by Claudia Foung | Oct 28, 2015 | News
Faced with the combined impacts of urbanization and climate change, how can municipalities take action across the landscape to reduce flood risk, erosion, and pollution? A free workshop, being held Wednesday 2 December in Toronto, will outline tools for...
by Claudia Foung | Oct 14, 2015 | News
After years of chronic underfunding of stormwater infrastructure, many Canadian cities are looking to a new model of charging dedicated lot-level stormwater management fees. This approach, often known as the stormwater utility model, has multiple advantages: reliable...
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,...
