Influence of Natural Cover and Land Use on Water Quality and Quantity Conversations / Get Involved, Low Impact Development, Rural Landowners, Things to Do, Urban Homeowners, Water Quality, Watershed Plan / Wednesday, May 29, 2024 Five-part Series Highlighting the Top Stories of the Watershed Plan The first phase of the Watershed Plan characterizes […] Influence of Natural Cover and Land Use on Water Quality and Quantity Continue Reading
Credit Valley Conservation Celebrates Construction Completion of Smart Blue Roof Media Release, News Room / Low Impact Development, Stormwater, Watershed Science / Friday, May 10, 2024 May 10, 2024 – Today, Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) celebrated the construction completion and commissioning of its new Credit Valley Conservation Celebrates Construction Completion of Smart Blue Roof Continue Reading
CVC Builds Canada’s First CSA Compliant Smart Blue Roof Conversations / Flood Resiliency, Low Impact Development, Smart Blue Roof, Stormwater, Water Quality, Watershed Science / Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Learn How We’re Making the Most of Rainwater In 2017, we embarked on a mission to install Canada’s CVC Builds Canada’s First CSA Compliant Smart Blue Roof Continue Reading
How to Make Your Home Rain-ready Conversations / Climate Change, Community Tree Project, Fletchers Creek, Flood Resiliency, Gardening, Green Your Property, Low Impact Development, Rainscaping, SNAP, Your Green Yard / Thursday, September 8, 2022 A Natural Way to Prepare for Climate Change Climate change is happening now in the watershed. Our communities How to Make Your Home Rain-ready Continue Reading
Can Nature Help Address Climate Change? Conversations / Climate Change, Ecosystem Services, Low Impact Development / Thursday, November 4, 2021 Like the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change has the potential to put immense pressure on nearly every aspect of Can Nature Help Address Climate Change? Continue Reading
How We’re Monitoring Stormwater Conversations / Environmental Monitoring, Green Infrastructure, Low Impact Development, Stormwater, Watershed Science / Friday, August 20, 2021 Have you ever wondered what happens to rainwater when it drains into storm sewers? From a storm sewer, How We’re Monitoring Stormwater Continue Reading
Haggert Avenue Bioswale Retrofit Nears Completion Fletchers Creek SNAP Neighbourhood News / Brampton, Fletchers Creek, Low Impact Development, SNAP / Tuesday, June 29, 2021 The City of Brampton, in partnership with Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) is taking an innovative approach to retrofitting Haggert Avenue Bioswale Retrofit Nears Completion Continue Reading
CVC Receives Funds for Smart Blue Roof Pilot Project Media Release, News Room / CVC Updates, Funding, Grants, Low Impact Development, Smart Blue Roof / Tuesday, November 24, 2020 November 24, 2020 – Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) received over $280,000 from Intact Financial Corporation’s Intact Adaptation Action CVC Receives Funds for Smart Blue Roof Pilot Project Continue Reading
Private Landowners Partner for Stormwater Solutions Conversations / Best Practice, CVC Updates, Low Impact Development, Participant and Partner Features, Source Water Protection / Friday, June 19, 2020 When rain falls it needs somewhere to go. On hard surfaces such as roads, parking lots and roofs, Private Landowners Partner for Stormwater Solutions Continue Reading
Vision and Volunteers Sustain Stewardship at UCM Green Brief / Conservation Youth Corps, Green Your Property, Greening Corporate Grounds, Low Impact Development, Participant and Partner Features / Wednesday, January 22, 2020 Building sustainable communities is foundational to the Unitarian Congregation in Mississauga’s (UCM) mission. In addition to providing a Vision and Volunteers Sustain Stewardship at UCM Continue Reading
Schoolyard Transformation – Glendale Rain Garden Conversations / Brampton, Fletchers Creek, Gardening, Learn with Us, Low Impact Development, Rainscaping, SNAP / Wednesday, July 31, 2019 We’re excited to announce a beautiful new rain garden at Glendale Public School in City of Brampton’s Fletchers Schoolyard Transformation – Glendale Rain Garden Continue Reading
Reduced urban flooding through “Green Streets” Conversations / Best Practice, Low Impact Development, Watershed Science / Wednesday, January 23, 2013 On a walk through two unique streets in the Lakeview neighbourhood of Mississauga, visitors might notice meadow flowers Reduced urban flooding through “Green Streets” Continue Reading
