15Time: Meeting 6:30 to 8:15 p.m.Location: Zoom webinar – register here Documents for review: 2019 AGM minutes (will […]
Bow River conceptual assessment report released
The report for the Phase 1 conceptual assessment for the Bow River Reservoir Options (BRRO) project has now been released. The Phase 1 report can be found here. The link will take you to a page containing further links to the main body and all the appendices of the report. The report includes: technical information about the reservoir design descriptions of the criteria used to evaluate options environmental considerations for […]
Feasibility funding approved, plus more Budget 2020 news
With both good news and bad news, the release of Budget 2020 has brought clarity to a few of our flood mitigation funding concerns. Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir (SR1) GOOD NEWS: The project remains fully funded to $432 million. The total capital plan funding for province-wide flood projects remains at $386 million, for the next four years, which is essentially the previous budgeted capital expenditure number less the almost $50 million […]
2019 recap and what to expect in 2020
With 2019 behind us, we’ve compiled a quick recap of what the year brought and a preview of what to anticipate in 2020. 2019 recap Provincial election In the lead-up to the provincial election in April, we surveyed each party on key flood mitigation issues and put pressure on those who had not yet declared publically their commitment to SR1. Related to these efforts, in January we formed a coalition […]
Report on Bow River reservoir options expected in early-2020
As part of the Bow Basin Water Management Options (BBWMO) project, Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP) has spent the past year working through the conceptual assessment of 10 upstream reservoir options. In September, AEP announced the three shortlisted reservoir options, hosted public information sessions, and solicited public feedback. The final report on the first phase – the conceptual assessment – of the BBWMO project is expected in Q1 2020. Phase 2 […]
Summary of 2019 AGM
Our 2019 Annual General Meeting took place last Thursday evening, with speakers from the province and city bringing us up to speed on the status of upstream and local mitigation efforts. (Note: This event took place 4 days before Premier Kenney’s comments earlier this week – stay tuned for our official response to that matter.) CRCAG board member Greg Johnson headed up the evening, welcoming everyone and giving thanks to the elected officials […]
Assessment of three Bow River upstream options has begun
Earlier this year, the provincial government announced three upstream storage options for the Bow River that were identified in the Bow River Water Management Project report in May 2017. This month, Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP) awarded the contract for the Bow Basin Water Management Options Phase 1: Conceptual Assessment study (value $2M) to Wood Canada Limited, specifically its Environment & Infrastructure Solutions team located in Calgary. Wood Canada Limited is a subsidiary […]
Summary of 2018 AGM (includes presentations and videos)
Large turnout out and Q&A period at 2018 Annual General Meeting Our 2018 Annual General Meeting took place this past Wednesday evening, with speakers from the province and city bringing us up to speed on the status of upstream and local mitigation efforts. CRCAG board member Greg Johnson headed up the evening, welcoming everyone and giving thanks to the elected officials in attendance (thanks to Minster Brian Mason, Jeromy Farkas and […]