David Staples: Massive dam near Edmonton would end major flood risk

There’s only way to prevent a massive one-in-100-year flood from hitting Edmonton’s river valley flats one day and that’s to build a massive new dam about 30 km west of the city.
This is a key finding in a study from late 2015 which looked at flood mitigation in the North Saskatchewan River basin. The report for Alberta Environment by Calgary consultants Amec Foster Wheeler was done in the wake of the 2013 Calgary flood that caused $5 billion in damage.
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