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COVEr
weaTherInG The sTOrms:
Municipalities Plead for Funds to
Maintain Stormwater Infrastructure
I
n order to better assess Ontario's ability to cope with the
impending impacts of climate change and severe weather
patterns, the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE),
Consulting Engineers of Ontario (CEO), Residential and Civil
Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO), and Ontario
Sewer and Watermain Construction Association (OSWCA) are
partnering to conduct a study on the condition of stormwater
infrastructure and the type of asset management planning that
is done in municipalities across Ontario.
Below are initial results of a survey sent to all 444
municipalities in Ontario, which 55 municipalities across the
province completed.
KeY findinGs
* Significant investments will be required to maintain or bring
municipal stormwater infrastructure up to a good or better
condition rating
* Most municipalities do not have adequate stormwater
management assets; adequate funding resources to meet the
changing demands and regulatory requirements for these
assets; and/or, the human resources to appropriately track and
monitor these assets and their metrics
* Stormwater infrastructure assets are a major part of municipal
infrastructure and need to be appropriately accounted for in
municipal asset management plans
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The VOICe
June 2017
what resources do you need to develop a
sIamP?
"We require staff specifically for asset
management and COuNCIl buy IN...!!!
better yet, regulation that Council cannot
work around!"
what is the most critical issue for the
next five years?
"Climate change increasing intensity and
frequency of storms, resulting in more
flooding issues. regulatory requirements We are expecting environmental regulations
to become more stringent. Aging infrastructure - it is not urgent right now, but we
know it's an issue, and we need to prepare
for the future."
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