Dec 10, 2025: CANCID Webinar: Niagara Irrigation Initiative Project
Time: Dec 10, 2025 – 12 PM Mountain
Speaker: Sean Norman
Topic: Niagara Irrigation Initiative Project
Description:
Niagara is one of only a few areas in Canada with climate and soil conditions suitable for high value crops such as grapes and tender fruit. However, the impacts of climate change, including drought conditions, have highlighted the need for improved irrigation infrastructure across Niagara. Previous studies have identified that there is significant room for increased yields of high value crops throughout the region. However, difficulties in accessing irrigation water and capital funding to build water delivery systems is preventing expansions.
Through these previous studies a need has been identified for a new piped system in the Lincoln/St. Catharines area below the Niagara Escarpment and for upgrades and enhancements to the existing open channel system in the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake.
The Niagara Irrigation Initiative Project includes two separate components, both of which will be undertaken and concurrently by the Project Steering Committee:
A Feasibility, Costing, and Preliminary Design Study for a new piped irrigation system in Lincoln/St. Catharines below the escarpment
Engineering work to support upgrades and enhancements to the existing irrigation system in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Webinar Series Information:
The Canadian Committee on Irrigation and Drainage is excited to announce their 2025/2026 webinar series, this is the first webinar as part of the CANCID Webinar Series.
