Project Snapshot

The District is moving into phase three of a three-phase initiative to improve how stormwater is managed in our community - today and into the future.

The Sustainable Stormwater Service Delivery Plan (the Plan) will act as a long-term roadmap for managing stormwater in Brackendale, Garibaldi Highlands, and Garibaldi Estates. The Plan will aim to protect the environment, support climate resilience, and ensure sustainable service delivery through both infrastructure and natural assets.

Why Now?

Squamish is uniquely shaped by its geography, climate, and ecosystems. These features also bring challenges—such as flooding, debris flows, and the impacts of sea level rise—that make effective stormwater management essential.

The District is looking for public input to help guide our direction in stormwater management planning. We would love to understand how you are observing how stormwater is currently behaving – where it accumulates, where known issues are, and other observations. This information would be incredibly valuable to our project team.

What Has Been Done So Far

  • Phase 1 (completed in 2019): Developed a District-wide Integrated Stormwater Management Plan that provided a comprehensive assessment of current stormwater conditions, identified key challenges, and outlined recommendations to support sustainable, long-term stormwater management across the community. It also recommended future areas to focus on in future phases.
  • Phase 2 (completed in 2022): Included an in-depth analysis of the Howe Sound and Stawamus River watershed that identified risks, opportunities and actions to manage stormwater in a way that supports ecosystem health, community resilience and sustainable development.

These earlier phases have laid the foundation for the Plan. We are now in the Phase 3 and will develop a comprehensive stormwater service delivery system, that integrates both natural and built assets, for Brackendale, Garibaldi Highlands, and Garibaldi Estates.

Project Goals

The District’s stormwater management's goals fall within the following categories:

The Plan considers flows from the North Mamquam Watershed (north of the Mamquam River) and the Squamish River East Watershed (shown below). The “study area” considers the stormwater infrastructure and watercourses within the District’s municipal boundaries.

The SSSDP considers flows from the North Mamquam Watershed (north of the Mamquam River) and the Squamish River East Watershed, (shown below). The “study area” considers the stormwater infrastructure and watercourses within the District’s mu

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