Resources – Springbank Off-stream Reservoir

• Springbank Off-stream Reservoir Project Annual Report – 2024-2025
• Springbank Off-stream Reservoir Project annual Report – July-December, 2025

• Springbank Off-stream Reservoir Project Annual Report – 2023-2024

• Springbank Off-stream Reservoir Project Annual Report – 2022-2023

• Springbank Off-stream Reservoir Project: Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Annual Report – 2021-2022 Reporting Year

• Alberta Transportation Application to the Federal Minister of Transport for approval under the Navigable Waters Act 
• Decision statements
  • NRCB Board Decision
  • IAAC Decision Statement
  • IAAC Environmental Assessment Report
• Alberta Transportation NRCB Submission – March 12, 2021
  • Reply Submission Cover Letter
  • Reply Submission
  • Reply Submission Vol 1 of 2 – Appendices A-I
  • Reply Submission Vol 2 of 2 – Appendices J-M
• Alberta Transportation Response to IAAC Draft Environmental Assessment Report and Draft Potential Conditions – February 3, 2021
• Springbank off-stream reservoir project updates – Winter 2020 update now available

• Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir conceptual animation – November 2020

• SR1 Independent Expert Report – Martin Ignasiak

Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC)

Package 1

• Response to CEAA Information Request (Package 1)
• Appendix IR9-1 – Draft Wildlife Mitigation and Monitoring Plan
• Appendix IR2-1 – Draft Surface Water Quality Monitoring Plan

Package 2

• Response to CEAA Information Request (Package 2)
• Appendix IR1-1 – Project Engagement Records
• Appendix IR1-2 – Draft Principles for Future Land Use of the Proposed Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir
• Appendix IR19-1 – Draft Vegetation and Wetland Mitigation, Monitoring and Revegetation Plan

Package 3

• Response to CEAA Information Request (Package 3)
• Appendix IR2-1 – Probable Maximum Flood Analysis
• Appendix IR7-1 – Field Data Sheet for Unnamed Tributary
• Appendix IR13-1 – National Research Council Canada Physical Model Study Report
• Appendix IR14-1 – Hydrogeology Technical Data Report Update
• Appendix IR15-1 – Draft Groundwater Monitoring Plan
• Appendix IR25-1 – Desktop Fish Habitat Mapping within the Project Area
• Appendix IR26-1 – Springbank Off-stream Reservoir Fish Passage Design
• Appendix IR45-1 – Refined Cost Estimate Opinion, Mclean Creek Dam
• Appendix IR45-2 – Cost Estimate Opinion
• Appendix IR45-3 – Option Benefit/Cost Analysis
• Appendix IR45-4 – Assessment of Potential Effects of the MC1 Option on Indigenous Health and SocioEconomic Conditions, Cultural Heritage and Current Use for Lands and Resources for Traditional Purposes and Physical Heritage

Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP) and Natural Resources Conservation Board (NRCB)

• Compiled Table of Contents – NRCB and AEP Supplemental Information Request
• Section 1 – Abbreviations
• Section 2 – Natural Resources Conservation Board
• Section 3 – General
• Section 4 – Air
• Section 5 – Water
• Section 6 – Terrestrial
• Section 7 – Health
• Section 8 – Dam Safety
• Section 9 – Approvals
• Section 10 – Errata

Appendices

• Appendix IR2-1 – Draft Principles for Future Land Use of the Proposed Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir
• Appendix IR6-1 – Option Benefit/Cost Analysis
• Appendix IR14-1 – McLean Creek Dam – Updated Conceptual Design Report
• Appendix IR14-2 – Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project – Conceptual Design Update
• Appendix IR14-3 – Canada Environmental Assessment Act Project Description for the Springbank Off Stream Reservoir Project
• Appendix IR14-4 – Hazard Classification of the Springbank Off Stream Reservoir Project
• Appendix IR14-5 – Dam Alignment and Toe Location Relative to the Elbow River
• Appendix IR17-1 – Revised Volume 3A, Sections 17.4 through 17.6
• Appendix IR23-1 – City of Calgary Flood Mitigation Options Assessment Report
• Appendix IR35-1 – Refined Cost Estimate Opinion, McLean Creek Dam
• Appendix IR35-2 – Cost Estimate Opinion
• Appendix IR42-1 – Hydrogeology Technical Data Report Update
• Appendix IR46-1 – Draft Groundwater Monitoring Plan
• Appendix IR91-1 – Fish Passage Design
• Appendix IR153-1 – Consolidated Record of Consultation Logs and Specific Concerns and Response Tables for Treaty 7 Nations
• Appendix IR159-1 – Specific Concerns and Response Table for Treaty 7 Nations Regarding Monitoring and Economic Opportunities
• Appendix IR162-1 – Rocky View County Noise Bylaw
• Appendix IR274-1 – Surface Water and Groundwater Licences and Allocations Within the Elbow River Watershed
• Appendix IR302-1 – Draft Surface Water Monitoring Plan
• Appendix IR357-1 – Fluvial Bull Trout Redd Locations on the Elbow River as Surveyed by Applied Aquatic Research in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2006
• Appendix IR360-1 – Data Sheet for the Unnamed Tributary to the Elbow River (Tributary 1350)
• Appendix IR361-1 – Habitat Mapping of the Elbow River and Associated Reaches Within Proximity to the PDA
• Appendix IR375-1 – Limited Phase I Environmental Site Assessment
• Appendix IR396-1 – Properties of Promatrix
• Appendix IR397-1 – Certificate of Analysis for Report #R2314206 Version 1
• Appendix IR407-1 – Draft Vegetation and Wetland Mitigation, Monitoring and Revegetation Plan
• Appendix IR425-1 – Draft Wildlife Mitigation and Monitoring Plan
• Appendix IR454-1 – Physical Model Study of the Springbank Off-stream Storage Project Diversion Structure on the Elbow River Report
• Appendix IR520-1 – Draft Probable Maximum Flood Analysis Report

Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP) and Natural Resources Conservation Board (NRCB)

Batch 1

• SR1 Response, Questions 1 and 27

Batch 2

• SR1 Responses to NCRB and AEP

Batch 3

• Responses to AEP and NRCB IR2 (52 questions plus compiled Batch 1 and 2)

Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP)

• Response to AEP Supplemental Information Request 3

2017

• 2017 Open House Display Boards
• Benefit/Cost Analysis of MC1 and SR1 Update (IBI)

2016

• EIA Work at McLean Creek – Frequently Asked Questions
• Elbow River Dam at MC1 (AMEC)

2015

• Review of Bragg Creek/Springbank Off-stream Reservoir and McLean Creek Storage
• Recommendations on the Elbow River Major Infrastructure Decisions
• Environmental Assessment Terms of Reference
• Environmental Overview of Conceptual Elbow River Dam at McLean Creek (AMEC)
• Benefit/Cost Analysis of SR1 (IBI)
• Benefit/Cost Analysis of Glenmore Reservoir Diversion Tunnel (IBI)
• Room for the River Pilot in the Bow River Basin – Advice to GoA with Addendum (WaterSMART)
• Benefit Cost Analysis of MC1 (IBI)
• Elbow River Flood Mitigation Project Decisions Fact Sheet (ESRD)
• Review of Bragg Creek/SR1 and MC1 Flood Storage (Deltares)
• Recommendation on the Elbow River Infrastructure Decision (AEP)

2014

• Elbow River Historical Detention and Diversion Sites (WaterSMART)
• SAFRTF Mitigation Measures for Bow, Elbow, and Old Man River Basins (AMEC)

2013

• Flood Mitigation Measures Elbow, Sheep, and Highwood River Basins (Stantec)