What We Heard: Public Engagement Meetings for the Cooks-Devils Integrated Watershed Management Plan

INTRODUCTION In March 2010, the Province of Manitoba designated the Cooks Creek Conservation District (CCCD) as the Watershed Planning Authority for the Cooks-Devils Watershed. This designation granted the CCCD the authority to create an integrated watershed management plan (IWMP) for the Cooks-Devils Watershed (Figure 1).

Figure 1: Cooks-Devils Watershed

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Early in the planning process, the CCCD formed a Project Management Team (PMT) to guide development of the Cooks-Devils IWMP.

The Project Management Team includes: Neil Van Ryssel (Chair) Cooks Creek Conservation District Gary Brown (Vice Chair) Rural Municipality of Springfield Marc Ross Cooks Creek Conservation District Colin Gluting Cooks Creek Conservation District Nathan McCorrister Peguis First Nation Lawrence Morris Rural Municipality of East St Paul Glen Basarowich Rural Municipality of St Clements Melvin Rattai Rural Municipality of Brokenhead Bill Heather Rural Municipality of Tache Robin Beukens Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship

PUBLIC MEETINGS One of the first steps in the development of the plan was to hold public meetings to discuss what residents of the watershed value within the planning area. Five public meetings were held in February and March 2013: East Selkirk (February 25) Garson (March 4), East St Paul (March 5), Ste Genevieve (March 6) and Dugald (March 12). A total of 104 watershed residents participated.

Location Number of Participants East Selkirk 14 Garson 17 East St Paul 7 Ste Genevieve 28 Dugald 38

The discussions from these meetings are reported in this document and will provide direction to the PMT on the scope and priorities of the integrated watershed management plan. Participants were asked to indicate what they considered to be the most important issues in the Cooks-Devils watershed and to identify assets, threats, and potential solutions related to these issues.

SUMMARY OF RESULTS Surface water management, including flooding, drainage, and water retention, emerged as the most important issue to people in the watershed. Groundwater quality was the second most important issue, as most residents of the watershed are dependent on groundwater as their source of drinking water. Natural areas, particularly wetlands, were also a concern. Surface water quality of lakes and rivers was also mentioned by participants.

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Table 1 outlines the priority issues, as well as, the assets and threats that were identified by watershed residents (Issues are in priority order, assets and threats are not).

Table 1: Cooks-Devils Watershed Priority Issues, Assets and Threats

Priority Issues Assets Threats Surface Water • Agricultural crops • Poorly maintained Management • Residential property drains • Infrastructure • Loss of wetlands • Groundwater quality • Extreme weather • Ceremonial lands events • Peat mining • Development

Ground Water Quality • Clean drinking water • Gravel pits • Aquifer • Land fills • Groundwater water • Lack of source water quality and quantity protection • Abandoned wells • Septic systems • Agricultural runoff

Natural Areas • Wetlands • Peat mining • Forests • Development • Riparian areas • Pollution • Fish • Drainage • Wildlife • Land clearing • Traditional Territories • Invasive species • Poor water quality • Erosion • Manitoba Hydro Lake Winnipeg lake level

Surface Water Quality • Lake Winnipeg • Flooding • Clean rivers and • Drainage creeks • Siltation • Netley-Libau Marsh • Agricultural runoff • Lagoons and septic systems • Loss/Degradation of riparian zones • Loss of wetlands • Landfills

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Flooding, drainage, Drinking water Natural areas Surface water quality Land use and development retention

ID Meeting Location ES East Selkirk Hall G Garson Hall ESP East St Paul RM Office SG Ste Genevieve Hall D Dugald Hall

Cooks-Devils Public Meetings - Group Responses Priority Issue 1 ID Issue Assets to Protect Threats Solutions

Ceremonial grounds, Increased Lake Winnipeg Build dykes/higher roads to hunting and level, winds from Lake protect important lands, wetland ES1 Flooding trapping, medicines, Winnipeg, invasive species, restoration, removal of invasive residential, wildlife, habitat loss, erosion species (carp) Netley-Libau Marsh

Peat moss mining, animal Sealing abondoned wells, buffer ES2 Drinking Water Quality and quantity Ops, use of chemical zones, sewage systems pesticides, overland floods

Over development, RMs not enforcemnt of bylwas, Management of waste - human Contamination sewage disposal, lagoons, and animal, limit development - of Drinking agricultural flooding - ES3 Safe drinking water sub-divisions, increased Water (aquifer, nutrients, Winnipeg, accountability/openess, sealing individual wells) animal waste, landfills, old wells industries - metal, chemicals - household

Regulated drainage, water Healthy drinking volume, buffer zones, G1 Water quality Pollution, urban and farm water coordination between organizations

Livelihood, family, Stop draining wetlands, water Human population, G2 Drinking water future generations, treatment plants, less chemicals, pollution waterways development, educate Crops, homes, Maintain drains, water retention, G3 Drainage Heavy rains, poor drains riparian areas better planning

Study to investigate Groundwater groundwater contamination in contamination, geese, Groundwater - Silver Fox (Silver Springs Park), Drinking water, fertilizer (nutrients), gravel contamination, wildlife management (beavers ESP1 aquifer, recharge pits, surface water algae, becoming worse and geese), public education for areas beavers destroying over time nutrient levels, provincial habitat, oil, chemicals from regulation enforcement, protect old vehicles recharge areas, bufferzones

Clean Fish Creek, remove Homes, land, wells, Blocked waterways, SG1 Flooding beavers and dams, From #41 to farm industry vegetation, beaver dams #12 blocked Overland flooding - water coming from elsewhere, Homes, properties, ditch and drainage connectivity - roads - maintenance must More converstaion between the need to be able improve, lack of proper province/munipcal, cut the red to get to and from SG2 Flood control communication to tape, better communication to your home, costs of residents: when they may residence - mailer newspaper, maintaing to save cut of a road - also affects phone. peoples homes, transportation - communication emergency vehicles/school buses Increasing culvert to standard Private property, size, restriction of buidling farmland, Ste. permits on unsuitable land, Overland Safety, property values, Genevieve, regular maintenance of SG3 flooding/drainag control insect levels, loss municipal roads, municipal drains, restriction of e of land quality quality of life, peat gravel companies, follow livestock through regardless of political changes Funding (Hwy 12), beavers, Drainage Drainage work, increase drain SG4 Crops planned urban (planned) and culvert size, retention ponds development Overland Better drainage, inter CD work flooding - Homes, commecial Loss of trees, loss of use, on drainage, issues, destroy SG5 beaver dams property, money, disease, standing water beaver dams, limit mining near and peat moss insurance claims built up areas mining Cleaning drains in order (north before south), Increase riparian areas to prevent bank from Improper drainage, ditches Homes, agriculture, eroding, clear ice dams at to deep, clogged culverts, D1 Flooding natural habitat, bridges, water retention areas, snow dump, ice dams at roads, infrastructure divert southeast corner to Cooks bridges, beaver dams Creek diversion floodway, lower on remove weir at junction of Cooks Creek Diversion

Residential, Ag lands, Surface Water Agricultural, urban Cedar lake, restore water D2 aquifer, human Management drainage retention, drainage enforcement health, land values

Residential, Loss of wetlands, major Best development practices, best D3 Drainage agricultural land, run off event, failed farming practices, maintenance source water infrastructure plan, retention area Reduce flows, planning, Drainage D4 Homes, crops Funding, beavers removing dams, wetland (planned) consolidation, diversion Surface Farmers crop, farm Clean and maintain current D5 Drainage Heavy reains yards ditches (summer)

Master plan - sustainably. Strategically stagger mowing to protect plants - no mowing when flowers are in bloom. Priority action action plan for ditches. Lack of action, protect the Drainage and Natural streams and Surface water management plan. D6 wetlands on the marginal water retention creeks, ditch clearing Strategic planning. Maintenance land, funding plans. Need dollars for actions. Retire marginal lands - conservation reserve lands, EG&S programs, annual payments. Loss of buffer zones, gravel Quality of Aquifer Enforce regulations, engage Protection of extraction, dredging, and its sustainability hydrogeologist (see bylaw #11- D7 groundwater landfills (decommissioned (quality and 293), use monitoring and testing and its sources and active), agricultural quantity) of sites runoff

Proper well construction, seal abandoned wells, inventory of wells, proper waste water management (lagoons), limit Surface and Ground PMT1 Water Quality development in swamps, Water responsible development - follows guidelines and plans, protect existing wetlands, rehabilitate wetlands Land use planning, drainage Agriculture, potable PMT2 Water Quality licensing, adequate funding, water source water protection

Flooding, drainage, Drinking water - 8 retention - 13 Flooding, drainage, Drinking water Natural areas Surface water quality Land use and development retention

Cooks-Devils Public Meetings - Group Responses Priority Issue 2 ID Issue Assets to Protect Threats Solutions

Gravel pits, quarries, Upgrade sewage systems sewage waste entering (funding for people to upgrade), Good quality Groundwater - rivers and ditches, Agricultural BMPs, public ES1 groundwater, drinking water leaking septic fields, education (accessible), planning drinking water farm run off, for water needs for sustainable agricultural waste growth

Water quality, Fines for dumping in ditch, Weather, farming communities, Lake removal of illegal crossings, Drainage and practices, crossings, ES2 Winnipeg, provincial and municipal drain Flooding drain maintenance, Investments, Farm maintenance, waffling, incentive gray water in ditches land, cabins to hold water

Devalued properties, Balanced/strategic approach to nature - more water, drainage, water retention, limit Water quality, climate change, building in flood-prone areas, humans lives/health, floodplain -flat, too proactive development, flood Flooding properties/homes, many drains, loss of mitigation/proofing (existing ES3 (government wildlife, wetlands, loss of development), protect wetlands mismanagment) infrastructure, wildlife habitat, MB (conservation agreements), agriculture Hydro - high water protect wildlife, buy-outs levels, lack of (convert to crown lands), coordination consultation - compensation

