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an underground storm water collection sys-
tem and trunk line that will transport wa-
ter from an area which needed drainage to
an adjacent basin capable of accepting the
storm water.
The most interesting aspect of this proj-
ect was obtaining the Fence Line Approval
under the Province’s Water Act from the
Provincial regulatory body. As Keith points
out, “To acquire a Fence Line Approval
from the Province, the Province needed to
be satisfied that conditions of the Water Act
would be met and abided by. The Fence Line
Approval issued to Parkland County was the
first of its kind that the Province has ever is-
sued to a rural municipality. Therefore, for
us to get permission to manage storm wa-
ter in the area was a great achievement and
proved that even though it may be challeng-
ing to manage such a project, we are capable
of doing so.”
Through the Fenceline Approval appli-
cation process, Parkland was required to
work with the Wagner Natural Area Society
(WNAS), which manages a natural area that
exists within the Fenceline boundary and is
considered nationally significant. Because of
Parkland’s ability work with the WNAS to
consider all environmental factors such as
their groundwater recharge areas, and pro-
tection of the quality of overland drainage
upstream of the natural area, the project was
fully supported by the WNAS. Keith says.
“It just goes on to show our commitment to
