Is your home and property climate ready?
Protect your home from flood and heavy rain
Basic home protection actions ($0)
Understand your river flood
risk by reviewing Calgary’s
flood maps.
Visit maps.calgary.ca/
riverflooding
Complete simple upgrades (under $250)
If you have window wells,
install protective covers
to prevent rain from
collecting (ensure fire safety
requirements are met).
Complete more complex upgrades (over $250)
Install window wells so the
tops sit 10-15 cm above
ground and upgrade to
water resistant windows.
For more information on disaster preparedness and creating
an emergency action plan, visit calgary.ca/getready
Clear leaves and debris from
your eavestroughs to reduce
excessive rainwater from
running down the sides of
your house and seeping into
your basement.
Extend downspouts and
sump discharge pipes
onto lawn or green
surface, away from your
neighbour’s home.
Upgrade your landscaping:
rain gardens, proper lot
grading, earth berms can all
reduce your flood risk.
Learn more at
calgary.ca/YardSmart
River flooding and heavy rain events are happening more often with
climate change. Most homes are at risk of flooding, not only those near
the river. Flooding can be caused by higher river levels and/or heavy
rainfall, and can lead to water spreading rapidly over land, seeping
through the ground and into basements, overflowing from stormwater
drains, or sewage backing up through basement drains, sinks, and
toilets. This resource highlights some of the top actions that Calgarians
can take to protect their homes and properties from flood impacts.
Check out calgary.ca/climatereadyhome to learn more about
reducing climate change risk at home.
Review your insurance policy If you have a sump pump Park vehicles on higher
annually and learn about and/or backflow prevention ground during periods of
your eligibility for flood and/ device, check they are flood risk or heavy rain, if in
or water damage insurance. working and clean them underground parking or
every spring. low-lying area.
THREE STEPS TO COST-EFFECTIVE THREE STEPS TO COST-EFF
HOME FLOOD PROTECTIONHOME FLOOD PROT
Step 1: Maintain what you’ve got at least twice
Step
per1:year
Maintain what you’ve got at least twice per ye 1
2
3
4 5
Do-it-yourself, $0 Do-it-yourself, $0
Protect your
1 Removebelongings
debris from 2 Clean out Install
eaves troughs and3maintain Seal
Check for leaks1in Remove debris4fromTest your cracks
sump2pump in
Clean out eaves foundation
5 troughs
Clean out your 3 Check for leaks in
and hazardous materials
nearest storm drain
or ditch and culvert
water alarmsplumbing, to detect
fixtures nearest storm drain
and appliances or ditch and culvert
walls and basement floors.
backwater valve plumbing, fixtures
and appliances
in watertight containers the presence of water in Ask for products at your
or store Step
in above 2: Completegrade simple upgrades locations where water Step 2: Complete local simple
hardware upgrades store.
2 1
locations.Do-it-yourself, for under $250 should not be; e.g.,Do-it-yourself, near for under $250 3 4 5
your washing machine.
2 m (6’6”) 2 m (6’6”)
OIL OIL
30 cm (12”) 30 cm (12”)
1 Install window well covers 2 Extend downspouts and 3 Store valuables1andInstall window well
4 covers 2 Extend
Remove obstructions 5 Install
to downspouts 3 Store valuables and
and and maintain
(where fire escape sump discharge pipes at hazardous materials(where
in fire escape floor drain floodatalarm
sump discharge pipes hazardous materials in
requirements permit) least 2 m from foundation watertight containers
requirements permit) least 2 m from foundation watertight containers
and secure fuel tanks and secure fuel tanks
Step 3: Complete more complex upgrades Step 3: Complete more complex upgrades 2 3 1
4 5
Work with a contractor, for over $250 Work with a contractor, for over $250
Install and maintain
10-15 cm a Install and maintain
2 m (6’6”) 2 m (6’6”) a10-15
sump cm Elevate2 myour (6’6”) utilities (e.g., 2 m (6’6”)
(4-6”) (4-6”)
backflow prevention device pump with a backup power furnace, hot water tank) by
on your sewer pipe to help supply, and/or consider installing them on a raised
protect your home from adding a backup or second platform or building a utility
sewage backups.
1 Install window wells that 2 Disconnectpump,
downspouts, battery
3 Corrector generator.
grading1to direct that room
4 Install
Install window wells on a downspouts,
2 valve
backwater Disconnect higher floor.
5 Install backup 3 Correct grading to direct
sump
sit 10-15 cm above cap foundation drains and water at least 2 m away
sit 10-15 cm above pump
cap foundation drains andand battery water at least 2 m away
ground and upgrade to extend downspouts to from foundation ground and upgrade to extend downspouts to from foundation
water resistant windows direct water at least 2 m water resistant windows direct water at least 2 m
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