Much of the Midwest will experience a significant amount of rain in the coming months, and the potential for flooding in your community may be high. If your staff is carrying a heavy workload, our team can assist with any of the following items:
Taking drone video and photos of flooded areas, recording debris lines or high-water marks, and/or taking physical surveys of flooded areas.
Inspecting low areas to determine if any problems are caused by lack of inlet capacity, blocked inlets, or downstream pipe capacity.
Helping you avoid a "Notice of Violation" with our rapid inspection and agency coordination if an unexpected sediment discharge occurs from an active construction site.
Recording additional curbside trash put out by residents to document basement backups.
With ground water levels higher than normal, our staff can pull manhole covers and check for manhole leaks, especially in low lying areas.
Inspecting flow records from your community’s lift stations to see when peaks occur and if Infiltration/Inflow is due to direct sump pump/downspout connections or leaking sewers.
To assist with your upcoming budget planning, our team can map areas of flooding and/or sewer leaks to empower your staff with the hard data to sell their proposed Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) needs.
With GIS and 2D storm water modeling tools, we can also help you visualize problem areas that are most in need of maintenance.
If you’d like assistance, or have any questions on how our staff can help your community prepare for upcoming rain events, please contact our storm water experts today.
For more on this topic, check out our article on "Preparing for Extreme Weather" for additional resources to minimize your municipality’s risk of flood damage.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
STEVEN C. WURSTER, P.E., CFM, CPSWQ
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND COO, CLIENT TEAM LEADER
Steve thrives in the area of storm water management. His experience as a project manager and project engineer includes municipal water resources master planning, storm water management facilities design and review, NR216 permitting and compliance, storm water utility implementation, environmental permitting and hydrologic, hydraulic, and flood plain modeling. He is also experienced in site grading and erosion control design, utility design, transportation facilities design, development review, construction management and general municipal consulting. Steve has been employed by Ruekert & Mielke, Inc. since 1999.
