“This is... the last piece of the puzzle to really pro- vide Coaldale with some flooding resilience, and for us to be safe.”
pond and wetland located north and south of Highway 3 on the west side of town, with construction starting in 2015 and finishing this past
year.The total cost of that phase was $5.4 million, with ACRP paying $4.5 million and the three municipal partners paying $340,000. “The wetland and ponds that we built on
the west side of town, that stores just over 300,000 cubic metres of water. Historically, the water came from Lethbridge County from the west, it drained east and it ran right through town, it funnelled kind of right in West Gate pond,and then went all the way
through town south of the highway, into the 8th Street or Eastview pond where the RCMP building is going,”said Koester.“Now,
instead of all that water coming right through town and kind of flooding as it goes, we’re stopping it now on our west bound- ary.”
An interceptor channel was also installed on the west side of the Evergreen Estates on the south west corner of Coaldale.When water enters the channel, it flows north to the first pond and goes from there in a 3-1/2 foot diameter pipe across the highway and the rail track and over to the new wetland, where the water is treated and
stored.Then, once SMRID grants permission, the water is discharged into the drain, which travels east
through the northeast industrial park, before heading north and entering the upper Malloy drain. The next phase will go on the south side of
Coaldale, south of the Cottonwood neigh- bourhood.Another storm pond will be con- structed there to capture the water, which will then be sent to the abandoned reservoirs located in the southeast corner of town. These reservoirs can house about 500,000 cubic metres of water,and were in operation when the town had its own water-treatment
plant.After this phase is completed,more canal upgrades north of town are needed. “This is kind of the last piece of the puzzle
to really provide Coaldale with some flooding resilience, and for us to be
safe.There are next steps for the basin that are needed, but this will really protect Coaldale from floods.”
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