What is the City of Ottawa planning to do to further reduce overflows?
Several Ottawa River Action Plan projects will help to further reduce the frequency, volume and impact of combined sewer overflows to the Ottawa River. • Maximize use of existing system capacity through complete implementation of Real Time Controls. These controls will enable operators to hold or channel wet weather flows to areas of the system with available capacity and will detect system failures allowing for immediate response. This work is well underway and is expected to be fully operational in early 2010. Project 1 • Add capacity to the system to temporarily store or convey wet weather flow and prevent overflows to the river. Three options are under consideration. All three add sufficient capacity to ensure regulatory compliance (i.e., two or fewer overflows to the Ottawa River in an average year.) Project 3 • Continue sewer separation projects in targeted areas to address other system challenges such as local flooding. Currently, project work is focused in the Rockcliffe Park a
