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residential basement flooding

Blair Feltmate, PhD, Associate Professor, Faculty of Environment and Chair, Climate Change Adaptation Project (Canada), University of Waterloo
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Testing the Waters

September 3, 2016 Blair Feltmate, Head, Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation, University of Waterloo

The average cost of a basement flood claim in Canada in 2014 was a hefty $20,537. With severe weather continuing, related flooding and the associated costs are sure to continue absent preventive measures being taken. Those measures will be put to the test as part of the first pilot project of the Home Adaptation Assessment Program.