Using wetlands to alleviate Crops, livestock, flooding, adequate culverts, Flooding and Nutrients, runoff, crop G1 buidligns, homes, control structures, maintenance Drainage loss, erosion, beaver infrastructure of drains, long term plan, bank stabilization Drainage of wetlands, Leave drain naturally, better Natural water spring run-off, weater - management, restrict G2 Wetlands filtration, wildlife heavy rains, development, educate, save the habitat, aquifer mismanaged CD beavers

Quality, Seal old wells, keeep livestock Aquifer drinking G3 Drinking water contamination, out of water, lagoons, City of water quantity Winnipeg Agricultural land, Water retention, land use Extreme weathr Flooding - surface crops, residential planning for future flood events events, nutrients ESP1 water homes, wetlands and changes over time, good flooding into wells, management (affected by drainage planning, wetland poor drainage planning drainage) protection Safe drinking water, Overland flooding fear of causing contamination, Drinking water contamintation, birds, Proper drainage, lesss use of SG1 enough water in dry supply butterflies, bees, herbicide and pesticide years, chemical dragonflies, Children's runoff into water health and safety supply

Well testing free during high Water sources, what Water coming from flood times, sand bagging more Groundwater - stops contamination sources that may timely, available water at low- SG2 drinking water from getting into the contain chemicals or no cost for contaminated water wells waste products (those who are affected should be ID'd)

Too much standing Maintaining ditches, water, improper intergovernmental "passing the Drinking water SG3 Health, livestock drainage, peat/gravel buck" regarding responsibility, quality companies disturbing long-term plan and consensus natural water table on responsibility

Cap old wells, flowing wells, SG4 Aquifer Drinking water Development recharge areas Life, wells, water Disease, sickness, Decrease standing water, SG5 Drinking water quality, disease illness increase drainage Pollution into ground Health, private and water, dump not public well systems, decommenioned Protection of recharge areas and Drinking water D1 aquifer protection, properly, fuel storage, habitat, education about quality quanity of water, water wastage, lack of pollution for residents water table knowledge of recharge locations

Hillside transer station, Protection of Human health land proliferation of Remediate hillside transfer D2 water quality values subdivisions, gravel station, suspend sub-divisions pits

Poorly maintained Monitor water quality, source Protect drinking Source water aquifer, D3 wells, industrial water plan, cap abandoned water family health pollution, waste water wells, education

Pollution, old wells, Education, capping wells, data D4 Drinking water Aquifer protection over use collection on use Open diches with cats and Overland flooding Farmland, farm yards, Heavy snowfall, quick D5 excavators, deal with private (spring) residential lots melt land owners Educate - enforcement of regulations, water rights act. Everybody needs Wells and open body Map and monitor groundwater - D6 Groundwater clean water, crops of water, gravel pits. recharge areas to aquifers - and animals. maps to say that, target protection tthere.

Development in areas serviced Preservation of with sewer and water only, Balance of Development, D7 natural areas and proper land use policies, restore ecosystems, nature Agriculture and runoff wetlands wetlands, moritorium on all new development

Water retention - controlled management, maintain existing Ag land, residences, infrastructure, LiDAR and Surface Water infrastructure, water PMT1 surveys to find retention areas, Management quality, land use standards for development, (traditional) coordinated surface water management - cooperative Flooding and Ag land, residences, Adequate drainage, water PMT2 Drainage quality of life retention, dredge river

Drinking Water - Flooding, drainage, Natural areas - 2 12 retention - 7 Flooding, drainage, Drinking water Natural areas Surface water quality Land use and development retention

Cooks-Devils Public Meetings - Group Responses Priority Issue 3 ID Issue Assets to Protect Threats Solutions

Affordable housing in city Changes to core, protected areas, public Agricultural lands, Ecosystem Habitat loss, education (recreasonl use), wetlands, wildlife, ES1 (wetland loss, motorized recreation green belts, limit agricultural Netley-Libau Marsh, effects of damage, urban sprawl land subdividing, Mars Sandhills urban sprawl) environmental regularation strenthened and enforced

Failing fields, City of Inspections - fields and Water supply, potable ES2 Wastewater Winnipeg dumping in tanks, enforcement, public water, fish river education

Sewage, personal Limit pesticide and fertilizer safety, over- application in urban areas, development, loss of Water quality, human designated green natural areas, use of and animal life, areas/protected ares, Lack of pesticides, too much ES3 forests, conservation agreements, Stewardship drainage, loss of marshes/creeks, government needs to follow wetlands, agriculture, fish/fish habitat their own rules, consultation lawncare - urban with other areas, urban governments/jurisdictions development

Wildlife, natural Agressive drainage, Indentify wetland areas, Wetlands and G1 vegetation, adjacent pollution, lack of long municipal or provincial Natural Areas lands term plans ownership, constructed

Plugged drains, lack of Farmland, water farm monitoring, Tree wind breaks, maintain quality, personal erosion, chemicals drains, incentives to retain G2 Drainage property ie. entering ditches, water, control large farm Residential, roads, farms own equipment land drains, education waterways to drain land quicker

Recharge areas, Agriculture, drainage, G3 Wetlands Conservation, ALUS wildlife development City of Winnipeg Eco-friendly fertilizer, sewage, US pollution switching from septic fields and nutrients, town to piped systems, sewage, septic fields, enforcement of septic fields injector system failing, Fish, cottage country, and inspections, affordable Lake Winnipeg farming, agricultural ESP1 tourism, community holding tanks draining Water Quality runoff and fertilizers, revenue and/or governmetn funding, factory farms, illegal public education (Lake septic field dumping Friendly), how much is on Red River and pollution increasing as go other streams, holding downstream tank fees

Unusable land, mold Land, homes, well, Drainage (not and rotting - cracked More drainage, cleant out SG1 agricultural industry, enough) basements, e. Coli and source agricultural land T.C., nutrient loss

Protect natural drainge and drainage Limit what levels are taken materal when able, Not everything should Environmental away and enforce it, monitor SG2 protecting wetlands - be for sale ie. Peat Impact if - if too much is taken do each ditch is important moss, gravel something - no footprints if possible

Crackdown on illegal drainage, ditching, pumping Private property, of water; Accounatability Accounatability farmland, Ste. Safety, water quality, (consistent enforcement of of gravel/peat SG3 Genevieve, municipal overland flooding, loss fines, shutdown of mining roads, quality of life, of property values operations when needed), companies livestock, health peat gravel companies should have permission from local residents when altering Government funding (pay SG4 Wetlands Wildlife Development farmers) Loss of Increased drainage, decrease SG5 Land use Gardens, livestock trees/firewood, standing water pasture land Flooding, pollution, Streams, natural Healthy phosphorus, Reduce flooding, draining in D1 habitat, fish stocks, surface water petroleum (fossil order of flow plant life fuels), loss of wetlands

Maintenance Sub-divisions, Suspend sub-divisions, D2 of arable land, Food growing capacity municipal decision educate councillors (people agriculture making too) Ongoing Agricultural land, Lack of planning, Retention ponds, planned D3 growth and residential land, septic fiedls, wells development development infrastructure Water Wetland preservation, Draining swamps, Retention area, diversions, D4 conservation aquifer recharge flooding preservation areas Well water D5 Personal wells Standing water Cap old wells quality Livestock wtihin creek (off- site watering Future generations, Lack of action. systems/riparian fencing) - D6 Quality of life environment, Province off loading. northern portion along economy. Cooks Creek. Communication on water Surface Riparian zones, fish, Improper agriculture Waste management watershed animals, priarie and waste resources and monitoring of D7 (creek, ponds, potholes, life quality, management, climate septic systems, over capacity prairie recration change of lagoons potholes) PMT1 EGS programs on private Natural Area Wetlands, forests, PMT2 land, conservation reserve Protection recharge areas program

Group Responses Priority 3 Natural Surface water Flooding, drainage, Land use and Drinking water - 2 areas - 8 quality - 4 retention - 3 development - 3 ID Meeting Location ES East Selkirk Hall G Garson Hall ESP East St Paul RM Office SG Ste Genevieve Hall D Dugald Hall

