SRRCD Flood and Drought Adaptation Plan
The RM of Hanover, in partnership with the Seine Rat river Conservation District (SRRCD) in Manitoba proposes a flood and drought adaptation plan for sustainable water management covering the entire Seine-Rat River watershed region, that will identify a distributed water retention system based on multi-functional storage (MFS). The purpose of the project is to develop the economic case for large scale investment in natural infrastructure on the agricultural landscape as a key adaptation to the elevated risk of both flood and drought, helping provincial and municipal governments prioritize and invest in green infrastructure that provides a beneficial cost-benefit ratio.
A new reference hydrology model will be developed to design new structures taking into account potential climate change extremes. Using this model, the plan will identify the size, number and location of potential MFS sites in the Seine-Rat River watershed area and build the investment case based on implementation costs, and various project benefits including climate risk (flood/drought) reduction, irrigation potential, water quality and habitat benefits.
A future potential follow-up to this plan will be to develop a feasibility study for specific locations within the conservation district, conduct a feasibility study for the development of naturalized wetland stormwater retention facilities within the RM of Hanover, and invest in feasibility, planning and engineering studies for a natural sewage treatment system for the RM of Hanover. This report can also be used by SRRCD member municipalities to lobby the federal and provincial governments to develop a regional water strategy.
This future Manitoba case study will apply the Prairie Climate Atlas data to demonstrate full climate risk analytics consistent with emerging best practices for climate resilient infrastructure investment planning.
The proposed study also follows in the wake of the recommendations of the Manitoba Climate and Green Plan and the Roseau River Study by building the investment case for multifunctional storage (MFS) in the Assiniboine River Basin using leading-edge geospatial and hydrological analysis and best-in-class climate risk analytics for investment planning.
A new reference hydrology model will be developed to design new structures taking into account potential climate change extremes. Using this model, the plan will identify the size, number and location of potential MFS sites in the Seine-Rat River watershed area and build the investment case based on implementation costs, and various project benefits including climate risk (flood/drought) reduction, irrigation potential, water quality and habitat benefits.
A future potential follow-up to this plan will be to develop a feasibility study for specific locations within the conservation district, conduct a feasibility study for the development of naturalized wetland stormwater retention facilities within the RM of Hanover, and invest in feasibility, planning and engineering studies for a natural sewage treatment system for the RM of Hanover. This report can also be used by SRRCD member municipalities to lobby the federal and provincial governments to develop a regional water strategy.
This future Manitoba case study will apply the Prairie Climate Atlas data to demonstrate full climate risk analytics consistent with emerging best practices for climate resilient infrastructure investment planning.
The proposed study also follows in the wake of the recommendations of the Manitoba Climate and Green Plan and the Roseau River Study by building the investment case for multifunctional storage (MFS) in the Assiniboine River Basin using leading-edge geospatial and hydrological analysis and best-in-class climate risk analytics for investment planning.