Stormwater Management Master Plan
We want to hear from you
How we manage stormwater affects you. It also affects our drinking water supply and our environment. Your feedback is an important part of updating the master plan. The City will look for your feedback throughout the master plan update, both in-person and online.
Here On Have Your Say - The Stormwater Management Master Plan was approved by Council on April 27th. Our next milestone is to complete the EA Process through a Notice of Study Completion.
The Q&A tool is closed. Your feedback will be incorporated into the overall project documentation.
The online mapping tool is now closed. Thank you for telling us about flooding, erosion or other issues you have noticed. Hearing your experiences with stormwater management will help us develop recommendations for a preferred stormwater management strategy.
To get project updates, you can join our mailing list by contacting the project leads listed on the right hand side of the page.
Please note: This project began in an older version of our website. Some of the tools and information may appear different than originally designed.
Who's Listening
Phases
Stage 2 – Alternatives and Preferred Alternatives
Learn more about:
- Field work to fill data gaps
- Complete marketing transformation research
- Develop and evaluate alternative management strategies
- Develop a short list of alternatives
- Selection of preferred alternatives
Stormwater management master plan: July 2022 project update
What we’ve heard so far
On October 28, 2020, we invited Guelph residents to the first virtual open house for the stormwater management master plan to:
- Share information about what the master plan includes
- Help our community understand how Guelph’s stormwater management systems work
- Answer a survey and join a mapping activity to provide ideas for and experiences with stormwater management in Guelph
- Share the criteria we’ll use to make decisions and recommendations
More than 130 people visited the virtual open house and 20 people took the survey. Here’s what we heard:
- People said that stormwater runoff is a serious concern in Guelph. On a scale of 10, the average rating was 7.5, however, most people rated the seriousness at 8 or higher.
- People expressed a high level of concern about the environmental quality of our local streams and rivers. Most people rated their level of concern as eight or above, with 8.7 being the average rating.
- Most people (88 per cent) said they would support for road changes or improvements with ‘green’ stormwater features such as updated stormwater management ponds, new curb and gutter systems, bioswales, grassed channels and underground pipe systems.
- People indicated a personal willingness to implement solutions that could help reduce runoff from private property except installing a green roof. People were most willing to add roof downspout connections, use rain barrels or cisterns, plant trees and create rain gardens.
View the full engagement summary report.
Next steps
We’re evaluating options and identifying projects to make stormwater management in Guelph better. We’ll reach back out to the community again later this year (2022) to present our recommendations and get your feedback.
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