Here are 10 inspiring ideas promoting resilience for the future of water in Montreal. These recommendations addressed to the City of Montreal are found in the Fondation Rivières's memorandum “Green and blue spaces: adaptation at the heart of the new Montreal water strategy”.
Meadowbrook Creek will soon be drained by the City of Montreal because homes in Montreal West and Côte-Saint-Luc are discharging their wastewater directly into the creek.
Press release - Fondation Rivières is delighted that the City of Montreal has chosen the project of an accessible harbour bath in downtown Montreal in its Plan Nature et Sport. And the best place to set it up is in the Jacques-Cartier Basin in Montreal's Old Port: the water is virtually always clean and access is safe.
Press release - More than a hundred swimmers joined the Comité citoyen Montréal Baignade today for the traditional splash in the St. Lawrence River, starting from Jacques-Cartier Quay in the Old Port of Montreal. This 15th edition of the Grand Splash mobilized bathers to demand greater public access to the shores of the island of Montreal and better control of water quality.
The City of Montreal is currently holding a public consultation concerning the construction of 6,000 housing units in Pierrefonds on a site of great ecological value. Anse-à-l'Orme and its river are home to Montreal's richest biodiversity.
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