Integrated Stormwater Management Plan (ISMP)
As a developer committed to enhancing the environment through innovative best management practices, Wesgroup embraced the challenge of resolving some long-standing stormwater issues at its Wesview Business Park in the Calgary area.
Rocky View County and the business owners in the area faced major operational hurdles in attempting to find ways to dispose of stormwater on-site. Most methods are costly and burdensome and often created issues for adjacent owners and neighbouring jurisdictions.
Taking a different approach from what has been done in the past, such as relying purely on evaporation, Wesgroup successfully overcame that challenge by designing a unique integrated stormwater management plan (ISMP) that would handle the excess stormwater originating upstream from its 118-acre site located in Rocky View County, while protecting and enhancing a compromised wetland immediately downstream of the development. Stormwater will also be used to irrigate Wesview’s landscaped areas, covering about 10-15 per cent of the development.
With an on-site stormwater solution, a business that may require three acres to park its trucks would need to purchase an extra acre. At more than $300,000 an acre, that’s a substantial amount just to accommodate the land needed for the stormwater before any building takes place.
For Wesgroup, it continues to be a rewarding experience to have found an effective solution that will continue to expand into the future for the benefit of all stakeholders within the area and the ecosystem.
For the full details on the ISMP Plan, please download the complete case study pdf by clicking here.
For more details on Wesgroup, please visit our website at www.wesgroup.ca.
