ICLR event to focus on groundwater role in flooding

The Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction will be hosting a workshop on the role of groundwater in flooding on Sept. 24.

Part of its ongoing Friday Forum series, the ICLR event will feature Cathy Ryan, a professor in geoscience at the University of Calgary.

Ryan is trained as a geotechnical engineer and hydrogeologist. She has been researching groundwater, river interaction and river-connected alluvial aquifers in the Calgary region for more than a decade.

Her interest in the role of groundwater in flooding was sparked after the 2005 Calgary floods when anecdotal information collected in a door-to-door survey of residents in neighbourhoods around Calgary’s Elbow River suggested groundwater inundation (as opposed to overland flooding) caused a significant amount of the economic damage to homes.

It’s Ryan’s view that groundwater flooding is under-recognized but can be easily monitored and understood.

The workshop will be held at ICLR’s Toronto office at 20 Richmond Street East, Suite 210 from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm.

The event will also be available to attend via WebEx at https://iclr.webex.com/iclr/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=665012803

Password: flood

Conference Call numbers: Local – 416-343-2657 or Toll free – 1-866-440-8938

Conference ID: 1712397#

RSVP: Tracy Waddington (twaddington@iclr.org)