Drinking water ID Interest in the Watershed Waste water system system ES1 Landowner Private Well Septic Field ES2 Landowner ES3 Landowner Private Well Septic Field ES4 Landowner Private Well Ejector System ES5 Landowner Private Well Septic Field ES6 Urban resident Private Well Ejection System ES7 Urban resident Private Well Sewage Tank ES8 Producer, landowner Private Well Septic Field, Ejector ES9 Landowner Private Well Septic Field ES10 Urban resident Private Well Public System ES11 Landowner Private Well Septic Field G1 Producer, landowner Private Well Septic Field G2 Landowner Private Well Septic Field G3 Producer, landowner Private Well Septic Field G4 Producer, landowner Private Well Septic Field G5 Landowner Private Well Septic Field G6 Landowner Private Well Septic Field G7 Producer Private Well Septic Field G8 Producer, Landowner, Urban resident Private Well Other G9 Producer, Landowner Private Well Septic Field G10 Landowner, Urban Resident Public System Public System G11 Producer Private Well Ejector System G12 Other Private Well Septic Field G13 Producer, Landowner Private Well Septic Field G14 Landowner Public System Public System G15 Urban resident Private Well Septic Field ESP1 Producer, Landowner Private Well Septic Field ESP2 Urban resident Private Well Septic Field ESP3 Landowner, Urban Resident Private Well Public System ESP4 Landowner, Urban Resident Private Well Public System ESP5 Urban resident Private Well Public System ESP6 Landowner Private Well Septic Field SG1 Producer, Landowner Private Well Septic Field SG2 Urban resident Private Well Septic Field SG3 Producer, Landowner Private Well Septic Field SG4 Landowner Private Well Other SG5 Landowner Private Well Septic Field SG6 Landowner Private Well Septic Field SG7 Landowner, Urban Resident Private Well Other SG8 Landowner Private Well Septic Field SG9 Producer, Landowner Private Well Septic Field SG10 Producer, Landowner Private Well Septic Field SG11 Landowner Private Well Other SG12 Landowner Private Well Other SG13 Landowner Private Well Septic Field SG14 Landowner Private Well Septic Field SG15 Landowner Public System Public System SG16 Landowner Private Well Septic Field SG17 Landowner Private Well Septic Field SG18 Landowner Private Well Septic Field SG19 Landowner Private Well Septic Field SG20 Landowner Private Well Septic Field SG21 Landowner Private Well Septic Field SG22 Landowner Private Well Septic Field SG23 SG24 D1 Urban Resident Public System Public System D2 Producer, Landowner Private Well Septic Field D3 Landowner (rural residential) Private Well Septic Field D4 Landowner Private Well Septic Field D5 Producer, Landowner Public System Public System D6 Landowner Private Well Septic Field D7 Landowner Private Well Septic Field D8 Producer, Season resident/cottager Private Well Septic Field D9 Producer, Landowner Private Well Septic Field D10 Producer, landowner Private Well Septic Field D11 Producer, Landowner Private Well Septic Field D12 Producer, Landowner Private Well Septic Field D13 Landowner Private Well Septic Field D14 Urban resident Private Well Public System D15 Urban resident Public System Public System D16 Landowner Private Well Septic Field D17 Public System Public System D18 Urban resident Public System Public System D19 Landowner Private Well Septic Field D20 Landowner Private Well Septic Field D21 Producer Private Well Septic Field D22 Producer Private Well Public System D23 Producer, Landowner Private Well Septic Field D24 Landowner Private Well Septic Field D25 Landowner Private Well Septic Field D26 Landowner Private Well Other D27 Landowner, Urban Resident Private Well Septic Field D28 Producer, Landowner, Urban resident Public System Public System D29 Landowner Private Well Septic Field D30 Producer, Landowner Private Well Septic Field D31 Landowner Private Well Septic Field D32 Landowner Private Well Septic Field D33 Landowner Private Well Septic Field D34 Landowner Private Well Septic Field D35 Seasonal resident/cottager Private Well Other PMT1 Producer, Landowner, Seasonal Resident PMT2 Other PMT3 Producer, Landowner, Urban Resident PMT4 Other PMT5 Landowner, Urban Resident PMT6 Landowner, First Nations Lands ONLINE 1 Flooding, drainage, Drinking water Natural areas Surface water quality retention Land use and development

Cooks-Devils - Public Meetings Individual Responses - Issue Prioritization ID 1 2 3 ES1 Well water quality Pollution in creek Maintain some wetlands ES2 Contaminated water from sewage Excessive drainage Extreme water issues fields - affecting drinking water flood/drought

ES3 Risk of flooding Water quality Cooperative management ES4 Flooding Loss of prairie pot holes New drains, including Manitoba's largest, the Winnipeg floodway

ES5 Safety of our well water Resoure management control of Preservation of our natural flooding resources ES6 Cultural ceremonies Groundwater pollution from unsafe Preserve the wetland breeding from Red River and runoff grounds for our wildlife

ES7 Groundwater Flooding Cultural ES8 Limit urban sprawl Anti-littering campaign - appropriate disposal of waste ES9 Waste water - septic fields Drainage Flood affecting groundwater ES10 Groundwater contamination Sewage issues - environment Drainage ES11 Private well Groundwater Flooding

G1 Maintain our wetlands Groundwater contamination Spraying of waterways Clean drinking water Protect our waterways before G2 further destruction G3 Drinking water Groundwater G4 Flooding Drainage To protect aquifers Less chemicals/contaminants into Environment G5 the soil Preserving existing ag land now Preserving existing aquifers for Restoring drained wetlands for G6 and future drinking purposes wildlife G7 Drainage in fields Water quality G8 Drinking water quality Drainage Flooding Production agriculture co-existing Efficient, managed drainage that is Long term planning to continually wtih urban sprawl maintained enhance drainage and planned G9 water retention G10 Quality of drinking water Ground water Natural areas G11 Drainage Water quality Loss of wetlands Water quality and protection of Water detention and flooding Riparian areas and marshlands G12 aquifer Surface drainage in an adequate Maintenance improved to proson Proper development controls of time frame drainge system surface water development and G13 drainage Control rapid runoff and bank Retain water to replenish to aquifer Allow natural wildlife to exist G14 erosion Protect drinking water supply Drinking water quantity Spring flooding G15 quality ESP1 Surface water management Amount of drainage from higher Clean water (drains) elevation ESP2 Overland flooding Water drainage Aquifers ESP3 Groundwater contamination ESP4 Flooding Lake Winnipeg Drinking Water ESP5 Groundwater Surface water carrying pollutants Overland flooding into Lake Winnipeg ESP6 Drainage improvements Flooding/contamination Water retention/groundwater recharge SG1 Drainage Flooding SG2 Drainage Drinking water SG3 Drainage on agricultural land Subdivision planning SG4 Flooding due to cuts put in road and wrecking my garage which is new SG5 Flood control Groundwater purity - what effects Impact on the environment what I drink SG6 Drainage - make sure that the water flows naturally Fish Creek and Cooks Creek SG7 Drainage not enough Flooding protect property Preserving our clean drinking water SG8 Drinking water supply Flooding Farming SG9 Drinking water - quality Flooding of productive land acres

SG10 Drinking water Ditching Overland runoff SG11 Flooding All year too wet Water has no fast exit SG12 Overland flooding Hog manure contaminating wells Preservation and/or creating wildlife habitat SG13 Flooding Drinking water quality Peat moss and gravel companies effects on drainage and water quality SG14 Flooding Drinking water quality Gravel/Peat companies effect on drainage and water quality SG15 Water drainage Poorly maintained provincial drains

SG16 Drinking water Drainage and overland flooding Peat moss mining and beavers SG17 Water quality/drinking water Overland flooding/drainage SG18 Flooding and drainage Drinking water and quality SG 19 Flooding SG20 Flooding Drainage Groundwater SG21 Consistent maintenance of Cooks Consistent drainage management of Cooperation between Creek existing ditches municipalities SG22 Proper drainage for Cooks Creek Protection of roads Collaboration between municipalities SG23 (Surface water management) SG24 (Surface water management) D1 Water quality (groundwater) Agricultural land drainage D2 Drainage Well water protection Drain maintenance D3 Protection of drinking water Sustaining water quantity Maintenance of arable land quality D4 Protect source water from Adequate surface drainage - Maximize land use contamination minimize chemical runoff D5 Maintenance of existing ditches Make sure new ditches are made Don't drain the weland east to fast properly D6 Groundwater Drainage Flooding D7 Groundwater supply for drinking and personal use D8 Flooding summer rains Water storage Good drinking water D9 Drainage - both farm and Retention (water) Groundwater contamination residential D10 The creeks are dead drains Anxiety about about drainage has Groundwater is compromised in produced rapid runoff with big some districts - deterioration must chemical loads. be contained. D11 Drainage Housing development Drinking water D12 Flooding Drainage Drinking water D13 Preservation of natural areas Water Quality Stop development D14 Gravel zone aquifers - Birds Municipal water supply not properly Hillside Dumpsite - open cap and Hill/Moosenose protected unmonitored D15 Loss of wetlands Clean waterways Quality of drinking water D16 Groundwater protection Wetlands protection Protection of landscape, soil erosion D17 Flooding Waste run off - fertilizers, etc. Controlling development D18 Quality of Springfield municipal Protection of Springfield municipal Wastewater and sewage handling water supply water supply D19 Drainage Drinking water quality Retention areas D20 Drainage of summer heavy rains Spring drains Aquifer protection in Oakbank from farmland D21 Drainage (excess water), flooding Time it takes for the water to move Groundwater down (level) D22 Drainage D23 Surface drainage Overland flooding Well water quality D24 Flooding (including ice dams) Drinking water quality Erosion of creek bed and edges D25 Spring flooding Ecological decay of the creek - water Ground water quality quality, wildlife, fish D26 Drinking water quality and quantity Nutrient loading in creeks from Loss of riparian habitat (groundwater) septic and agriculture D27 Overland flooding that may cause Overland flooding affecting farm Overland flooding spring runoff flooding of a home crops that could affect waste water systems D28 Drinking water quality - chemicals, Optimal agricultural production - fertilizer, manure runoff, wetland drainage/storage protection D29 Drainage Drinking water Water conservation D30 Maintain Devil's Creek and other Water quality checks to get more drainage ditches accurate data D31 Water moves too fast D32 Drainage Aquifer Land use D33 Protection/recharge area from Protection/recharge area maintain Manage creek to maintain year pollution from gravel pits and large wetalnds, tree, and natural round flow (summer) so as to Hillside dump vegetation cover maintain water table D34 Hwy 12 being used as a dam Groundwater D35 Clean creek of debris and excess silt, culverts PMT1 Sewage Drainage Floodway PMT2 Standard for retention in rural Control rate of runoff Water quality areas/new developments PMT3 Farmland Property Crownland PMT4 Drinking water Drainage Restore wetlands PMT5 Retaining wetlands Protect farmland Groundwater PMT6 Flooding in the north of Selkirk Groundwater (Drinking water) Netley Marsh Characteristics area ONLINE 1 Surface water management Priority 1 Priority 2 Priority 3

Flooding, drainage, retention - 57 Flooding, drainage, retention - 37 Flooding, drainage, retention - 25

Drinking water - 34 Drinking water - 28 Drinking water - 19 Natural areas - 4 Surface water quality - 14 Natural areas - 18 Land use and development - 4 Natural areas - 2 Land use and development - 6 Surface water quality - 1 Land use and development - 5 Surface water quality - 3 Identify one or two logical or Priority Why is this your What assets are you Additional ID attainable solutions to Issue #1 priority #1 issue? trying to protect? comments: address this issue?

