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Winter is here, but spring is still on their minds
ALEXIA MARSILLO alexia.marsillo@eap.on.ca
Several Clarence-Rockland residents are still repairing their homes from damage that was caused by the spring floods, almost eight months after the City was hit with unprecedented rainfall in May. Pierre Voisine, a Clarence-Rockland resi- dent for over 15 years and the Cornwall fire chief, is just now in the midst of finishing renovations to his home on Voisine Road, from damage caused by the flood in May – and his home was not nearly as damaged as others. Out of the 18 residences on Voisine Road, water seeped into four of those homes as water levels reached over seven feet high. “Two of those houses had significant damage, about 18 inches of water that came in from everywhere,” said Voisine. “The house with the most damage is still
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Plusieurs résidents de Clarence-Rockland sont encore en train de réparer leurs maisons après avoir subi des dommages causés par les inondations du printemps, près de huit mois après que la Ville ait été frappée par des pluies sans précédent en mai 2017. —photo d’archives finishing up their repairs. A couple of the other neighbours, even though they didn’t have water inside, still had to redo some of their foundation and landscaping, includ- ingmyself.” Voisine Road, Woods Road and parts of the Old Highway 17 were the most affected by the heavy rainfall in Rockland. The City of Ottawa and its surrounding areas, including Clarence-Rockland, set the record for the heaviest rainfall month in 100 years with 177.6mmof rain falling through- out the month of May. The Ottawa River Regulation Planning Board, an integrated management board set up by the govern- ments of Canada, Ontario and Quebec to ensure the protection of the various interests on the Ottawa River, controls water levels along the river to prevent flooding. Along the “As much as I understand that there was a lot of precipitation, I believe at some point, someone made the decision to hold back too much water,” mentioned Voisine. “So, if you talk to the engineer, he will tell you that this was all precipitation. But, how much were you retaining before precipitation?” 1200 km river, there are 30 reservoirs that can hold 14 million cubic meters of water and those reservoirs are set up to hold excess water from rainfall or snowfall. “Here’s the thing - their job is to control the water levels because water to them is productivity,” admitted Voisine. “They use the water to create electricity in various areas along the river so typically, in the perfect world, you would want to retain and drain as little water as possible so you always have capacity to generate electricity.” On an average daily maximum, these reservoirs discharged 8862 cubic meters of water per second in 2017, beating the record for the highest water levels since 1976. Ac- cording toMichael Sarich, the senior regula-
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