Ontario floods: How nature-based solutions can promote effective flood management – Canadian Manufacturing

July 18, 2024

This week, large areas of Ontario experienced severe flooding that caused widespread power outages, water damages and disruption. Severe rainfall events are not new, but they are becoming more frequent and costly due to human-caused climate change.

Flooding is a challenge affecting everything from economic security, to drinking water and the pursuit of truth and reconciliation. Canada must adapt to the urgent risks posed by worsening floods. Luckily, numerous pathways exist for individual Canadians to engage in collective actions to protect ourselves and our communities.

I learned the realities of flooding the hard way: by getting my socks wet when I stepped foot on my basement floor. Water from a pipe seeped behind the walls and under the waterproof floor. It caused damage that was, for a variety of reasons not covered by home insurance. However, I turned out lucky, all things considered. The average cost of a flooded basement in Canada is over $40,000.

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