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Title:

Hydrologic modelling support for post-wildfire water resource integrity and flood risk assessment

Agreement Number:

FIREGLF-21

Agreement Value:

$233,542.00

Agreement Date:

Apr 13, 2021 - Mar 31, 2023

Description:

The objective of this Project is to: improve and extend the existing forest growth-hydrology model to simulate post-wildfire hydrologic regimes, both immediately following wildfire and during post-fire forest regeneration; develop and test model-based strategies for assessing post-wildfire flood risk in light of significant uncertainty in post-burn hydrologic response; and apply the model in multiple Canadian landscapes with contrasting fire and hydrologic regimes.

Organization:

Natural Resources Canada

Expected Results:

This Project will contribute to improving the ability to defend public safety and protect water resources improving community resiliency. This project directly contributes to Canadian community resilience to coupled natural disasters in the form of post-wildfire flooding. The tools developed will help water and resource managers make sound decisions regarding post-wildfire mitigation, water management operational strategies, and flood protection measures.

Location:

WATERLOO, Ontario, CA N2L 3G1

Reference Number:

115-2021-2022-Q1-10753

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Academia

Additional Information:

Grant or contribution awarded and spanning more than one fiscal year.

Recipient's Operating Name:

Univerisity of Waterloo

Recipient's Legal Name:

UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO

Program:

Wildland Fire Resilience

Program Purpose:

The purpose is to increase the resiliency of Canadian communities to the risks and impacts of natural disasters, and to undertake and implement risk reduction analyses and actions. To ensure that wildfire response agencies are integrated with each other in order to implement an effective wildland fire response program, and, to increase the wildfire knowledge of agencies, communities and individuals, in order to create a culture of wildfire safety and to empower the public to understand risk.