Thompson Creek Flood Study Report - City of Peterborough

Thompson Creek Detailed Flood Reduction Study
City of Peterborough
Stormwater management refers to the use of a variety of techniques designed to control
storm runoff to mitigate its potential negative impacts such as flooding, degradation of
water quality, channel erosion and damage to the ecological health of natural systems.
The techniques available are generally either designed to temporarily store runoff to
reduce its rate of flow and allow settling of suspended particles or to reduce its volume
by allowing it to soak into the ground or evaporate. Drawing No. SS-1 shows the
location of one existing stormwater management facility within the Thompson Creek
watershed at the end of Eldon Court.
4.3.2 Local Drainage To Otonabee River
Drawing No. SS-1 also shows the storm sewer system within the local drainage areas
which discharge directly into the Otonabee River between the southern boundary of the
Thompson Creek watershed and Parkhill Road East. Again, the storm sewer system is
a “separated” sewer system. The majority of the system on public lands and rights of
way is owned by the City. However, several of the developments west and east of
Armour Road are privately held condominium developments and within them, the
drainage system is also privately owned. The City does not have responsibility for
maintaining or upgrading those drainage elements. In general, the City owned
components are as follows:
i) the system which drains the area south of the Thomas A. Stewart Secondary
School including Armour Road, Paddock Wood and Whitaker Street to an
outfall to the Otonabee River just below the Hydro Dam.
ii)
iii)
iv)
the system which drains Franmor Drive, Chapel Drive, Dainton Drive, Abbey
Lane and part of Armour Road to the same outfall to the Otonabee River just
below the Hydro Dam as for system i).
the system which drains part of Armour Road south of Moir Street and Moir
Street itself to an outfall at the end of Moir Street.
the system which drains part of Spencleys Lane, the south part of Lisburn
Street, part of Armour Road and Vinette Street to an outfall to the Otonabee
River at the end of Vinette Street.
v) the system which drains part of Armour Road and Dunlop Street to an outfall to
the Otonabee River at the end of Dunlop Street.
vi)
the system which drains part of Armour Road and part of Parkhill Road East to
the Otonabee River near the Parkhill Road bridge.
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