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Originally Posted by Bigtime
In October I attended a Flood Mitigation workshop put on by the city, looking over 3 options that could be utilized in the future. The options were:
1) Upstream Reservoirs (Elbow and Bow river) http://engage.calgary.ca/flood/concept1
2) Barriers along the Bow and Elbow http://engage.calgary.ca/flood/concept2
3) Elbow reservoir and barriers on the Bow http://engage.calgary.ca/flood/concept3
The city couldn't stress enough that so much of these plans (especially the reservoirs) were dependent on the Provincial government to make a reality. I really did like the idea of a new wet reservoir upstream on the Bow. In addition to flood mitigation I was thinking the retention a a precious resource like water via this new reservoir would be in the best interests of our area.
I did not like the idea of barriers, as from some reading it appears as though making our riverbanks more like their natural state can be a more effective means of flood prevention and mitigation. Barriers while they may work will cut off our river from us, and also speed up the water so the consequences of that could be to the detriment of folks downstream of them. |
Did the underground pipe from the reservoir to the bow come up at that mitigation workshop?
To me that sounds like he best option and one where you wouldnt have any upstream nimbys (which is one of the only times I would take the side of the nimbys) to deal with.