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New mapping of Calgary’s river corridors shows a dramatically reduced threat of flooding along them, says the province.
Saying it will bring better results at a lower cost, the Alberta government ... was that the Ghost River dam would not just mitigate flooding, but also drought. “The Glenbow dam would have ...
Alberta will pay TransAlta $5.5 million a year for the next five years to use its Ghost River Dam to help protect Calgary from flooding and its Kananaskis dams to guard against drought. The five ...
It will control a large body of water to be known as the Bow River Reservoir ... large flood events compared to the relocated ...
Since 2015, the province has been working on new studies that focus on water that escapes a river’s banks and inundates a flood plain. At that time, then-Alberta ... New maps show where areas ...
The Alberta government is seeking public input on the new flood maps for the North Saskatchewan River in the Edmonton area. The flood study's authors want members of the public to review the ...
Pomeroy agrees, according to The Canadian Press article: Alberta should build flood walls along the Bow River and manage its reservoirs for ... We didn't design our cities, our floodways, our flood ...
Rivers fed by torrential mountain rains spilled across the prairies of southern Alberta ... High River is one of several communities where residents have been evacuated because of the flooding.
Related: Government of Alberta boosts Calgary’s flood resilience with $13.4 million investment “This is an important step forward in upstream flood mitigation on the Bow River,” Calgary ...