On July 14, 2004, Peterborough, ON endured record amounts of overnight rainfall, and by the following morning, a state of emergency was declared. It was the city’s second “100 year flood” in two years. According to local reports at the time, over 80 per cent of the pipes in the city’s stormwater system were undersized … Continue reading Bracing for Impact: Carleton Researchers Study Rural Municipalities’ Readiness for Climate Change Effects on Infrastructure