Flood Review Makes 65 Recommendations
Mar 14, 2018 | 12:37 PM
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An independent review of last spring’s flooding in BC has made 65 recommendations to improve the province’s response.
Associated Environmental Consultants looked at what could have been done differently to reduce the flooding impacts, which included properties on Okanagan and Kalamalka lakes.
The report says the main cause of the flooding was a wetter than normal spring — combined with high snowpacks, and unusual weather conditions the previous fall and winter.
The review doesn’t cast blame on how the systems were managed, or the decisions that were made, but does make recommendations centred around staffing levels, experience and training, and streamflow forecasting models related to climate change.
