FLOOD OF PROGRESS

The City of Calgary’s Flood Resilience Plan includes three areas of work: upstream flood protection, community level protection and property level protection. In addition to building and partnership planning, better monitoring and updated emergency response plans also help protect the city against flooding in the future. These are some of the building projects at various stages of completion for flood mitigation.

GLENMORE DAM GATES (complete). New 2.5-m-high steel gates on the dam double the reservoir’s storage capacity.

SPRINGBANK RESERVOIR

(under construction). When complete, this reservoir, combined with the extra capacity at Glenmore, would protect Elbow River communities from flooding at the level seen in 2013.

BOW RIVER RESERVOIR OPTIONS

The Province is currently assessing three options for a reservoir on the Bow

GHOST LAKE RESERVOIR OPERATIONS AGREEMENT

The Province and TransAlta have an agreement to keep the Ghost Lake Reservoir levels low during flood season in order to help control the river’s flow.

PERMANENT FLOOD BARRIERS

Barriers in Downtown, West Eau Claire, HillhurstSunnyside, Inglewood, Bowness, Heritage Drive and the Bonnybrook Water Treatment Plant are in various states of completion.

SUNNYSIDE STORMWATER LIFT STATIONS (complete). Pump Station #1 has a new lift station and Pump Station #2 has been improved.

SANITARY LIFT STATIONS (complete). Both the Sunnyside and Roxboro sanitary lift stations have been completed.