RIDEAU VALLEY, Oct. 25, 2024 – The Rideau Valley Conservation Authority is seeking feedback from the public on its mandatory hazard management programs, as part of the development of a Watershed-Based Resource Management Strategy required under Ontario Regulation 686/21.
All residents, landowners, municipal partners, agencies and businesses in the Rideau Valley are invited to complete a survey on the delivery and improvement of mandatory programs and services including Flood Forecasting and Warning, Drought or Low Water Response, Land Use Planning advisory services and application of development regulations in natural hazard areas.
Natural hazard areas include river or stream valleys, unstable soils or bedrock, areas affected by flooding, erosion or dynamic beaches, and wetlands.
The survey is open until November 18, 2024. Survey results will be used to prepare an interim Watershed Management Strategy, which will be followed by more extensive stakeholder and public consultation in 2025 to inform a more detailed and comprehensive Watershed Management Strategy. Next year’s Strategy will dive deeper into RVCA’s work and will encompass all programs and services as the RVCA prepares a new Strategic Plan.
For more information contact or visit www.rvca.ca to learn more about our programs.
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