by Claudia Foung | Sep 30, 2015 | News
Photo credit: Seattle Public Utilities When land is being torn up anyway, there are often opportunities for managing runoff with green infrastructure. Regulating new development and redevelopment projects to manage stormwater on site is becoming the norm in many...
by Claudia Foung | Sep 15, 2015 | News
There’s no question – urban trees provide value to cities. A report from TD economics quantified Toronto’s tree benefits at more than $81 million – with 66% of this value coming from trees’ role in managing stormwater. But each tree is different in its ability to...
by Claudia Foung | Sep 2, 2015 | News
Lindsay Telfer is the national project director for the Canadian Freshwater Alliance, and is leading outreach and engagement activities for Our Living Waters Protecting Canada’s fresh waters should be on the next federal government’s agenda, whichever party wins on...
by Claudia Foung | Aug 19, 2015 | News
With assistance from Credit Valley Conservation It’s obvious: water is water — whether it’s in a lake, in your glass, going down your toilet or raining onto your driveway. Yet municipalities typically deal with water as three separate services: drinking water,...
by Claudia Foung | Aug 5, 2015 | News
Green infrastructure is a tool for managing rainfall. So what if there isn’t any? California’s drought has been in the news for months. Now Western Canada is getting hit (read more about droughts in B.C., Alberta, and Saskatchewan). Agriculture is suffering, wildfires...
