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Originally Posted by redforever
To the north of Calgary is the airport...water would have to be channelled far north of such a major transportation facility.
To the south of Calgary is Fish Creek. Do you put water into Fish Creek and expand it, because it can't handle any more water right now? Or do you go further south in which case the canal would have to traverse Fish Creek.
To the west is the Tsui Tina and part of the Elbow flows right throuh that reserve. You would have to enter into negotiations with them. How well do you think those negotiations would go?...in light of the fact that ring road negotiations have been on going for 40 years with no end in sight.
A better solution would be to dredge existing reservoirs and make them deeper with the ability to hold more water...or build more reservoirs and dams upstream.
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If nothing is done, all reservoirs will gradually fill up with sediment. From what I understand, most progressive countries have some plans in place for extending the life of reservoirs by dredging. I have not heard of any such plans for our reservoirs in Alberta.