Toronto Water Archives - Birch Cliff News

20 Sep 2012

Six possible flooding fixes

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Environmental Assessment, floods, sewers, solutions, Toronto Water, Ward 36

By Hedy Korbee Toronto Water unveiled details at the Ward 36 flooding meeting last night about the six infrastructure improvements that could alleviate future basement flooding in Birch Cliff. These improvements were originally identified in an...

19 Sep 2012

Flood Coverage, News

Flooding meeting tonight

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
flooding meeting, Gary Crawford, infrastructure, sewers, Toronto Water, Ward 36

Toronto Water officials will be on hand to answer questions about basement flooding at a meeting tonight hosted by City Councillor Gary Crawford. The meeting is being held at 7:00pm at the Scarborough Village Recreation...

05 Sep 2012

City Services, Flood Coverage, News

Toronto Water knew sewers needed fixing

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
floods, Gary Crawford, infrastructure, repairs, sewers, Toronto Water, Ward 36

Toronto Water was not surprised to be inundated with phone calls after the July 15th rainstorm that flooded hundreds of Scarborough homes with raw sewage because officials knew that half a dozen “fixes” needed...

23 Aug 2012

City Services, Flood Coverage, News

Updated flooding statistics

August 23, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
basement, flooding, sewers, Toronto Water, Ward 36

Here are some updated numbers from the City of Toronto on the extent of basement flooding in Ward 36 over the last five weeks. The statistics were provided by Lou Di Gironimo, General Manager...

30 Jul 2012

Flood Coverage

A message from Toronto Water

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
floods, Toronto Water

While preparing our recent story about local basement flooding titled Q & A with Toronto Water, we received a request from the city of Toronto's water department, asking if they could write a post...

27 Jul 2012

City Services, Flood Coverage, News

Q & A with Toronto Water

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
basements, floods, Q & A, sewers, Toronto Water, Ward 36

It's been almost two weeks since raw sewage and stormwater started spurting out through toilets, sinks, shower heads and floor drains in Birch Cliff and many other pockets of Ward 36. Many of the affected...