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Grey to Green Enhanced Stormwater Management Master Planning: Guide to Optimizing Municipal Infrastructure Assets and Reducing Risk

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This guide supports municipalities in retrofitting stormwater management systems using both grey and green infrastructure through completion of a stormwater master plan.

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13.6 MB

Grey to Green: Low Impact Development Business and Multi-residential Retrofits

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This guide is for anyone interested in promoting more sustainable practices in the business and multi-residential community, including board members, employees, customers, students or residents.

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Last modified:
2007-03-01
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35.43 MB

Grey to Green: Low Impact Development Public Lands Retrofits

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This guide provides you with the information, guidance, case studies and tools you need to do the following:
• Understand why implementing an LID makes sense for your property
• Know what LID options are available and how to select the right option for your property
• Implement an LID retrofit, including both small and large-scale projects
• Operate and maintain your LID practice

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Last modified:
2007-03-01
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15.51 MB

Grey to Green: Low Impact Development Residential Retrofits

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This guide will provide you with information you can use to build the case for retrofitting residential lands with low impact development practices. It will also help you secure the internal and external support you need to move forward and improve the resilience of your municipality.

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Last modified:
2007-03-01

Grey to Green: Low Impact Development Road Retrofits

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This guide’s aim is to offer advice and support—both political and technical—for the adoption of LID within road infrastructure in order to maintain and enhance a municipality’s level of service.

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Last modified:
2007-03-01
Size:
14.56 MB

Guidance: Water Balance Assessment

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This document has been provided in an attempt to standardize the water balance requirements to support development applications required to comply with the CTC Source Protection Plan Policy REC-1 and should be referred to for guidance purposes only. It is not a legal document and should not be used as such.

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Last modified:
2021-10-21

Guidelines for Designing Enhancement Plans within Setbacks and Buffers

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This document is to be used after the decision has been made to plant the setback and/or buffer. These guidelines are a tool to use when the recommendation to provide an Enhancement Plan has been requested through the Development and Permitting Process.

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Last modified:
2023-08-01

Headwaters Subwatershed Study – Phase 3: Management, Implementation and Monitoring Plan

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The Headwaters Subwatershed Study includes a comprehensive overview of the characteristics of the headwaters of the Credit River. It includes an evaluation of vulnerabilities and stressors, as well as opportunities to manage, protect and enhance the environmental characteristics and water resources of the headwaters moving forward. As such it provides a comprehensive list of recommendations including responsibilities and timelines.

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Last modified:
2021-05-03
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16.07 MB

Healthy Soils Guideline for the Natural Heritage System

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This document provides guidelines and recommendations to protect, preserve, and restore healthy soils in areas impacted by development or site alteration within or directly adjacent to natural and restored features. It sets minimum standards for soil health and quantity to ensure suitable growing conditions for vegetation.

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Last modified:
2017-06-29

How to Plant Your Native Herbaceous Plants

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Planting native plants is a great way to add a pop of colour to your landscape while providing benefits to pollinators.

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Last modified:
2024-10-02

How-to: Caring for Your New Tree or Shrub

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A guide on how to care for your newly planted tree or shrub.

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Hungry Hollow SNAP Action Plan

Hungry Hollow SNAP Action Plan Continue Reading

The Hungry Hollow SNAP Action Plan outlines the vision, goals and actions recommended to make the Hungry Hollow SNAP neighbourhood in Georgetown more sustainable and resilient to the impacts of climate change. It was developed collaboratively by CVC and the Town of Halton Hills, in consultation with Halton Region and other local stakeholders and community members.

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Hungry Hollow SNAP Background Report

Hungry Hollow SNAP Background Report Continue Reading

The Hungry Hollow SNAP Background Report is a foundational document to the Hungry Hollow Sustainable Neighbourhood Action Plan. It profiles existing neighbourhood conditions; documents consultation, social market research and community engagement activities; and highlights the diversity of existing work, sustainability and climate change plans and programs at the watershed, municipal and regional scale.

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14.38 MB
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