ES1 Well water Future generations Groundwater Leave some land undrained to filter quality runoff ES2 Contaminat Drinking/clean water New sewage systems for community ed water from sewage fields - affecting drinking water ES3 Risk of Prevent damage to Residential property. Well Preventing the disruption of natural flooding property. Risk of drinking water quality. drainage. water contamination.

ES4 Flooding We reside north of Selkirk Life savings in property, Reinstate prairie pot holes. Protect and never flooded until acreage, house, workshop - wetlands. Stop drainage. Stop 2009 - our property loos of acres. artificial flooding. historically never flooded, even in 1950 - very concerned about drainage. ES5 Safe Safe drinking water. Ground and well water. Monitor and enforce land usage. Why are we allowing this drinking Adequate quantity and Property values. Stricly regulate new subdivisions and RM to build a lagoon water quality of some are disposal of sewage. within yards of the Red essential to the health and River? Why does the RM well being of all our allow subdivisions to sell municipalities occupants. lots smaller than these areas are zoned for and why are holding tanks not required in those cases.

ES6 Cultural We as aboriginal people The ceremonial grounds. Rebuild a dyke around around the ceremonies and as a woman it is our area being used. Flood time ditch to responsibility to take care get rid of run-off. Maintain the road. of the waters. ES7 Groundwate Clean drinking water. Clean water to drink with no Restrict sewage waste from farms Quality has to be r Good stable water table. changes to its quality. and residents. Control pesticide use. maintained as the Pollution. Control fertilizer use. population grows. ES 8 Limit urban Water pollution limited. Water quality. Land fertility Protect groundwater recharge areas. sprawl More land available to management. Sewage more easily and consistently produce local food. treated in active towns. Make core housing in cities more affordable. Greenspace in cities. Limit subdividing farmland. Establish greenbelts where there is only farming allowed. Build up not out.

ES9 Waste water Groundwater Wetlands, groundwater. Better drainage. Proper sewer - septic contamination system. fields affecting groundwate r ES10 Groundwate Concerned about our Water quality and quantity Buffer zones from watersheds. r drinking water and the protecting the communities. Elimate contamination from animals, contaminati aquifer. pesticides etc. on ES11 Private well Drinking water Hog barn locations. Septic fields. Abondoned wells sealed. G1 Maintain Wetlands are an asset to Our future generations. Control drains at their source or close Conservation (means wetlands the ecology of the area some drains to maintain levels of what?) and all things are connect - water in the wetlands. Ask Joe water, land, drainage, beaver. weather, drought, man made drains, with no consideration for the future.

G2 Drinking This is a given - water is #1 Farmland, property, rural. Improve "urban" type of Existing type of lagoons , water for our existence. sewage/water systems. bit outdated, out of sight out of mind of main population.

G3 Drinking To keep drinking water at My family, my livelihood. The placement of lagoons to water it's best quality waterways. G4 Flooding Flooding of pasture land, Pasture, buildings. Clear ditches of brush and trees. protect drinking water quality. G5 Protect There is an aquifer Land, water, and property. No expansion of sewage lagoon. Put aquifers running through our the lagoon along the Town of Garson. property which provides clean and safe drinking water. G6 Preserving Ag land is at a premium. Cattle and grass crops that Never redesignate ag land unless it is agricultural Taking it away removes support the community and deemed 100% useless for what it is land potential for future protect our natural intended for. industry (cattle etc.). resources. Once ag land is gone it can never come back and to what end is this beneficial.

G7 Drainage Farming in this district Farmland. Cooperation between different Devils creek needs means ditching farms. cleaning section ------. (cleanouts). Beaver problems. G8 Drinking Safe drinking water. Well water. Timely water runoff. Older sewer water systems. Buffer zone along major quality waterways. G9 Production Farming next to the Farm assets and the right to Education of homeowners on what agriculture Tyndall, Garson, Henriville farm. farming practices are and why they co-existing area and must deal with are required. wtih urban homeowners. sprawl G10 Quality of To have good healthy The above and below ground Control drainage. Regulate ground Coordination of different drinking water to drink. water. applications. groups and their water activities. Also all drainage must be controlled. G11 Drainage I farm for a living. Crops. Upgrade and maintain drains. G12 Water Without a sustainable Residential water supply. Strong regulations relative to quality and supply of good quality unconfined aquifer. protection water we have nothing. of aquifer There are a number of threats in the area. Gravel pit operations, floodway breaching aquifer, development over sand gravel aquifer. G13 Surface Agricultural producer. Crops, soils, forages - Greater maintenance of board drains. drainage Prevent extreme losses adequate income. Improved flow in natural waterways due to flooding and time of the area. Control of drainage of required to get water off non-agricultural and residential land. Inability to do areas. Proper flo control sizing of all proper conservation drains. practices due to poor drainage and back flooding from residential areas. G14 Control Extremely high water is Bank erosion and flooding on Small dams and retention pond rapid runoff occuring more often due downstream lands. similar to tobacco creek near and bank to more effecient drainage Morden. erosion upstream ie. Laser levelled ditches. G15 Drinking Family health Ensuring water table is not water contaminated by quality industrial/agricultural processes. ESP1 Surface To help increase Produce crops to help returns Management of surface water into water productivity of agricultural on the farm. main waterways. Identify what managemen land. A need to drain waterways will help improve drainage t (drains) water off of agricultural and concerns. land in a constructive way.

ESP2 Overland Too much of our lands are Our aquifer - drinking water. Stop stripping land for agriculture. flooding being drained, which is Stop drainage water runof and use starving our aquifers. more retention.

ESP3 Groundwate Groundwater is our Ground water Identify cause of water r drinking water. contamination and take action to contaminati correct. on ESP4 Flooding The impact to Sewer systems, houses, Dikes. infrastructure, homes, cabins. well, river bank. ESP5 Groundwate My well water. My drinking water purity. Protect existing aquifer where my r well draws water from by - sealing abondoned wells and limiting types of chemicals that are used on surface lands. ESP6 Drainage Loss of useable property, Property and water quality Clean outs of major drains improvemen damage ts SG1 NA SG2 NA SG3 Drainage on Wetlands. Ducks, ladyslippers. Haul organic soil on mineral soils and Water retention for agricultural plow down using joshua plow. crops. Cattail filtration. land

SG4 Flooding Need to know when a few Our garage and house. Our Put a berm across Cooks Creek days ahead of time before water. Drinking water. properly beside my property. cuts are put in roads so we are able to sandbag. Putting 25,000 in fill still isn't helping.

SG5 Groundwate This is my family's water Clean water. r purity source. SG6 Drainage - When the water does not Agricultural land. Clean the Fish Creek from 41E to 36E. make sure flow, the abundance of that the water attracts beavers water flows and the problem is naturally compounded Fish Creek and Cooks Creek SG7 Drainage This property is my living My land and residence. We need more drainage and culverts. not enough and residence. SG8 Safe I want to ensure that with Groundwater preservation. I believe that we need better drinking the overland flooding that drainage, improved drainage in the water has been a problem in the ditches that we have. Some can past, does not affect our hardly be called a ditch. drinking water supply.

SG9 NA SG10 NA SG11 Flooding Too long wet, no drainage. Walking, hiking all year Make waterway some were between No sale value. round. land owner property. SG12 Overland Flooding. Home and property. Hold back water (retention areas). Not enough funds are flooding available to correct the problem. All governments are running deficits. SG13 Flooding I feel that the municipal Our home and yard. Stricter enfrocemnt of MWS own We feel we are being drains are not being regulations when dealing with "sold out" by the RM and maintained adequately gravel/peatmoss companies. Regular MWS when it comes to and that gravel and peat maintenance of municipal drains. soil and peat moss moss companies are companies. It seems like adversely affecting they get a free pass when drainage and water draining their land and quality. We are regularly flooding ours in the flooded out and ditches process. remain water logged even in dry years.

SG14 Flooding Our yard, garage and Garage, private property, Keeping Cooks Creek clean. property has flooded fairly crawlspace - leading to mold Maintaining clean dithces (free of consistently since 1997. growth under residence. cattails). Restricting drainage from The severity of the peat/gravel companies (crackdown flooding has increased as on unauthorized ditching). the years pass. SG15 Water In a municipality residents Dwellings, buildings, Properly maintained drainage system. drainage want their land drained as manmade constructions, and soon as possible in spring farm lands. or a major rain event.

SG16 Drinking Cannot survive without Life Deal with overland flooding water good water SG17 Water As a resident in this area My children and my money. Maintain the wetlands. Responsible quality/drin drinking water is agriculture. king water imperative for our home and the community.

SG18 Overland Flooding of our area is My home. Drinking water. Maintain drainage flow in ditches. flooding and increasing. Natural Water from Peat/Gravel areas has drainage channels that divert and been pumped into ditches in the past drain water are either not only adding to the problem. Creeks maintained or impeded. have been blocked which have natural drained water historically.

