Water Control and Structures
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Objective/Mandate
Water Control and Structures ensures safe and effective provincial water control infrastructure and structures, through the delivery of inspection, planning, design, maintenance, rehabilitation and construction activities. Responsible for the overall management of infrastructure inventory that includes: 1,800 bridges; 2,100 large culverts; 13,000 thru-dike culverts; 4,500 km of drains; over 90 dams; 61 reservoirs; 345 water control structures; 12 diversions; 18 community ring dikes; 425 km of river diking, and 41 pumping stations.
Activity Identification
Design and prepare detailed plans and specifications for water control infrastructure and structure capital projects.
Provide contract administration and construction inspection for water control and structures capital projects, including bridges, grade separation structures, dams, drains, control structures, overhead sign structures, large culverts and other miscellaneous structures.
Rate the load-carrying capacity of bridges and structures on the highway network and water control network for increased allowable highway loading and review special permit overload applications.
Manage consulting engineering firms retained by the Department for preliminary, detailed design, construction inspection and contract administration services related to water control infrastructure and structure capital projects.
Provide input into and assist in the development of the Department’s Multi-Year Infrastructure Capital Programs based upon inspection and condition assessment of the existing water control and structures inventory.
Inspect, monitor, maintain and rehabilitate water control infrastructure and structures, including bridges, overpasses, dams, dikes, large culverts and associated works.
Respond to emergency water control infrastructure and structure issues, such as flooding and emergency repairs.
Continue to research and utilize innovative new materials, technology and design practices that have the potential to extend the service life of the structural inventory and to ensure sustainable and environmentally compatible design solutions.
Provide water control infrastructure and structures technical advice and recommendations to other government agencies and jurisdictions on hydraulics, soils investigation and analysis, geotechnical design, bridge materials, innovative technologies, structural and related engineering, structures contract administration and construction inspection.
Provide technical and survey services for designated Provincial Waterways where necessary for clean out or new construction.
Provide the Department of Water Stewardship with survey services for drainage applications and enforcement, snow survey data for flood forecasting, waterway capacity analysis and input into litigation and correspondence.
Operate water control works including mechanical operating services for dams, control structures, pumping stations and mobile pumping units, regulation and monitoring of all water control works to ensure the needed water control effect is achieved, complete agreements for land acquisition for new waterway construction, utilities right-of-ways for waterways, manage leases to permit hay harvesting from drains.
Perform operations as directed by Water Stewardship for water supply and regulation purposes, and investigate and respond to public requests for information, including approximately 300 pieces of correspondence annually. Provide fall shut-down, over-wintering and winter maintenance services to mechanical water control works and other works where needed. Provide on-going works monitoring and forecasting services over the winter.
Provide spring run-off – flood response services including activation and operation of flood control works, and dike construction. Under the direction of the Department of Water Stewardship, provide onsite flood response coordination and or construction of earthen/sand bag dikes, operation of water control structures for flood control, and closing and opening of ring dikes. Provide on-site technical support to municipalities and Manitoba Aboriginal and Northern Affairs for flood response.
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All related enquiries and correspondence should be directed to:
Water Control & Structures
6th Floor - 215 Garry Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 3P3
Phone: (204) 945-945-3773 Fax: (204) 945-945-4456
Email: mgi@gov.mb.ca
