Water Stewardship Information Sources
| Citation | Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia. 2012. Professional Practice Guidelines - Legislated Flood Assessments in a Changing Climate in BC. APEGBC. |
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| Organization | APEGBC |
| URL | http://www.retooling.ca/_Library/docs/Legislated_Flood_Assessments.pdf |
| Abstract/Description or Keywords | These guidelines provide direction for professional practice for flood assessments. In summary the Qualified Professional (QP) should: • undertake flood assessments consistently and transparently; • provide for appropriate consultation with approving authorities; • use a level of effort and approach appropriate for the nature of the elements at risk; • standardize the flood assessments to make them directly comparable within BC; • consider existing regulations and the level of protection provided by structural mitigation works; • increasingly consider “risk management” and “adaptation” as opposed to solely “protection” and “defense”; • consider a broader range of issues and broader range of analytical techniques to help achieve improved social and environmental outcomes as part of development; • include predicted changes in the hydroclimate as well as natural and anthropogenic changes to channel morphology and watersheds in the flood assessment; and • identify situations that require expert input. Flood assessments may be relevant to residents, property and land owners, development consultants, planners, approving authorities1 , local governments2 , as well as provincial and federal government ministries. Many of these parties require and rely on flood assessments prepared by a QP. The content of these guidelines may be of assistance to these parties. By necessity there is some overlap between these guidelines and APEGBC’s Guidelines for Legislated Landslide Assessments for Proposed Residential Developments in BC, and other guidelines produced by the provincial government (see Appendix D). Flood assessments may have to address other engineering, forestry, fishery and/or other related issues. For example, some landslide processes affect channel changes which can impact flood characteristics while other landslide processes such as landslide dams may directly be the cause of a flood. If other guidelines exist for these areas, they should also be considered. flood, peak flow |
| Information Type | report |
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| Project status | complete |
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