SG19 Flooding High water during Property. Keep ------portion of the creek summer run off. open. SG20 Flooding 80% of my land is flooded Get rid of beaver dams. Clean There's a lot of illegal for a most of a normal ditches. Open creeks for draining. dikes and rerouting of summer season. creeks going on in this area. SG21 Consistent Cook's Creek is a main Farmland and residential A plan to maintain the man made maintenanc source of drainage for property. portion of the creek on a regular e of Cook's several municipalities. It consistent basis before it becomes Creek affects many people and issue. including homeowners, land owners and businesses. SG22 Proper Many residents rely on Farmland and residential There should be a rotating system drainage of this system to work properties. where all sections of Cooks Creek be Cooks Creek efficiently to protect their cleaned on a constant basis at teh homes and farmlands. same time as other municpalities so the system works as a whole. Ie. Every 2 years each muncipality be responsible for sections running through their borders.

SG23 (Surface Creation of mining and Homes, businesses New development and subdivisions water residential development (agriculture) and wildlife keep appearing despite the lack of managemen requiring the habitat. action on the drainage issues, but if t) displacement of large the issues were actually dealt with amounts of water (legally and maintained, we could actually and illegally) without make this land more marketable for forethough or new development and subdivisions accountability as to the thereby generating more property impact on landowners, tax to put toward responsible homeowners, and maintenance of our watershed. business owners.

SG24 (Surface Allowing new homes to be Homes, properties, and A plan and proper budget to ensure water built during a time where wildlife. proper drainage of existing properties managemen draining existing be maintained, before addting to t) properties is difficult. problem. D1 Water Groundwater in the Birds quality - Hill Sand Hills is a high groundwate qaulity resoure - once r groundwater is polluted it is very difficult and time consuming to correct. D2 Drainage As a farmer in the My crops and top soil. Good drainage plans. Long term Springfield area drainage drainage maintenance. is my #1 concern.

D3 Protection High water quality is non- Human health. Land values. Stop the ill-conceived explosion of of water negotiable as it relates to Winnipeg-style subdivisions. quality human health. Excellent Prosecute illegal drainage which can water quality is the main be found on every road in Springfield. reason that people live in Springfield whether they know it or not.

D4 Protect Life is dependent on Underground aquifers Monitoring water quality. Public source/grou groundwater education. Tighten up well nd water regulations. Protect recharge areas.

D5 Maintenanc Existing ditches weren't Cropland, prevent the Work with some of the land taxes we e of existing properly maintained for at occurring crop losses. pay toward that goal. ditches least 50-60 years.

D6 Groundwate Groundwater is an asset Well water. Make sure that we have proper r that we cannot go education on chemical uses. without. D7 Groundwate Groundwater used both Stop the open pit mining of gravel r for drinking and watering near our water supply along Garven of plants in greenhouses. Road

D8 Summer Beacause I farm and Farmland and some homes in Conservation districts and farms I think that exercises like flooding of summer rains are main spring flooding. willing to give up land for drainage this will bring cropland problem. improvement and ring diking. everybodies concerns out. Maybe come up with long term solutions. D9 Drainage Standing water on Crops, roads, residential Identifying main drains and treating Joint funding from levels (efficient) cropland results in millions properties. them as such. Ie. Maintenance, less of governments and also of dollars being taken out driveways, big culverts. Maintenance farm producer funding of our economy. Crops would include mowing, spraying, and maintenance directly. that could have been small clean outs where needed. Example - 20 year produced and sold. The Creating legal entities for main debenture. longer water stands on ditches for direct funding. crop land, the more nutrients are removed from the land. Standing water on rural residential results in mosquitos, weeds, pooer quality of life. Kids can't play on a lawn flooded with water.

D10 The creeks The creeks aggregate Water, flowing water, lakes. Slow and steady expropriation of land are dead runoff so they are the end starting with the worst examples drains result of many negligent closest to the creeks. Strenous practices. enforcement of regulations. Extension of regulations.

D11 Drainage Drainage directly affects Financial viability of Updated, well maintained drainage As we add more at the production. Also drainage agricultural land. Quality of system. Being able to allow excess source, we must increase or lack of it affects rural rural life. moisture to move in a controlled, capacity all along the residential quality of life. orderly way. Being able to avoid way. stagnant water areas the breeding ground for mosquitoes, etc.

D12 Flooding in Fast thaw usually causes Protect buildings, hay, etc. Divert water to drain into floodway. Follow more natural spring flooding in homestead. drains instead of running water. D13 Preservation Preserve nature - balance Habitat, ecosystem, Restrict development. Moratorium of natural of ecosystems. preservation of nature. on all new development. Provincial areas land policy states no develompent in areas where S/W utilities are not present - limit town sprawl.

D14 Gravel zone Protection of gravel zones Gravel zone groundwaters. Engage competent hydrogeologists to aquifers not being carried out as assess for hazards - recommend per regulation and protocols to protect and sustain. environmental Have RM carry out their considerations. commitments/regulations to protect the water sources.

D15 Loss of Climate change concerns. Natural resources and Land protection agreements. wetlands Loss of habitat and ecosystems. Partnering with non-profits and NGOs ecosystems. Runoff from with knowledge/expertise in wetland farms protection. Government investments damaging/poisonous. of dollars.

D16 Protection The municipality Public health, ongoing use of Groundwater (wellhead) protection of (Springfield) is not treating clean groundwater. plan (recommended by Office of groundwate this issue with any level of Drinking Water). More efficient r concern. They are not monitoring of gravel industry. enforcing bylaws designed to protect the source of water for the communities of Oakbank and Dugald. They are not complying with provincial legislation requirements for public water systems. D17 Flooding Reduce runoff or slow Wood lots. Planting of trees along road-ways and water runoff in the spring. areas of crown land that has been cleared or burnt off. D18 Quality of Quality water supply is Aquifer north-west of Restrict gravel extraction in well Springfield required for living. Oakbank. areas. Make sure the old hillside municipal dump is properly capped. Monitor water aquifer water around wells. supply D19 Drainage Drainage - protect Crops and residential Drainage plan that works for farmland and residential. development. everyone, retention in appropriate areas. D20 Drainage of Loss of farming income. Crops. A coordinated drainage system. farmland The land is a very heavy More ditches leading directly into the due to texture and we rely on floodway. heavy surface drainage. Ditches summer have to drain before a lot rains. of fields can drain and in a couple of days of standing water there is a lot of damage. D21 Flooding Flooding is the most Crops. Clean and maintain ditches, build damaging risk we have as more ditches, the use of retention farmers in this area. The ponds to hold water back. loss of crop is very damaging to a famer as in loss of income. D22 Drainage Protect investments in Investmetns in crop. Clear ditches to Red River. It is my understanding crop. that the last few miles of Cooks Creek is privately owned and in need of cleaning/brushing. If this is not possible a serious looks should be given to another diversion somewhere near Hwy 44.

D23 Surface Area farmer, crop loss due Agricultural farmland and Updating and cleaning of existing Also farmers should not drainage of to excess moisture not crops. drains. Major drainage projects need be restricted to run farmland draining and flooding due to address problem areas. Improved surface drains or clean to standing water. access to floodway for summer time out drains in farm fields. rain events. D24 Flooding Flooding loads to land Home. Raise creek sides by backfilling. By -- bridge, bridge ice flooding and in 1997 Introduce new edges to creek bed or dams are common every aproached my home to trench creek bed deeper. year. about 15' away even, since then erosion of creek bed. Loads to flooding close to home every year. D25 Spring In the first 10-12 years I Quality of property, much Reduce the # of farm land drainage flooding owned the property there flooding creates compacted ditches into the creek. It actually was little flooding, the soil, riparian area is needs to be dredged. Increased creek was relatively deep challenged. riparian areas. and could handle the run off. After several wet years, more and more silt content up in the creek making it shallow and could not handle the runoff. D26 Groundwate Clean water obtained Clean, abundant, Education on vulnerable aquifers for r as a locally is a necessity of life. groundwater. citizens. Local RM development drinking Groundwater sources are plans that reflect recharge areas for water largely neglected with groundwater. Clean up the Hillside source regards to habitat dump properly. removal, waste disposal and water withdrawal rates. D27 Spring I have lived for 74 years at My home. Increase the number of culverts at overland this property and I have the corner of highway 12 and Garven flooding - observed that with road Road. Widen the drain ditch on the possible to highway upgrades and north side of Garven to the Cooks home being the "new" way water is Creek. flooded. being "funneled" to the Cooks Creek concerns me.

D28 Drinking Drinking unfiltered Municipal and private well Anti-pollution regulations in sensitive water tapwater is a rare water, drinking water quality. areas, especially gravel pits near quality privilege, globally Livestock water source for aquifers. Encouraging ecologically speaking and all possible our farm animals, wild beneficial farming practices. steps should be taken to animals. More/continued funding for sealing preserve this gift. I have of abandoned wells. lived in Springfield all my life and hope my children can live here healthily too. As an agricultural producer, I can see the impact of good/bad land stewardship practices on my farm and how that is multiplied over the vast areas that are subject to human impact. D29 Drinking Drinking water is only Well water aquifer. Pollution prevention. Wetland water obtainable from wells in preservation. Recharge protection. Springfield. D30 Maintain Lack of maintenance of Use of farmland and less Proper upkeep of ditches and creeks, creeks and parts of Devil's Creek and damage due to flooding. very little has been done the last 20 ditches a lot of major drainage years. ditches on the east side of Hwy #12. D31 Water Loss of wetlands. Water in the creek - cause Have hold areas. moves too flooding. fast D32 Drainage Neglected. Affects homes Homes, farms. Funding. Drainage plan. and farms. D33 Pollution Once groundwater is My drinking water. Study groundwater flows, sources. There is leachate from hazard - polluted, it is an Identify hazardous practices. this old dump. There is gravel pits, expensive, long-term Eliminate, modify/mitigate practices. industrial waste in large hillside process to fix. Health At pits and at old dump. quantities at this site - dump hazard. not under the 'pile'.

