Down the Drain: Stormwater management in Hamilton

Hello Ward 8 Neighbours,

With Hamilton experiencing more intense and frequent weather events in the past few years, and with the expectation that our City will continue to experience these events going forward, Green Venture in cooperation with the City’s Water Services Division will be hosting an online presentation on what can be done about stormwater management on February 8.

For more details, please continue reading below…

From Green Venture:

Storms are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change and we are experiencing more pollution in our waterways and flooding in our communities. This is putting a ton of pressure on our stormwater management systems. But there’s a solution! If we work together to manage rain where it falls we can lessen the impact on our infrastructure and restore our natural waterways. Learn from the City of Hamilton, Hamilton Water group about where your stormwater goes, how to keep our infrastructure operational and why lot-level (e.g. from your yard!) intervention is important for pollution and flood control in our communities.

The Green Venture presentation will have 3 speakers from the City’s Water Division:

Speaker Bios

Tim Crowley works as a Project Manager in the newly formed Watershed Management section within the Hamilton Water Division at the City of Hamilton. Responsibilities include the remediation of Chedoke Creek, Government Funding Administration, Academic Partnership Programming, Woodward Community Liaison Committee Lead and supporting the Hamilton Harbour Remedial Action Plan.

Dave Alberton works as Manager of Water Distribution and Wastewater Collection within the Hamilton Water Division at the City of Hamilton. Dave has over 17 years experience in progressive executive leadership roles within the field of water, wastewater and stormwater. In Dave’s role, he is accountable for the Water Distribution and Wastewater Collection section for the tenth largest Municipality in Canada.

Monir Moniruzzaman works as Senior Project Manager of Infrastructure Planning within the Growth Management Division of Planning and Economic Development at the City of Hamilton. Monir is a Professional Engineer and an active member of the Municipal Engineers Association of Ontario. Monir has over 15 years experience in stormwater management and other Municipal engineering. He is responsible to review and approve growth related private and public stormwater maintenance system infrastructure in the City.

If this is something that interests you, please visit the Down the Drain eventbrite page to register for the February 8 presentation.

Questions or concerns?

If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact our office here.