Emergency Flood Protection Barriers

CSA Group
Standards Development Organisation:
Canadian Standards Association (operating as CSA Group)
Working Program:
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Designation Number:
CSA W212
Standard Type:
National Standard of Canada - Domestic
Standard Development Activity:
New Standard
ICS code(s):
93.140
Status:
Proceeding to development
SDO Comment Period Start Date:
SDO Comment Period End Date:
Posted On:

Scope:

Note: As requested by the responsible SDO, this NOI being reissued as the standard was in the initial stages of development for more than 12 months. An additional comment period of October 24 to November 15, 2023 (originally published on November 8, 2022).

Note: This NOI is being reissued at the request of the responsible SDO as the standard was in the initial stages of development for more than 12 months an additional comment period of November 8 to November 30, 2022 (originally published March 3, 2020) and the title, scope and project need were updated on November 8, 2022. --------------------

Note: As requested by the responsible SDO, this NOI being reissued as the standard was in the initial stages of development for more than 12 months an additional comment period of April 20 to May 11, 2021 (originally published March 3, 2020) and the title and project need were updated on April 20, 2021. ----------------------------

This new standard would provide a solution for verification and hydraulic testing requirements for emergency flood protection barriers, including details corresponding to certification procedures for assessing the performance of emergency flood protection barriers.

Project need:

There is currently a need for guidelines for testing and verifying as well as selecting and deploying the rapidly deployable emergency flood barriers in an array of coastal and riverine environments and for Canadian specific environment. Such guidelines will provide: designers with valuable insight to refine and optimize their designs; guidance for municipalities to select and deploy these barriers; and enhance accelerated adoption and deployment of these technologies to improve flood resilience across Canada. This proposed New Standard is being developed at the request of government stakeholders. It will provide standardized hydraulic testing procedures and certification metrics for approval of emergency flood barrier technologies specifically for Canadian environments and settings. This will allow for evidence-based decision making by testing emergency flood barrier technologies and verifying them according to standards developed, in turn, allowing flood planners and decision makers to rely on these technologies and include them in their flood protection plans. Further, the effort enables regulation that considers climate change by developing guidelines for emergency flood barrier selection and deployment which are best suited to the unique and changing conditions of the Canadian climate. Municipalities and Federal/Provincial authorities involved in emergency preparedness and response to floods will be the end user of such guidelines.

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