b'PROJECT PROFILETOS WET WEATHER FLOW MASTERPLANMAKING WAVES ON A GROUNDBREAKING PROJECT By Matthew BradfordTO SAY TORONTOS Wet Weatherbeing carried out over the next 15 yearsThe DRCW is comprised of five key Flow Master Plan (WWFMP)to eliminate combined sewer overflowinitiatives, as outlined here.is groundbreaking would be andischarged from outfalls along the understatement. Spanning 25 years withlower Don River, Taylor-Massey CreekDON RIVER AND CENTRAL a projected cost of $2.6 billion, the multi- and Torontos inner harbour, therebyWATERFRONT WET WEATHER phased initiative is on track to being thesignificantly improving water quality inFLOW SYSTEM largest of its kind in Canada. these areas.This foundational phase of the DRCW includes constructing a 22-km system Adopted by Torontos City CouncilThe DRCW is a transformative projectof three tunnels that will capture, store, in 2003, the WWFMP serves as thein the public interest that providesand treat a mix of rain/snowmelt and focal point of the Citys storm waterenvironmental and social returns, sayswastewater to help clean up Torontos management program. Its mandate isLou Di Gironimo, general manager ofwaterways. The first of these is the to protect our environment and waterToronto water with the City of Toronto,Coxwell bypass tunnel, a 10.6-km,quality in the lake, rivers, streamsnoting the work will go a long way6.3-m diameter passage that will and other water bodies from the raintowards revitalizing the Don River andmitigate storm water runoff and and melted snow (storm water) bycentral waterfront, promoting recreationcombine sewer overflow out of the lower completing key objectives across over- and tourism for Torontos waterfront,Don River, Taylor-Massey Creek, and arching goals, including enhancingand supporting the development ofTorontos inner harbour. the water quality in local waterways;new vibrant and healthy waterfront protecting and supporting water quality;communities at the mouth of theprotecting, enhancing and restoringDon River and the Port Lands. Donnie has become a name natural areas and wildlife; and makingsynonymous with this stage of the future-ready improvements to the CitysTo that end, Di Gironimo adds, Weveproject. It is the moniker given to the critical sewer systems.got a lot of very large projects that needtunnel boring machine that began to be built, and we have to do so in aexcavating the Coxwell bypass tunnel in The Don River and Central Waterfrontvery logical and sequential fashion. The2020 and reached its final destination,Project (DRCW) is the initiativeswork going on at the DRCW is setting a shaft in Coxwell Ravine Park, incornerstone. The $2.6-billion project isthe stage. July 2022. 20Quarter 42022 BUILDERSDIGEST'