There are only a few days left to submit your feedback on the three proposed Bow River reservoir options. Although the open houses for the conceptual assessment portion of the Bow Basin Water Management Options (BBWMO) project have concluded, Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP) will accept public feedback until Thursday, October 31 at 4 p.m. Provide your comments: Online at https://talkaep.alberta.caBy email to aep.bowbasin@gov.ab.ca You are an important stakeholder! As […]
Your attendance and input needed at Bow River reservoir info sessions! Last event Tues, Oct 15
The last of three public info sessions on the short-listed Bow River reservoir options runs this upcoming Tuesday, October 15. Please attend and submit your feedback! These public info sessions are a critical part of selecting the right project to proceed with and it is important that all stakeholder feedback is captured – that includes YOU! Whichever project is selected, it will protect Calgarians downstream. Our voice must be captured […]
INVITE: Open houses on Bow River upstream reservoir options
Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP) recently announced the three short-listed reservoir options for the Bow River. As part of the Bow Basin Water Management Options (BBWMO) project, AEP has spent the past year working through the Conceptual Assessment of 10 upstream reservoir options and has narrowed its selection to three top choices: New Glenbow reservoir New Morley reservoir Relocated (and expanded capacity) Ghost River reservoir Public information sessions have been scheduled to provide […]
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 […]
Province approves $15 million for Bow River flood mitigation projects
The Government of Alberta has announced $15 million in funding for two critical Bow River flood mitigation projects; the Downtown Barrier and the Upper Plateau Separation Project in Sunnyside-Hillhurst. The funds are provided through the Alberta Community Resilience Program (ACRP) and are in addition to the grants previously announced for these projects in May 2018. You can read the full list of ACRP grants provided to date here. Downtown Flood Barrier In late […]
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 […]
Updates on Bow River and West Eau Claire Park
Earlier this year at our AGM, we welcomed Flood Free Calgary to the crusade for upstream mitigation in Calgary. They’ve been rallying the business community and emphasizing the message of economic risk; highlighting that if we lose our downtown core we will ALL lose. They recently published a few blog posts with updates on upstream mitigation on the Bow River, West Eau Claire Park, and the Centre Street Bridge flood barrier that […]
Summary of Bow River Basin Council Forum
Bow River Basin Council’s quarterly education forum a valuable resource for watershed information The Bow River Basin Council hosted their quarterly educational forum last month. We found the event to be very informative and we encourage you to attend future events. For those who missed it, we’ve summarized the event and provided links to a few of the presentations. The BRBC forums are free events open to the public. […]
Bow River Basin Council forum on September 12
Speakers to present on watershed management and planning at Bow River Basin Council forum The Bow River Basin Council‘s next forum has been announced and will include presentations on water management and watershed planning. Date: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 Time: 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Location: TransAlta Auditorium, 110 12 Avenue Southwest Details: Event is free to attend. Registration limited. For a full list of speakers and to register, click here. The Bow River Basin […]
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 […]