D34 Hwy 12 I live next to the drain that My property, which gets Logically the drain should have been My neighbours and I being used takes water from the flooded a few times a year. reconstructed from the Cooks Creek have complained about as a dam eastdale area and diversion, but that is water under the this issue for decades, subsequently drains into bridge. Reconstruct the spillway west but as usual it has fallen the Cooks Creek. The of #12. Add additional culverts on on deaf ears. section from 12 to Hwy 12. eastdale has been widened to take twice the amount of water. The weed infested ditch west of 12 hasn't been touched for at least 25 years. D35 Clean creek Loss of frontage. Our property. Chainsaws to clean debris. Consult with landowners. of debris and excess silt, culverts

PMT1 Sewage Sewage in ditches Drinking water wells, Sewage system, lagoon treatment Slow moving political contaminates everything vegetation health. plant, grant money. wheels. and stinks. Pollutes rivers, streams, and lakes.

PMT2 Control rate Effects downstream and Residential homes, farmland. Communication with neighbouring of runoff upstream. RM. Large track landowners holding thier water back (reasonable amount). Natural drains through private property be protected or ownership tkane over by RM.

PMT3 Farmland Ag crops. PMT4 Drinking Need clean water to live. People. Sealing abondoned wells. water Groundwater protection. PMT5 Retain Wetland are being Wetlands. Drainage to be policed and protected wetlands drained and many times for farmland to be useful and not they don't end up in any flooded. Also keep wetlands. meaningful land productive crop. PMT6 Flooding in For our community, our Use of land, homes, future Long term planning around flooding We also have ceremonial the north of lands, are affected by development activity, roads. from Lake Winnipeg (ie. Mitigation, grounds that is subject to Selkirk area flooding from the Red protection). Long term planning flooding each year. River and Lake Winnipeg . around Red River flooding (ie. Mitigation, protection). ONLIN Surface I'm concerned wtih Municipal and provincial drains are E 1 water frequent (yearly) flooding updated and maintained to provide managemen because of excessive for the changing water flow under t water coming from other normal to moderately high municipalities, soil/gravel precipitation events, and when companies ditching with mineral mining companies like sand, impunity and very poorly soil and gravel companies are held maintained municipal and accountable for their action when provincial drains. altering water flow without permits. Identify one or two logical or Priority Why is this your What assets are you Additional ID attainable solutions to Issue #2 priority #2 issue? trying to protect? comments: address this issue?

ES1 Pollution in Protect wildlife, to enjoy Natural vegetation, wildlife. Reduce drainage unless required to creek clean water for recreation. protect homes or farms. Slow down runoff to reduce flooding. ES2 Excess Too much drainage, not Lake Winnipeg. Promotion of wetlands in agricultural drainage enough water on the land. areas. Phosphorus loading in Lake Winnipeg.

ES3 Water Water supply in a rural Human and wildlife To oversee the preservation of the quality setting is very valuable. cohabitation. land for the future. Wetlands must be maintained, we must prevent further loss. ES4 Loss of No more retention ponds, Community - our area has Stop drainage. If the area must be We have had to spend prairie state of nature has been turned into a water world. drained, buy out the century old $35,000 to build a dike potholes disturbed. farms and present residents so that to protect our home they can move out of the area. and workshop. We have lost too much and are very opposed to further drainage.

ES5 Controlling It is vital to ensure that Farmlands, marhses, mouths Oppose the proposed Bill C-45 and our waterways and of rivers. managing tributaries are managed. our water resources ES6 Groundwate Run-off from the Flooding Our property. Bank of the Red River down at the r pollution. Red River. It backs up end of our property on ------road. from the creek into our yard when the River is high. ES7 Flooding Flooding occurs on part of Ceremonial lands. Land at Build higher roads in some areas. Use of lands may be our lands and our family Netley Creek and Red River. Improve draingae in flood zone. down the road (In the moved in 1945 because of Have Manitoba Hydro drop the level future). it. of Lake Winnipeg. ES8 Anti-littering Easily fixed. Land, wildlife, water. Severe penalities. Easily available campaign info on how and where to dump waste. ES9 Drainage Waste water. Lakes and streams. Educate people on waste, phosphorus usage, fertilizers. ES10 Sewage Protect the environment. Groundwater, aquifer. Identify abandoned and shallow wells issues and cap. ES11 Groundwate Drainage. r G1 Groundwate Once our aquifers are The aquifers. Arial spraying, stop spraying our This all takes tax payers r contaminated it will not drainage ditches and waterways. money. Contaminati be possible to return our on groundwater for public use. Only for spraying chemicals. G2 Property Devils Creek runs Farms and home property Improve "urban" type of Where are the "real" Value completely around and values. sewage/water systems. experts? thru our farm. Devils Creek is really a lagoon ditch, everybody knows this, so why are we wasting pencils here. G3 Groundwate To protect the land and Land, soil. The location of lagoons to r quality what goes into the waterways. ground. G4 Drainage G5 Less Chemicals and Land, water and property. Less or no chemicals/contaminants chemicals/c contaminants damage the allowed to be poured into the ontaminants soil and seep to aquifer ground. into the soil which become health and safety issues. G6 Protecting Drinking water in rural MB My personal drinking water Stop huge developments, not aquifers is depleting and being and my neighbours. knowing how much water is available contaminated on a regular and the quality of it just to satisfy the basis (Tyndal). When local council and developers who will there is no good water, not live in the new area. there is nothing but wasteland left. G7 Water quality G8 Drainage Loss of ag producing land, Ag land. Same as priority one. Make sure nutrients in soil. culverts thawed in spring runoff. G9 NA G10 NA G11 Water We take water for Drinking water for future and Protect our aquifers, keep cattle out quality granted. quality of ditches and drains G12 Flooding Huge cost to muncipal Residential properties. Water retention, integrated water resources every year. management program starting at the Effects on residents facing downstream end. flooding year after year.

G13 Maintenanc Agricultural producer. Crops, soils, forages - Greater maintenance of board drains. e Prevent extreme losses adequate income. Improved flow in natural waterways improvemen due to flooding and time of the area. Control of drainage of t to Proson required to get water off non-agricultural and residential drains land. Inability to do areas. Proper flow control sizing of proper conservation all drains. practices due to poor drainage and back flooding from residential areas. G14 Retain The rural population of all Controlling spring runoff without water to the municipalities is flooding arable land. replenish to increasing every year and aquifer well water levels must be maintained. G15 Drinking Water required to run water family household. quantity ESP1 Amount of When you are Cropping. Management of water runoff into drainage downstream all water will main waterways. from higher flow through your elevation property. Management of drainage into waterways.

ESP2 Water We drain off water from The soil moisture and aquifer. drainage the land and there is not enough going into the ground. ESP3 NA ESP4 Lake The description of the The lake, fishing, cabins, More funding for research. Winnipeg lake. beaches. ESP5 Surface Contamination 10th largest fresh water Lake Alternatives to phosphate use (Lake water of/polluting Lake in the world. Winnipeg). carrying Winnipeg. pollutants into Lake Winnipeg ESP6 Flooding/co Damage to property Homes, buidlings, water Water retention sites. ntamination quality.

SG1 NA SG2 NA SG3 Subdivision Water table. Agricultural crops. Duck ponds and culvert size. Control of beaver dams. planning SG4 Flooding of Their home, their water. Inlaws in Seine-Rat SG5 Flood Communication to Proper maintenance of ditches - get Listen to the residents. control the/with the community. through the red tape of provincial vs People need to be What measures will be muncipal for the betterment of the heard and feel that taken and information for residents needs. Be premeptive on what they have to say those who will be affected what the needs may be ie. Sandbags, has value. by emergency efforts or road cuts. control - homeowners, schools.

SG6 NA SG7 Flooding This is my prime residence Save my residence and land. We need Fish Creek to be kept open. Fish Creek is a major protect and my son as well. The There have been blockages made and problem. property problem is flooding this stops the water. The creek needs problems. major clean out. SG8 Overland Although we have not had Again, drinking water supply Clear and deepen all drainage flooding an issue with overland for the area and farmland for systems. Remove all beaver dams, flooding, it is possible to those who farm. destroy the beavers that have be an issue unless proper blocked some of the draiange system. drainage is addressed.

SG9 Flooding of The water sits on the The crop whatever is seeded, productive corner of 12x501, long as well the shed on the land acres after it entered the corner eastern corner. only to destroy the crop. There should be a culvert under #12 to leveate the water to go west.

SG10 Ditching The flow of water off crop Farming. Layer ditching, proper cleaning. land and homes. SG11 All year too Save trees, too wet. All wet mature trees falling and dying. SG12 Hog manure Water quality. Home water supply. Prevent spreading of hog manure in contaminati flood prone areas. ng wells

SG13 Drinking Humans need water to Strict enforcement of MWS 2011 was driest year in water live. regulations on altering drainage and our areas in decades, quality gravel companies that may be hitting yet our ditch was being artesian wells and affecting fed pure, crystal clear surrouding water quality. water all summer long by soil company's new ditch 1/4 mile away. I believe he hit an underground spring!

SG14 Drinking Our drinking water quality Our health. Proper drainage. Peat/gravel water has decreased greatly in companies must be held accountable quality the past 2-3 years. for disruptions of aquifers and natural springs. SG15 Poorly Provincial drains have not Buildings and farmland. Provincial funding to get the work maintained been properly maintained done. provincial and refershed over the drains last 50-60 years.

SG16 Drainage Cannot use the land. Land use. Clean dithces/maintain ditches. and Drinking water affected. Clean Fish Creek. overland flooding SG17 Overland This issue is also a priority My homes, my yard and Adequate drainge in the area. Adress flooding as overland flooding is a yards and homes in the the peat harvesting. Save the real problem in this area. community. wetlands. We have seen homes damaged as a result of this and area scrambling as a communtiy to sand bag to save properties. We also have lost trees and several perrenials as a result of overland flooding.

