Renewing an Urban Neighborhood Through Flood Control Innovations

Implementing a major flood risk reduction project requires big-picture planning and extensive collaboration between disciplines. In this case study, a major new flood control facility was integrated with green infrastructure and woven into a new, 16-acre park, revitalizing a neighborhood made uninhabitable by long-standing flooding challenges. Features include a wet pond, stormwater planters, bioretention and new storm drain piping. The infrastructure captures and stores up to 10 million gallons of runoff from a 150-acre drainage area, slowly releasing it downstream and showing how flood resilience can help a community thrive.

Garrett Johnston, PE, CFM, GISP, Freese and Nichols, Inc.