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​High-Performance Surface Water Management Systems

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Henry (Hank) Venema, PhD, P.Eng. - Civil/Systems Engineer

​With high institutional investor interest in green infrastructure, SCC have identified municipal environmental systems technology as a large and under-serviced market segment in Western Canada. SCC specialises in integrating projections of climate change with water resource infrastructure projects that provide climate resilience benefits.
 
SCC’s unique perspective on surface water management is its investor focus providing government and private sector investors with high quality return on investment (ROI) analysis and investment due diligence services for individual projects and networks of projects. 


​Team lead: 
Dr. Hank Venema brings a strong focus on climate resilience planning and surface water management to the municipal landscape. 

Municipal Engineering
Waste Management
Natural Infrastructure
GIS and Geospastial Analysis
Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy

Boyne Valley Water Initiative

Originally proposed in 1965, the Boyne Valley Water Initiative (BVWI) consists of a new dam to be constructed on the Boyne River, downstream of the town of Treherne in the Municipality of Norfolk Treherne. The dam would store 24,300 acre-feet = 29, 973 dam3  of water to increase the supply available for municipal, irrigation and other uses in the region, particularly during periodic droughts or low summer flow periods. The dam could also assist in reducing flood flows in the reach between Treherne and Stephenfield Reservoir. 

This feasibility study will re-analyze the Treherne Dam proposal in light of water harvesting infrastructure within the context of climate change.

Natural Green Infrastructure project funded in part by the
 Federation of  Canadian Municipalities FCM MCIP Program and the Municipality of Norfolk-Treherne
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Virden Wallace-Woodworth Climate Adaptation plan

The Town of Virden and the Rural Municipality of Wallace-Woodworth propose a scoping analysis for distributed water retention system based on multi-functional storage (MFS) in the Virden and Wallace-Woodworth area. 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 attract multifunctional de-risking adaptation investments.

The study will identify the size, number and location of potential MFS sites in the Virden and Wallace-Woodworth areas 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.

​Natural  Infrastructure project funded in part by the
Federation of  Canadian Municipalities FCM MCIP Program  and the Town of Virden and RM of Wallace-Woodworth

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Seine Rat River Conservation District

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. 
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Sub-watershed Surface Water Management Plan funded in part by the
Federation of  Canadian Municipalities FCM MCIP Program and the Rural Municipality of Hanover. 

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"Water is the driving force of all of nature.”

- Leonardo da Vinci

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