The International Joint Commission will be reinstating Plan 2014 now that Lake Ontario water levels have begun to lower.

While the efforts have been warmly welcomed by residents and local governments, one Canadian Army commander says: "If this becomes of a larger scale, more frequent basis, it will start to affect our readiness.''

Hundreds of thousands of sandbags were distributed during the flooding in Ontario and Quebec. As the waters recede, how should residents dispose of them?