Stormwater Management Master Plan

We’ve completed the Stormwater Management Master Plan. This plan studied the City’s stormwater management infrastructure and policies to support the growing Guelph community now until 2051.

The process

The Master Plan was carried out according to the Municipal Engineers Association Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (2015, as amended), which is an approved Class of Environmental Assessment under the Environmental Assessment Act. Results from this Master Plan were documented in an environmental assessment that was made available for public review. The Notice of Study Completion was published on August 15, 2023.

Stormwater in Guelph

Notices

• Notice of Study Completion
• Notice of Commencement

Public Open House #1 notices

• Notice of Public Open House #1
• Notice of Public Open House #1: City News, Guelph Mercury Tribune, October 29, 2020

Public Open House #2 notices

• City News, Guelph Mercury Tribune, November 24, 2022
• City News, Guelph Mercury Tribune, December 1, 2022
• City News, Guelph Mercury Tribune, December 8, 2022
• City News, Guelph Mercury Tribune, December 15, 2022

Resources and documents

• Stormwater Management Master Plan project file
• Appendix A: Policy Review
• Appendix B: Stormwater management facilities, oil/grit separator and catchments
• Appendix C: Subwatershed Health Analysis
• Appendix D: Preliminary Recommendations for existing stormwater facilities and oil/grit separator units
• Appendix E:  Infiltration Policy Recommendations
• Appendix F – Stormwater Design Criteria and Targets
• Appendix G: Low Impact Development Implementation Strategy
• Appendix H: Stormwater Management Facility Maintenance Inspection
• Appendix I.1:  New End-of-Pipe Stormwater Management Facility Opportunities Part 1
• Appendix I.2 – New End-of-Pipe Stormwater Management Facility Opportunities Part 2
• Appendix J: Rainfall and intensity-duration-frequency curve analysis
• Appendix K.1: Hydrologic and Hydraulic Analysis
• Appendix K.2: Hydrologic and Hydraulic Analysis – Appendix C, Part 1
• Appendix K.3: Hydrologic and Hydraulic Analysis – Appendix C, Part 2
• Appendix L: Storm Sewers Under Private Property
• Appendix M: Erosion Assessment Field Investigations
• Appendix N: Geomorphic System Assessment – Field investigations
• Appendix O: Identification of Restoration Alternatives and Conceptual Design
• Appendix Q: Identification of Preferred New End-of-Pipe alternatives and conceptual design
• Appendix R: Annual Stormwater Monitoring Plan
• Appendix S: Innovation Strategy
• Appendix T: Record of Public Consultation
• Appendix U: Record of Indigenous Consultation

Storymaps: Guelph’s Stormwater Management Master Plan

Questions and Answers – Margaret Greene Park

2012 Stormwater Management Master Plan

Technical Documents can be reviewed on the Have Your Say page in the “Documents” section, where questions can be posted and answered.

For more information

To provide your comments, request additional information, be added to the project mailing list, or if you require this notice to be provided in an alternative format as per the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (2005), please contact:

Colleen Gammie, Infrastructure Planning Engineer
Engineering and Transportation Services
519-822-1260 extension 2282
Mobile: 226-332-4693
[email protected]