DOCUMENT LIBRARY
Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan 2020-2030
Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan – Scenario Analysis Technical Reports
- Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan – Hydrological Assessment (November 2019)
- Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan – Fluvial Geomorphic Assessment (October 2019)
- Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan – Terrestrial Impact Assessment (September 2019)
- Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan – Aquatic Impact Assessment (September 2019)
- Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan – Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) Modelling (September 2019)
- Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan – Urban Forest Assessment (May 2019)
- Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan – Stormwater Management (May 2019)
- Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan – Groundwater Modelling (March 2019)
- Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan – Technical Memorandum: Methodology for Delineation of Ecologically Significant Groundwater Recharge Areas (September 2019)
Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan – Watershed Characterization Reports
- Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan, 2017 – Aquatic Barriers
- Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan, 2017 – Aquatic Ecology
- Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan, 2017 – Hydrogeology
- Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan, 2017 – Terrestrial
- Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan, 2017 – Surface Water Quality
- Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan, 2017 – Fluvial Geomorphology Matrix
- Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan, 2017 – Headwaters Drainage Features Characterization
- Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan, 2017 – Phase 1 Technical Report Abstracts
- Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan, 2018 – Surface Water Quantity
Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan Consultation
- Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan Communications and Consultation Summary – Phase 2, Stage 2 (October 2019) (2003)
- Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan Open House – Panels (October 2019)
- Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan Open House – Comment Form (October 2019)
- Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan Update (Spring 2019)
- Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan Communications and Consultation Summary – Phase 2, Stage 1 (January 2019)
- Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan Communications and Consultation Strategy (March 2018)
Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan – Reports to Boards/Councils
- Draft Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan Overview – Presentation to Council, Town of Ajax (July 2020)
- Minutes of Motion regarding Item 4.3: Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan Update, Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Public Consultation (Meeting of Special Regional Council, April 8, 2020)
- Council Information Package Report: Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Public Consultation, Regional Municipality of Durham (April 2020)
- Council Information Package Report, Regional Municipality of Durham (March 2020)
- Report to Planning and Economic Development Committee, Regional Municipality of Durham (May 2019)
- Report to Community Affairs and Planning Committee, Town of Ajax (June 2019)
- Report to Council, Regional Municipality of Durham (December 2019)
2003 Watershed Plan
- Carruthers Creek: State of the Watershed Report (2002)
- Technical Analysis and Integration Process Summary Report: Duffins and Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan (2003)
- Ratings Report for the 2002 Duffins and Carruthers Creek Watersheds Report Card (2003)
- A Watershed Plan for Duffins and Carruthers Creek (2003)
Peer Review
- Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan: Peer Review #1 (March 2016)
- Letter Re: Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan Phase 2 Technical Analysis and Consultation Plan (May 2016)
- Letter Re: Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan Completion of Phase 1 Technical Studies Peer Review (August 2017)
- Phase 1 Peer Review Process
- Process to Finalize Phase 1 Technical Reports
Media
VIDEOS
Carruthers Creek Management Philosophy
The vision for Carruthers Creek watershed will be supported by a management philosophy of 5 key elements.
1) Net Gain
- Improve upon existing features and functions throughout the watershed.
2) Environment First
- Manage the watershed as a “system,” considering the environmental function first.
- Protect and enhance the natural features and functions as a first step in a hierarchy of other management approaches.
- Emphasize prevention over remediation, recognizing that prevention is more cost efficient than remediation.
3) Human Health and Safety
- Recognize linkages between human health and the health of the environment.
- Minimize risk to human health and safety.
4) Balance Land Use
- The watershed, located in one of the largest city regions in Canada, must support a combination of natural, urban, and agricultural land uses and systems.
- Apply the principles of Smart Growth and the Greenbelt.
- Recognize the concept of balance through land use actions, thus ensuring integrity of watershed functions.
5) Everyone Counts – Ownership, Commitment and Follow Through
- Demonstrate sustainable living and sustainable community design.
- Build on existing leadership, stewardship, and good decision making practices.
- Strengthen existing, and develop new, partnerships.
- Make the appropriate lifestyle choices, change behaviours, and encourage innovation in thoughts, words, and actions.
Aerial Tour of Carruthers Creek Watershed