SG18 Drinking Directly related to My home. Drinking water. Maintain drainage flow in ditches. water and overland flooding. Water from Peat/Gravel areas has quality been pumped into ditches in the past only adding to the problem. Creeks have been blocked which have natural drained water historically.

SG19 NA SG20 Drainage SG21 Consistent The ditches on the Farmland and residential A regularly consistent plan to clean When dithces are dug drainage municipal roads need to property. and maintain ditches every year to in Tache, the backfill is managemen be cleaned and ensure their functionality. often just left next to t of existing maintained on a regular Watershed would be less of a the ditch, leaving it ditches basis. If property owners problem if ditches were properly dug, exposed to erosion and are responsible for their monitored, and maintained. settlement back into own culverts, then it is the ditch, drastically imperative that a ditch reducing the length of exists for it to be placed time that it would into in order for it to be require for it to be effective. Unused funds in recleaned. drainage budgets when people's homes and livelihoods are at risk is irresponsible and inexcuseable.

SG22 Protection These roads are used to Roads. A proper plan, a reasonable budget There has been a of roadways get us to work, our to ensure ditches are cleaned, surplus in our budget children to school safely, maintained, or at least assessed. And during a time frame medical and fire cress and the monies used there should be no where local residents home care to our surplus budget ever where ditches and homes and vulnerable loved ones. In are concerned. farmland were under the past this has proved to water? be difficult if not impossible because roads are under water and crucial services have been put at risk due to negligence or poor planning and accountability.

SG23 NA SG24 NA D1 NA D2 Well water Very important to keep My family. Abandoned well sealing. protection our drinking water safe for human consumption and livestock. D3 Sustaining Too little water has a Human health. Land values. Stop the ill-conceived explosion of The prediliction to drain water negative impact on the Winnipeg-style subdivisions. private land is starving quantity quality of life. Worry Prosecute illegal drainage. the aquifers of about water qauntity can adequate recharge by negatively affect one's percolation. Why do mental health. we allow this? Today's upddle is tomorrow's drinking water. Also needless drainage is rapidly moving nutrients to Lake Winnipeg. D4 Surface Pollutants are finding their Lake Winnipeg. Water retention areas to slow flow drainage way into Red River and from fields. Lake Winnipeg. D5 Make sure Some areas need new Cropland, prvent the Work with some of the land taxes we new ditches water plans. This should occurring crop losses. pay toward that goal. are made be done in a timlely properly manner.

D6 Drainage Proper drainage. Land. D7 NA D8 Water On some marginal land we Drinking water. Farmland Gravel pit protection and make sure storage or can have some headwater from flooding. old garbage dumps are properly retentions storage for summer rains. sealed and drained around them. D9 Water It goes along with Crops, roads, residential Has to be part of overall drainage retention drainage. Ie. Controlled properties. plan. I don't mean water retentions release after huge in every field. Only natural rainfalls. retentions, where it works.

D10 Anxiety I have seen the rivers of A habitable future. Stop enhancing drainage. Reverse about change and think we drainage projects. drainage has should empty the power produced of the state to avoid that rapid runoff situation. with big chemical loads

D11 Housing Depending on where it is Quality of life for rural Restrict areas for rural residential developmen can have a huge impact on residential development. development. Improve drainage. t drainage requirements. If we have an area designated for rural residential we must consider the impact of providing these properties with drainage which if not provided drastically affects quality of life.

D12 Drainage To keep crops from flooding, improving drainage at bottom end of drainage ditches and improving towards upper end. D13 Water Health of land and all of Health. Stop development. No septic quality life. systems ie. Provincial land policy = no development in areas where sewer/water no municipal. D14 Municipal Municipal water supply to Quality of water. Have office of Drinking Water water be protected. reclassify to GUDI. Establish a source supply water protection plan. D15 Clean Protecting waterways for Natural resources. Dumping penalties. Volunteers - waterways future generations. organize groups to do cleanups like Concerns with hog the highways program. industry. D16 Wetlands This is the primary means Clean drinking water/public Designate these areas with rules to protection of groundwater recharge. health. prevent loss of wetland habitat. Enable water retention projects. D17 Waste run Preserving wood lots. Water and nature. Replanting trees along roadway. off - Conservation of crown land. fertilizers, etc. D18 Protection Quality water is Aquifer north-west of Restrict gravel extraction in well Rock structure in the of important. Oakbank. areas. Make sure the old hillside Cooks Creek diversion Springfield dump is capped. Monitor aquifer (just east of PR 207) is municipal water around wells. silted up and acts as a water dam. supply D19 Drinking Quality of drinking water. Aquifer. Appropriate drainage and retention. water quality D20 Spring Get spring runoff of snow Cropland. Yard site. A better coordinated system of drainage melt off the land quickly. opening ditches in the late winter. (snow melt) Don't open ditches to allow water to be held in one field until the water downstream gets away. Start at the floodway and open ditches going east. D21 Time it takes This issue goes hand in Crops and yards. Again improve drainage by making for the hand with my priority ditches. water to issue #1. The time it takes move down to drain a field right now is (level) too long until the water moves. D22 NA D23 Overland Mainly a spring issue. Farmlands, residential home flooding Existing drains need to owners, and yard sites. have ditches plowed and culverts steamed in high runoff areas. D24 Groundwate Good drinking water. Health. Protect wetlands. r D25 Ecological The creek supports wild The natural ecology of the Reduce and correct the number of degradation life of various forms. As creek region. It's a treasure. driveways which cross the creek and of the creek the creek becomes wider reduce flows. and water and more shallow, more quality algae grows, oxygen levels drop. By mid-summer much of the creek is dry or swamps. Wildlife has to move away, mosquitoes increase. The water flow slows down.

D26 Nutrient Manitoba creeks and lakes Fish, wildlife, water for Buffer zones surrounding creeks and loading from are especially susceptible swimming and drinking. lakes. Land easements to local to algal blooms which can permanently protect wetlands. sources disrupt fish and other Manure management tools for wildlife. Recreation is farmers. Financial support for much more fun on a clean improved private septic systems. water body. D27 Farm crop Home and crop. Home. Same as in the previous water related loss due to issues. poor drainage D28 Optimized As a farmer, I am greatly Farmland, livestock, livestock Appropriate planning regarding agricultural affected by floods and facilities, home. watershed management - drainage production droughts, so drainage and maintenance vs. Storage structures. water storage are strangely both important to me and my family - economically and physically (ie. Flooding threatening my home/farmland).

D29 Water Because we have to have Flooding and the aquifer. Water retention areas. Quit draining conservatio a recharge system, and swamps. n Cooks Creek can only handle so much water.

D30 Water We all need good quality Quality drinking water. Collect data from different quality drinking water and looking waterways to find proper solution after what happens above based on facts. ground will affect how well we protect the groundwater.

D31 NA D32 Aquifer Needs protection. Potable water. Cap wells. D33 Land use - Over development, Aquifer water quality and 20@, 40@ zoning, clearing protection clearing of land and quantity. development restrictions. of/in drainage from concrete recharge roads and houses may area lead to pollution of aquifers as well as loss of recharge. D34 Groundwate Environmental issues. Groundwater. Take affirmative action against law r breakers. D35 NA PMT1 Drainage Poor drainage ends in Homes, roads, river banks, Proper drainage plan that is Money is always the flooding failing roads. crops. accurately followed. answer! PMT2 Standard for Ditches used as retention Public R.O.W.'s/private Better standards of planning. retention in vs retention ponds. property. rural areas/new developmen ts

PMT3 Property Houses and buildings. PMT4 Drainage Lots of ag land in area. Crops, residences, municipal Use of retention area and property Livelihood of many infrastructure. upgrading drains to today's standard. residents depends on an effective drainage network. PMT5 Protect Food production for the Food for the future. farmland future. PMT6 Groundwater. Access to use drinking water. Control of kinds of sewage may affect Groundwate groundwater. Well testing. r (Drinking water) ONLIN NA E 1 Identify one or two Priority Why is this your What assets are you logical or attainable ID Additional comments: Issue #3 priority #3 issue? trying to protect? solutions to address this issue? Retain ES1 Filter runoff Wildlife wetlands Flooding is an issue, over Watershed management plans Flood/Droug draining may result in Sustainable agricultural ES2 include emphasis on surface ht drought. Concerned there production. water. isn't enough collaboration. The drainage of the land impacts a lot of people Cooperative and wildlife within the ES3 managemen Bordering municipalities. specific area. It stretches t long distances from the original site. New drains, Our area is turning into a Build retention ponds. Stop Erosion of riverbank due to Trees along river bank and ES4 Winnipeg water world - every drain moving the water downstream. artificially high water levels - not riverbank. floodway empties into the river. Buy outs. climate change. Preservation of our ES5 natural resources That the marshy area Ensure measures are taken so down the river at breezy that contaminants are made ES6 Wetlands point and St. Peters be The wildlife on farmland. That banks kept clean from the brunt cannot further erode into of flood waters. wetlands. I was a trapper, hunter, Sweat lodges at Little Peguis. Protect the areas now. ES7 Cultural and gatherer in Netley Some burials in area. Improve roads to this area. Marsh. ES8 NA Protection of all water Both waste water and ES9 Flood All water systems. systems. groundwater are important. Protect the environment Remove all barriers that affect ES10 Drainage from nutrients entering Environment. the flow of water, small system. culverts (upsize). Floodway - extend it to Lake ES11 Flooding Ice jams. Winnipeg. G1 Killing frogs, amphibians, Stop chemical spraying Spraying of grass, trees, contributes to Frogs, quality of water going (Turdon) herbicides and waterways contamination of to lakes. pesticides. waterways. G2 NA G3 NA G4 Na G5 Environmen To protect the natural Land, water and property. t habitat of the land. G6 Along with Conservation whose mandate is to "conserve", restore Restore drained wetlands for Natural filtration, existing Stop unmanaged drainage. wetlands natural filtration and for wildlife, habitat. Bring back drained wetlands. habitat to return to their natural habitat instead of moving to urban areas. G7 NA G8 As a producer dealing with dirty water ways such as Clean major waterways such as Flooding Ag land. cattails, outdated culverts, mowing, remove dirt. etc. G9 NA G10 NA G11 Don't drain land that should be Wetlands, replenish our kept as wetlands. Example - a Wetlands Groundwater and wells. acquifers. swamp that can only be accessed on a dry year. G12 Retention of Creation of wetland at marshlands Filtering water. Benefit Lake Winnipeg. downstream end of major and riparian for wildlife. drainage ditches, creeks, etc. areas

