Transforming Water Infrastructure

through Actionable “Smart” Insights

Eric and R. Mark Palmer (GREENLAND® International) and Martin Rydlo (Town of Collingwood)

Project Partners

Other Support

What is the Significance of Smart Water Properties?

Using Internet enabled devices (such as

the SafeSump™ pump and RainGrid™

cistern systems) can better quantify “lot

level” storm water impacts and identify

other mitigative needs (incl. Low Impact

Development (LID) and/or water harvesting

plus reuse practices).

Data insights will also help identify other

practices to alleviate stress on municipal

sewer infrastructure systems and during

severe (seasonal) climate events.

Smart Water Implications for Residential and ICI Properties

• Help reduce property owners’ basement

and property flood damage risks (due to

severe rainfall and snowmelt events);

• Potential cost savings for municipal

service providers and other asset

management areas;

• Reduction in GHG emissions; and,

• Potential insurance savings.

Rationale

for the

Project

Partnership

Approach

Public Engagement Blitz and Open House (Nov. 2017 – Jan. 2018)

Requested Private Property Installation Sites

A Few of the Collingwood Area (Real-time) Weather Stations

Data from Concurrent

Master Plan Study

Municipal-Wide Sanitary Sewer Flow Monitoring Program

Other “Targeted” Sanitary Sewer Monitoring for the FCM Funded Project

Analytics Using SafeSump™ and Sanitary Sewer Monitoring Data

The project includes the design / construction of private property rain gardens

to determine site effectiveness in reducing stormwater runoff from severe rainfall events. Rain gardens were constructed in the Fall 2017 & Summer 2018.

The project also includes an assessment of other Low Impact Development

(LID) practices. This includes monitoring of three (3) constructed parking lots

with permeable surface & underground stormwater infiltration systems that

are NOT connected to the municipal storm sewer system. Stormwater runoff responses are being confirmed for all rainfall and snowmelt period events.

EXAMPLE #1: Commercial Property with No Storm Sewer System Outlet

Analytics With RainGrid™, SafeSump™, Rain Gardens and Parking Lot LID Monitoring Data

EXAMPLE #1: Commercial Property with No Storm Sewer System Outlet

Analytics With RainGrid™, SafeSump™, Rain Gardens and Parking Lot LID Monitoring Data (Cont’d)

Analytics With Only Parking Lot

LID Monitoring Data

EXAMPLE #2: Institutional

Property with No Storm Sewer System Outlet

EXAMPLE #2: Institutional

Property with No Storm Sewer System Outlet (Cont’d)

Analytics With Only Parking Lot LID Monitoring Data

To summarize, what will we do with all of the monitoring data?

1) Incorporate the data with concurrent sanitary sewer flow

monitoring programs by the Town and our project team;

2) Data will be analyzed with continuous (predictive) modeling

tools to identify sustainable (and Smart) property owner flood

protection products and practices; and,

3) The findings will help the Town and Environment Network

(NGO) to seek other funding and expand the use of the

SafeSump™, RainGrid™, rain garden and permeable parking

lot systems on a larger (evidence-based) implementation basis.

Finally, the project will help understand how to better reduce stormwater

impacts (from above and below the ground) at the lot level (at-source) by:

1) Better understanding the impact of seasonal groundwater levels upon

drainage systems and with ‘big data’ information not available before;

2) Assessing inflow concerns for the WWTP and sanitary sewer system;

3) Determining if other building permit conditions are needed for basement

drainage works affecting new (nearby) home construction and help reduce

future basement flooding risks;

4) Preparing stormwater management plans for new (nearby) developments

and which have regard for ‘cumulative effects’ from seasonal high period

groundwater levels affecting current and ICI properties; and,

5) Providing the development industry with an evidence-based and ‘Smart

Water Technology’ direction for designing buildings and development plans

that are more resilient to stormwater runoff and snowmelt impacts.

Thank You!

For more information:

Please contact Eric Palmer (epalmer@grnland.com)

and/or visit the project website www.collingwoodpilotproject.com