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| ==Watershed scale== | | ==Watershed scale== |
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| These tools might assist in proposing policies and management programs focusing on conservation and preservation; effect of land use on environmental resources. | | These tools might assist in proposing policies and management programs focusing on conservation and preservation; effect of land use on environmental resources. |
− | *Municipal stormwater risk management framework
| + | ===Municipal stormwater risk management framework=== |
| + | As part of the Peel Climate Change Partnership initiative to build flood resiliency, this project seeks to support member municipalities in building stormwater system resilience by assessing existing standards for applicability to stormwater and their ability to integrate climate change solutions. Using the Town of Caledon as a case study, this project draws on best practices in standards development and risk analysis to suggest elements for a Municipal Stormwater Risk Management Framework (MSW RMF). |
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| ===Sourcewater protection water quality risk assessment for climate change=== | | ===Sourcewater protection water quality risk assessment for climate change=== |
| This project is to develop a science-based handbook for the assessment of source water quality vulnerabilities to climate change. The handbook will assist Source Water Protection Committees with the preparation of Climate Change adaptation policies to address the relevant climate change impacts associated with their source protection areas. The handbook will include guidance and worksheets for carrying out climate change vulnerability assessment in order to incorporate relevant broad scale indicators into the drinking source water vulnerability scoring assessment. | | This project is to develop a science-based handbook for the assessment of source water quality vulnerabilities to climate change. The handbook will assist Source Water Protection Committees with the preparation of Climate Change adaptation policies to address the relevant climate change impacts associated with their source protection areas. The handbook will include guidance and worksheets for carrying out climate change vulnerability assessment in order to incorporate relevant broad scale indicators into the drinking source water vulnerability scoring assessment. |
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| ===[https://trca.ca/conservation/greenspace-management/water-balance/wetland-hydroperiod-analysis-tool-2/download Wetland hydrologic analysis tool]=== | | ===[https://trca.ca/conservation/greenspace-management/water-balance/wetland-hydroperiod-analysis-tool-2/download Wetland hydrologic analysis tool]=== |
| The Wetland Hydroperiod Analysis Tool (WHAT) was designed to analyze wetland hydrology time series data to concisely describe the annual statistical distribution of water level depths. The statistical distribution of water levels in a wetland is referred to as the hydroperiod, and is an important determinant of a wetland’s ecological structure and function. WHAT is based on The Nature Conservancy’s Indicators of Hydrologic Alteration (IHA) software (TNC, 2009) but is designed to facilitate analysis of wetland data rather than streamflow data and uses a somewhat different set of metrics. The metrics produced by WHAT can be used to determine the hydroperiod of a wetland in a natural reference condition, to compare the hydroperiods of different wetlands, or to compare the pre-development hydroperiod to the modeled or monitored post-development hydroperiod for the purposes of a feature-based water balance analysis. | | The Wetland Hydroperiod Analysis Tool (WHAT) was designed to analyze wetland hydrology time series data to concisely describe the annual statistical distribution of water level depths. The statistical distribution of water levels in a wetland is referred to as the hydroperiod, and is an important determinant of a wetland’s ecological structure and function. WHAT is based on The Nature Conservancy’s Indicators of Hydrologic Alteration (IHA) software (TNC, 2009) but is designed to facilitate analysis of wetland data rather than streamflow data and uses a somewhat different set of metrics. The metrics produced by WHAT can be used to determine the hydroperiod of a wetland in a natural reference condition, to compare the hydroperiods of different wetlands, or to compare the pre-development hydroperiod to the modeled or monitored post-development hydroperiod for the purposes of a feature-based water balance analysis. |
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| ===Thermal stream index=== | | ===Thermal stream index=== |
| + | A GIS exercise for indexing streams based on thermal monitoring and interpolation |
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| ===Hotspot identification tool-sediment=== | | ===Hotspot identification tool-sediment=== |
− | Thie project is GIS exercise which identifies areas of relative high-risk within a subwatershed for sediment delivery to water bodies. Uses stream power index and soil erodibility in rural areas, and event mean concentrations and stormwater management features in urban areas. Contact amanjot.singh(at)cvc.ca
| + | This project is GIS exercise which identifies areas of relative high-risk within a subwatershed for sediment delivery to water bodies. Uses stream power index and soil erodibility in rural areas, and event mean concentrations and stormwater management features in urban areas. Contact amanjot.singh(at)cvc.ca |
