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Lake County, Park City, IL., undertakes efforts to reduce flooding

The Municipal Posted on September 17, 2024 by Janet PattersonSeptember 3, 2024
Box Culvert Staging to reduce flooding in Lake County

Park City, IL., is celebrating a long-awaited stormwater project designed to save homes and property in the flood-plagued city north of Chicago. The municipality of about 7,800 residents sits at the headwaters of the 20-mile-long Skokie River in Lake County, … Continue reading →

Posted in crisis management | Tagged crisis management, Lake County, September 2024, The Municipal

New real-time systems manage drainage and flooding in Edinburg

The Municipal Posted on July 22, 2024 by Nicholette CarlsonJuly 22, 2024
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Edinburg, Texas, has a little over 50 ditches throughout the city with all subdivisions connecting into the ditches for drainage and a link to the county ditches. The drainage water from four nearby cities also runs through the city ditches, … Continue reading →

Posted in Public Works | Tagged fooding, July 2024, public works, The Municipal

Flood warning system positions NCDOT ahead of storms

The Municipal Posted on February 20, 2024 by Nicholette CarlsonFebruary 20, 2024
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation has an award-winning flood warning system that gathers data from various state and federal agencies. Already able to access this data and include it in computer forecasts, now NCDOT is adding stream gauges to … Continue reading →

Posted in crisis management | Tagged crisis management, Flood warning system, january 2024, The Municipal

Grandview uses 3D models to map flooding

The Municipal Posted on September 16, 2021 by Deborah GerbersAugust 2, 2023
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Grandview, Mo., is a first-ring suburb just south of Kansas City, with a population of about 25,000. The city has implemented the use of three-dimensional printing to create models of flooded areas following a series of flooding events in 2017. … Continue reading →

Posted in crisis management | Tagged crisis management, flooding, september 2021, The Municipal

How a new system in Dickinson, N.D., gives residents real-time flood alerts

The Municipal Posted on June 16, 2021 by Mary Jane BogleAugust 2, 2023
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Most people underestimate the height of standing water in roadways and the speed at which water can rise in sudden storms. Unfortunately, that water can do real damage to vehicles — or to the drivers and passengers themselves. We’ve all … Continue reading →

Posted in Streets, Highways, & Bridges | Tagged dickinson, june 2021, streets highways & bridges, The Municipal

Midwest City turns floodplain into mountain bike hub

The Municipal Posted on May 29, 2020 by Lauren CaggianoAugust 2, 2023
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There’s much more to trail systems than their face value. For instance, grassroots advocacy organization Rails-to-Trails Conservancy has released research in October 2019 that found active transportation infrastructure, like trails, currently contributes more than $34.1 billion to the U.S. economy … Continue reading →

Posted in Parks & Environmental Services | Tagged building & construction, midwest city, oklahoma, The Municipal

Nebraska rebounds following historic flooding

The Municipal Posted on February 21, 2020 by Barb SieminskiAugust 2, 2023
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Nebraska, Missouri, South Dakota, Kansas and Iowa have dealt with massive flooding throughout spring 2019, with some areas experiencing prolonged flooding along the Missouri River well into December. Starting mid-March, the 2019 Midwestern U.S. floods marked the wettest January-to-May period … Continue reading →

Posted in Streets, Highways, & Bridges | Tagged february 2020, highways & bridges, nebraska, Niobrara, streets, The Municipal

Texas applies lessons from Harvey toward recovery and flood mitigation planning

The Municipal Posted on September 7, 2019 by Barb SieminskiAugust 2, 2023

In August 2017 a catastrophic Hurricane Harvey left his calling card with the good people of Houston and southeast Texas who hadn’t invited him in the first place.           The Category 4 high winds — 130 mph — and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Storm Management | Tagged houston, september 2019, storm management, texas, The Municipal

Niles and MWRD recognized for flood relief project

The Municipal Posted on October 23, 2018 by Catey TraylorAugust 2, 2023
Water & Energy

The village of Niles, Ill., and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago earned the Public Works Project of the Year award through the American Public Works Association Chicago Metro Chapter for their partnership on the Cleveland Corridor sewer … Continue reading →

Posted in Water & Energy | Tagged october 2018, parks & environmental services, water & energy

Myrtle Beach banishes flooding with deepwater ocean outfalls

The Municipal Posted on September 11, 2018 by Andrew MentockAugust 2, 2023
Hidden beneath Myrtle Beach, S.C.’s, shore and the ocean are four deepwater ocean outfalls that are designed to reduce flooding in the city by diverting water back into the ocean. (Shutterstock.com)

Floods and rising sea levels have been an increasingly difficult issue throughout much of the world. Already in 2018, several cities have experienced floods so bad that they were considered 50-year, 100-year and 500-year floods. “Those seem to come more … Continue reading →

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Water, water everywhere: Missouri communities continue cleanup after May flooding

The Municipal Posted on August 12, 2017 by Julie YoungAugust 2, 2023

When the rains began to pummel much of the Central U.S. in late April and early May, community leaders in Missouri knew it was no ordinary spring shower. Within days, over 12 inches of precipitation fell and tornadoes twisted across … Continue reading →

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