Healthy Watersheds One year later, in 2016 the province finalized a five-year agreement with TransAlta to modify The Watershed Resiliency and Restoration operations at Ghost Reservoir and three Program (WRRP) has supported the restoration Kananaskis-area reservoirs to help manage and enhancement of over 1,500 hectares of both high and low flows. The province is also wetlands and riparian lands in the Bow River moving forward with conceptual assessments basin. Investing in healthy wetlands is an for three of the upstream storage options important element in fighting floods as they identified in the Bow River Water Management hold water on the land during spring melts Project report. and rainfall events. Erosion Control Flood Mapping Building a more Following the 2013 floods the province invested New flood mapping for more than 1,300 more than $50 million to reinforce riverbanks at kilometres of river through more than 30 nearly 40 sites in . communities across is currently underway. This includes new flood mapping Community Protection flood-resilient Calgary for both the Elbow River and Bow River through Calgary. In 2015 the province committed $150 million over 10 years in dedicated funding for the City Flood Forecasting of Calgary through the Alberta Community Resilience Program (ACRP) to fund high Since 2013, the province’s River Forecast Centre priority flood resilience projects that protect partnered with Environment and Climate Change communities, improve municipal water and Canada to improve the use of weather forecast wastewater infrastructure, and better manage data in the flood forecasting models. The stormwater. province has also installed new rainfall and river level alarms upstream of Calgary. Key projects include improvements to the Bridge lower deck flood barrier and new flood barriers along Heritage Drive Emergency Preparedness and West Eau Claire. These projects are funded In 2016 the province developed a new in partnership with City of Calgary. emergency managers’ portal that provides near real-time information and instant contact with Water and Wastewater the province’s River Forecast Centre, allowing Infrastructure our municipal partners to respond faster and more efficiently during a flood emergency. Upgrades to Glenmore Dam, Bonnybrook Wastewater Treatment Plant and the The Alberta Rivers app and new rivers.alberta. Roxboro Sanitary Lift Station will improve ca website provide Albertans with detailed the flood resilience of these critical municipal information on river conditions. The mobile infrastructure assets. These projects are funded application also enables important advisories to in partnership with City of Calgary. be sent directlySuperseded to users via a push notification. Superseded Stormwater Management Since the flood of 2013, significant improvements have been made Upstream Storage to protect Calgary residents and businesses. The Government of Plans for new pump stations in Sunnyside The province is committed to improving and and various new stormwater outfall gates Alberta, in partnership with the City of Calgary, is committed to developing upstream storage to protect the City will improve how stormwater is managed in developing, investing and building critical flood infrastructure that will of Calgary. In 2015, the province committed to vulnerable parts of the city. These projects are better prepare the city for extreme weather events. moving forward with the Springbank Reservoir. funded in partnership with City of Calgary.

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