Barrie Creeks, Lovers Creek, and Hewitt's Creek Subwatershed Plan

The Barrie Creeks, Lovers Creek and Hewitt’s Creek Subwatershed Plan
8.2 Restoration and remediation
8.2.1 Improving stormwater management
Recommendation 3-4 - That the Province of Ontario, through the implementation of the
Lake Simcoe Phosphorus Reduction Strategy, be encouraged to support, through
financial or other measures, municipalities and/or the LSRCA to maintain, construct, and
/or retrofit stormwater facilities as identified by the LSRCA Stormwater Rehabilitation
program.
Recommendation 3-5 - Given the high rate of phosphorus loading per hectare in the
Barrie Creeks subwatershed, that the MNR, MOE, and LSRCA make the Barrie Creeks
subwatershed a priority for stewardship projects intended to reduce phosphorus loading.
Further, that the MOE, LSRCA, and City of Barrie make stormwater retrofits and the use
of LID solutions in the Barrie Creeks subwatershed a priority, due to their significant
potential to reduce phosphorus loading.
Recommendation 3-6 - That the subwatershed municipalities routinely monitor and
maintain the design level of existing stormwater facilities. In addition to maintaining
design level, criteria for maintenance should also include frequency and exposure to
spills and other contaminant sources. Further, that the federal and provincial
governments be requested to share in the cost of maintenance.
Recommendation 3-7 - That the LSRCA and its partners recognize that while the
construction and/or retrofit of quality control facilities is extremely important, quantity
control is also an important consideration in some areas of the Barrie Creeks, Lovers
Creek, and Hewitt’s Creek subwatersheds; therefore, quantity control facilities should be
constructed in those areas where geographical space is limited or other LID options are
not feasible. In these situations, federal and provincial governments should provide
financial incentives to allow municipalities to complement quantity control stormwater
ponds with an enhanced street sweeping program.
8.2.2 Managing water demand
Recommendation 4-1 -That the LSRCA and subwatershed municipalities promote and
support low impact design (LID) solutions such as rainwater harvesting, rain gardens,
and grey water reuse to manage stormwater and supplement residential water use.
8.2.3 Managing agricultural impacts
Recommendation 3-15 - That the subwatershed municipalities, through the LSRCA,
create a roundtable made up of municipalities, LSRCA, MOE, MNR, OFA, NGOs, and
related landowner representatives, or through existing frameworks such as the Lake
Simcoe Stewardship Network, to determine co-operative ways of implementing
phosphorus reduction and improved water quality measures in Hewitt’s, Lovers, and
Innisfil Creeks, and to develop an ‘action plan’ for their implementation within the
agricultural and rural communities.
Recommendation 5-11 – That the LSRCA work with subwatershed municipalities and
MAFRA to examine the suitability of using the Drainage Act to protect and restore the
ecological function of watercourses.
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