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− | ===[https://davidsuzuki.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/municipal-natural-assets-initiative-peel-ontario.pdf Natural assets project]=== | + | ===[https://mnai.ca/ Natural assets project]=== |
− | The Municipal Natural Assets Initiative (MNAI) pilot project for the Region of Peel quantifies the level of stormwater services (flood control and water quality control) provided by natural assets such as wetlands, forests and open green spaces, and the value of such services under existing climate and with climate change. The valuation is intended to assist municipalities in accounting for natural assets in municipal asset management framework. The study was completed for two subwatersheds within CVC’s jurisdiction of Peel, and is being expanded to include all of credit river watershed and the entire Region of Peel. | + | The Municipal Natural Assets Initiative (MNAI) pilot project for the Region of Peel quantifies the level of stormwater services (flood control and water quality control) provided by natural assets such as wetlands, forests and open green spaces, and the value of such services under existing climate and with climate change. The valuation is intended to assist municipalities in accounting for natural assets in municipal asset management framework. The study was completed for two subwatersheds within CVC’s jurisdiction of Peel, and is being expanded to include all of credit river watershed and the entire Region of Peel.<ref>https://davidsuzuki.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/municipal-natural-assets-initiative-peel-ontario.pdf</ref> |
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| ==Environmental impact report/ subdivision plan scale== | | ==Environmental impact report/ subdivision plan scale== |
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| The IWM tool can be used to model and determine GI types, sizing and intensity of application at a site/ neighbourhood level to meet SWM criteria while considering the cost and co-benefits of the design. This tool can be used to determine GI opportunities on priority sites identified by the Risk and Return on Investment Tool. | | The IWM tool can be used to model and determine GI types, sizing and intensity of application at a site/ neighbourhood level to meet SWM criteria while considering the cost and co-benefits of the design. This tool can be used to determine GI opportunities on priority sites identified by the Risk and Return on Investment Tool. |
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− | ===Soil risk assessment tool=== | + | ===[https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/home/erosion-and-sediment-control/soil-risk-assessment-tool/ Soil risk assessment tool]=== |
| The Soil Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool has been created to predict average annual soil loss from areas which have implemented a variety of ESC measures. The SRA tool can be used to assess the efficiency of ESCs on construction sites and to determine areas of high erosion risk. | | The Soil Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool has been created to predict average annual soil loss from areas which have implemented a variety of ESC measures. The SRA tool can be used to assess the efficiency of ESCs on construction sites and to determine areas of high erosion risk. |
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| ===Wetland water balance module: Visual Otthymo 5=== | | ===Wetland water balance module: Visual Otthymo 5=== |
| Civica has developed the Wetland Water Balance module for VO5 to help modelers complete a feature-based water balance analysis, as may be required to satisfy TRCA's SWM Criteria Document criteria for "water balance for protection of natural features" (Appendix D). The module simulates wetland storage dynamics (hydroperiod) and their response to changes in the catchment parameters relative to a baseline, pre-development condition. | | Civica has developed the Wetland Water Balance module for VO5 to help modelers complete a feature-based water balance analysis, as may be required to satisfy TRCA's SWM Criteria Document criteria for "water balance for protection of natural features" (Appendix D). The module simulates wetland storage dynamics (hydroperiod) and their response to changes in the catchment parameters relative to a baseline, pre-development condition. |
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| ==Stormwater management planning== | | ==Stormwater management planning== |
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| ===Oil and grit separator sizing tool=== | | ===Oil and grit separator sizing tool=== |
| The tool sizes OGS based on recently completed testing through ETV/ISO (not yet released as of April 2019). | | The tool sizes OGS based on recently completed testing through ETV/ISO (not yet released as of April 2019). |
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| *[https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/events/design-infiltration-rate-e-learning-course/ Design Infiltration Rate] | | *[https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/events/design-infiltration-rate-e-learning-course/ Design Infiltration Rate] |
| *[https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/events/building-forward-preparing-lid-construction-e-learning-course/ Building Forward: Preparing For LID Construction] | | *[https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/events/building-forward-preparing-lid-construction-e-learning-course/ Building Forward: Preparing For LID Construction] |
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