G13 Agricultural - drainage Proper control is non-apparent in Soil, crop - source of Better flow control for all both developmen most cases especially in livelihood. agricultural, residential etc. t controls regards to non-agricultural and residential lands. G14 Allow Cooks Creek provides natural water, food, and shelter wildlife to for otters, beaver, deer exist and even clams. G15 Maintain drainage ditches to To prevent damage to House and auxillary Flooding ensure adequate water flow off property. buildlings. property. There is a need for all landowners, livestock, Capping unused wells. Limit ESP1 Clean water All of the above. wildlife to have access to raw sewage into waterways. clean water. We're draining off all the The aquifer for our drinking ESP2 Aquifers water and the aquifer water. suffers. ESP3 NA ESP4 Wells Homes, business. Overland Costs every few years to flooding/flo protect. Housing along Retention areas to allow slow ESP5 oding in Red Red River and Assiniboine release to drains and rivers. and River. Keep farmland from Assiniboine being flooded. Water retention/gr Reduced flooding, nutrient ESP6 Property and aquifer. Retention sites. oundwater loading, water quality. recharge SG1 NA SG2 NA SG3 NA SG4 NA Impact on Have as much natural drainage That whatever we do is at the Local marsh and wetland material in place. Not SG5 no - low impact on the environmen areas, natural drainage areas. everything should be for sale environment. t ie. Peat moss layers. SG6 NA Preserving our clean SG7 drinking water Personally we do not farm, although we do grow vegetables and fruits. However our neighbours Farmalnd and farmers ability Clean out Fish Creek, remove SG8 Farming and friends who do farm to make a living. the beaver dams. have had land flooded to the extent that was not able to be used. SG9 NA SG10 NA SG11 NA Preservation Prevention of destruction of Hold further development in and/or natural landscape whenever flood prone areas at least until SG12 creating Preservation of landscape. Forests and wildlife habitat. possible. Clearing of land for governments get a handle on the wildlife agriculture (manure spreading) situation. habitat when in flood prone areas.

If you are a soil/gravel company the rule of thumb seems to be as follows A: Need to alter Peat moss drainage, do it! Don't wait SG13 and gravel for permit. If you are companies outed after the fact, call MWS and pick up permit, no problem. If no one notices/cares, your done!

When we purchased our property in 1993, we did not experience any Stop allowing them to drain Guathier Soils was instructed to flooding problems. A their lands directly to the ditch clean the ditch from the bridge Gravel/peat peat/gravel company Our property, our land value, along the 501. They need to be on 501 east to their driveway. SG14 companies opened 1/4 mile away in and our rights as taxpayers. held accountable for the They did a partial job and have 1996/1997 (approx.) and damage they are doing to not been required to complete our flooding issues have private property. the agreed upon work. increased in proportion to their activity. SG15 NA Peat moss Some of the isues Limit peat moss mining in built SG16 mining and surrounding these issues Land use. Drinking water. up areas. Destroy beaver dams beavers have been addressed. in trouble spots. SG17 NA SG18 NA SG19 NA Groundwate SG20 r

Priorities and work completion from one Our problem specifically comes municipality often differ from overland flooding caused depending on people that Cooperation Meetings between by poor drainage, past poor live there, land usage, etc. between municipalities to collaborate decisions and a lack of SG21 That especially affects Roadways, homes. municipaliti their plans where drainage and accountability. It's really not those of us that reside on es infrastructure are concerned. that complicated, it just needs to their borders. It leaves us be looked at with an honest with inconsistent roads effort. and drainage putting our services at risk. More money will come if we can work together to make these properties attractive. Properly draining this is not unreasonable. Other comments: In the area of Ste Genevieve there is "new" Since the system can't Have an annual meeting to water. Our property has mature Collaboratio work as a whole unless all have all affecting municipalities trees that are now underwater n between parts are in working order SG22 Homes, farmland, and roads. look at budgets, plans, and and are dying. Not only municipaliti it makes sense all ideas to ensure one's not improper drainage is affecting es municipalities come negatively affecting the next. us. Where is this water coming together. from. What local properties are responsible for legally or illegally drainaing their land for monetary gain and why are they not responsible for their actions and held accountable.

SG23 NA SG24 NA Proper drainage is critical Agricultural for successful agriculture Agricultural production and Attention and planning with D1 land on Lake Aggassiz lake bed viability. technical input. drainage soils. Drainage Poor maintenance is a My crops, my buildings, D2 maintenanc recipe for disaster if not Maintenance, mowing, etc. municipal infrastructure. e dealt with properly. Stop the ill-conceived explosion We need to invoke the How will we continue to of Winnipeg-style subdivisions. Environment Act and require Maintenanc feed a world population of Get the RM of Springfield to more use of its licensing D3 e of arable 7 billion people - a Food growing capacity. stop squandering arable land procedures. Developers and land population which is for municipal halls and fire others need to justify their forecast to increase? stations. That's just frivolous. action, or be denied.

Maximize Important to maximize Controlled, engineered D4 Agricultural crops. land use production of food. drainage plans. We have seen in the past that when they drain first Don't drain in the spring the land in Don't open the drains too early D5 the wetland Cropland and infrastructure. the East, it will sit between in the east. east to fast #12 and #206 forever and do damage. D6 Flooding Flooding of farmland. D7 NA In this world where only Clean 21% of clean water is left The aquifer for future D8 drinking we should be looking after generations to use. water this resource.

Grounwater Necessity. Source of life. Education. Capping and D9 contaminati Drinking water. Needs protecting. maintenance of wells. on Groundwate Much more thorough mapping r is Everyone needs clean of groundwater systems and D10 compromise A habitable future. water to drink. flows. Strenuous enforcement d in some of legislation and regulation. districts This is a resource we Must take a long hard look at almost take for granted sewage treatment. Maybe Drinking Drinking water D11 and therefore are regional sewage treatment water (groundwater). complacent about plants. Keep development protecting it. away from wetlands. Drinking D12 water Solves water quality and Development only in Stop water issues. Solves established towns and sites. D13 developmen preservation of natural Preservation of way of life. No development in wetlands t areas. Solves drainage of and low lying areas. wetlands. Proper assessment of the site. Concern for potential Hillside Gravel zone as a water Recommend remediation D14 hazardous leachate into dump source. measures to prevent leaching the aquifers. out into water source.

I feel I know very little about this issue (watershed). Suggestion: It would have been helpful if the Quality Concerns regarding world Reduce farm runoff through CCCD had provided a brief info D15 drinking Water. reduction of clean water. legislation/penalties. piece/overview about the water current situation. I would have liked to have arrived at the meeting much better informed.

D16 NA Controlling Monitor how much water Reduce large scale housing D17 developmen is being used for Fresh water. developments. Reduce gravel t households. removal in watershed area. Wastewater Disposition of waste has to D18 and sewage be environmentally handling friendly. Retention People and property D19 Retention areas. areas downstream. Aquifer Wells are a direct route of D20 protection Groundwater. Put everyone on town water. pollutants into the aquifer. in Oakbank To protect groundwater Groundwate D21 because everyone needs Goundwater (drinking water). Capping old wells. r clean water. D22 NA Well water Protect wells from Personal wells/farm wells for D23 quality. contamination. livestock. Erosion of Trench a deeper creek bed. D24 Loads to flooding. Homes. creek bed Raise edge of creek. Finish sealing unused wells. I Quality of have one they could get the My drinking water is from D25 groundwate Water quality from the well. top off and left it. Prevent a well. r toxic dumping and livestock along the riparian zones.

Riparian and I wish to live in an area Financial support for habitat wetland rich in wildlife and fish Wetlands and riparian conservation. Assessment of D26 habitat species. These habitats habitat. habitat. No development in protection clean our water. critical habitat areas. D27 NA D28 NA Drain maintenance. Hold water until these is room. Get D29 Drainage To prevent flooding. Homes and crops. rid of spring water fast by diversions to floodway. D30 NA D31 NA Land use D32 planning, Unique land use. Farms, agriculture. water Maintain and manage Water flow Need to maintain water all D33 Water table, land values. upstream wetlands. Manage in creek summer long in the creek. urban and rural drainage. D34 NA D35 NA It splits our RM in half. Adds 14 minutes in PMT1 Floodway Homes and lives. A bridge. response time for the fire dept. during water events. Water PMT2 quality The land, forest, wild PMT3 Crown land plants. Restore PMT4 wetlands Groundwate PMT5 Seal abadoned wells. r Netley Marsh both Netley historically and Marsh Netley Marsh - water Rehabilitation of the marsh, PMT6 environmentally is Characteristi received and quality. water resources. significant for Manitoba. cs Assists in water quality. ONLIN NA E 1