MANAGING THE SURGE AFTER THE FLOOD

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1 MANAGING THE SURGE AFTER THE FLOOD City of Calgary Oct 21, 2016 Coast Waste Management Association Presentation 1

2 2013 FLOOD IN CALGARY 2

3 WHY IT HAPPENED 3

4 THE IMPACT People 80,000 people in 32 communities evacuated 6,000 homes flooded Over $400 M in initial damage and cost estimates Infrastructure and Community Bonnybrook waste water treatment plant flooded C-Train tunnels flooded, 16 stations closed, 22 bridges and numerous roads closed 35,000 ENMAX customers without power Services Municipal Complex, 4,000 businesses, Calgary Zoo, Saddledome, recreation facilities, schools 4

5 WRS EMERGENCY RESPONSE From the start people were the main focus. Those impacted and those willing to help the impacted Tens of thousand of volunteers showed up to help family, friends and complete strangers 5

6 EMERGENCY RESPONSE - CITY LANDFILL HOURS EXTENDED City landfills hours were extended 7:30am - 9:00pm 7days a week for the public Open from 9:00pm 11:00pm daily for City of Calgary Departments only. There was no charge to residents or commercial haulers. For residents not affected by the flood, we asked them not to utilize the landfills unless absolutely necessary 6

7 EMERGENCY RESPONSE - COLLECTION AND LANDFILLS Redeployed all operational and office staff as required. All Fleet equipment was utilized to focus on recovery Scheduling of Black Cart pickup changed for residents Blue cart collection suspended Calgarians were asked to store recyclable materials at home or take to Community Recycling Depot 7

8 EMERGENCY RESPONSE - COLLECTIONS Our collection trucks were on the road 18 hours a day picking up flood-damaged materials. Our staff also maintained regular garbage collection for the rest of the city. 8

9 EMERGENCY RESPONSE - COLLECTIONS Residents of flooded communities left large items on their front lawns for collection. 9

10 EMERGENCY RESPONSE - PROCESS CHANGES - HHW Electronics, appliances and household hazardous waste such as propane tanks, chemicals and paints were not accepted in the garbage but were collected later from flood affected areas. These materials could also be brought at no charge to the Throw 'N' Go areas of City landfills for proper disposal. 10

11 STAGING PADS Constructed staging pads at the WMF s for whitegoods and refrigeration units that needed to be separated. Metal processor with baler and magnetic grappler worked on site to process metal and deliver to market.pads could be used for separating condemned homes if required. 11

12 REFRIGERATION UNITS Asked residents to empty the contents of refrigeration units prior to disposal at landfill Removal of freon from all refrigeration units prior to recycling. Marked units that contained food, duct taped the lid closed and segregated from empty units. Expected 25,000 to 100,000 refrigeration units 12

13 FLOOD BY THE NUMBERS 100,000 total tonnes of flood waste received 1695 tonnes of flood waste from High River 1435 tonnes of waste from Siksika Nation 24,000 number of loads of flood waste received at all three City of Calgary landfills. 800 loads per day over our normal operating levels at the Landfills during the first week after the flood $10,000,000 in revenue not collected 9000 flood damaged fridges received 13

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15 FOR MORE INFORMATION calgary.ca/floodrecovery Richard Anweiler Oct 21, 2016 Coast Waste Management Association Presentation 15