White Oak Bayou: Case Study

Recommendations to Reduce Health Risk from Floods The 2016 Louisiana floods were a reminder of the never ending fight to prevent floods in the State. The risk of flooding will further be elevated as climatic related events, like sea level rise and storms, continue to occur. After reviewing the literature, it seems as if the region is not and has never been fit for human development, and no effort will eliminate the risk of flooding. However, this does not change the fact that Louisiana is home to over 4 million people, a large portion of which are poor. The State’s public health infrastructure is not adequately prepared to meet needs of the most vulnerable populations during such disasters. Therefore, adaptation measures must be

Introduction According to the US Census Bureau, in the year 2000 the City of Brownsville was 83.01 sq. mi., today, the city encompasses 146.3 sq. mi. This growth has been one of Public Works biggest challenges. This development translates into an expanded service area, which puts a strain on Public Works’

1. What did you find to be interesting? I find interesting it how foreign influences of the English, French, Spanish and Africans contributed to the diverse and fascinating art and architecture of this country. These collective ideas through art make us aware of the intercultural relationship of the colonists and their foreign rulers during the colonial years.

Do you know what the definition of Atchafalaya is? It’s a river two hundred and twenty five miles (three hundred and sixty-two kilometers) S Louisiana flowing S into Atchafalaya Bay (inlet of the Gulf of Mexico). IT’s actually pretty interesting. The Atchafalaya is a distributary of the Mississippi. Around the late ninetieth century and early twentieth century a flood happened in Mississippi causing the Atchafalaya River to increase its size of the channel and the carrying capacity. That is until concern started worrying the people because it might capture most of the flow and redirect the Mississippi once again. The congress then directed the U.S. Army of Engineers (Corps) to build a structure to control the water flow. The U.S. Army of Engineers

The Hattiesburg South Lagoon is a 20 MGD designed wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) located at 1903 East Hardy Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The plant serves the city of Hattiesburg, City of Petal, and surround areas of forest County. The plant consists of four lagoons with floating mechanical aerators and a chlorine contact chamber. Cell #3 also includes a sub-cell area that uses diffuse aeration to support the treatment of the industrial influent coming from the yeast plant. Most of the industrial wastewater received at the plant comes from a chicken processing facility and a yeast manufacturer plant. The plant effluent is discharged into the Leaf River.

2.1 Water Rights and Uses Before starting the ditch irrigation process, all water rights in the state of Pennsylvania, as well as Bedford County, would need to be followed. According to the Pennsylvania water use and water rights under the Riparian Doctrine for the use of water in streams, each landowner adjacent to a stream can withdraw unlimited amounts of water for domestic use and reasonable extraordinary use on the property without depleting the water source or do any harm to existing habitat. Bedford County itself does not implement any further water rights or restrictions other than what the state of Pennsylvania already implements. For this reason, a medium to low level of magnitude of the impact is foreseen, as long as landowners abide by the rules to maintain the watershed and uphold environmental standards. However, landowners who abuse the water usage and drain the creeks and streams down to unsafe levels will cause numerous problems.

The report reviews the Centennial Park pond system; it acts as a performance around the outskirts of the flood retention basin, and the report also reviews regarding full flood conservation and water quality norm to find a potential problem in the system and is coming up with improvements.

Cascade Road is one of the busiest interchanges in Grand Rapids. C2AE helped to M-60 through Menden C2AE was hired to complete 1.1 miles of total reconstruction and rehabilitation on M-60 in Mendon, Michigan. This project included the water main replacement and upsizing; design, sizing, and layout of storm sewer reconstruction; and the coordination of an MDEQ permit for storm sewer drainage to Little Portage Creek, which flows into the Kalamazoo River. We also designed detention and settling basins to enhance the water quality of the storm sewer outlets.

As a result, the city council authorized the Don River and Central Waterfront Project, done by a Class Environmental Assessment study, to provide a solution to help prevent flooding and improve the water quality. The Class EA goes through a planning process which ensures a project’s effectivity before its implementation. This has led to the solution of establishing underground infrastructure and treatment facilities that would treat the stormwater runoffs before they’re merged with the waterways. Moreover, actions are taken to improve the Don Sanitary Trunk Sewer system to ensure proper and safe operation. The project also included underground tunnels, storage shafts and tanks, and a pumping station to help with the issue of stormwater and sewage overflows. Underground storage shafts and tunnels stretched along the Keating Railyard, Little Norway Park, Queen’s Quay, and the Inner Harbor. The project will not only improve the water quality in Toronto’s waterways, but also lessen the risk of eutrophication along the waterfront and nourish the aquatic wildlife and

The dumping “We contracted with a contractor to bring in two diesel driven bypass pumps that have floats to start them automatically if the water gets to a certain depth the pumps will come on and run and this will guarantee that there is not another SSO (Sanitary Sewer Overflow).” James McKinney, assistant utilities director said.

Remodeling an old, ugly bathroom can add value to your life and home without costing an arm and a leg. And Re-Bath of Central Texas is here to do the job right. Owner Marcos Fernandez opened his business in 2013 by offering bathroom remodeling, walk-in shower and walk-in tub. Re-Bath is an inexpensive way to quickly give a bathroom a fresh, new face since it is a custom job that provides years of durability and ease of maintenance. “We saw a great opportunity to service the Central Texas area with our unique products and services,” said Fernandez. Its one- stop shop approach from design consultation to installation, which is done by its own fulltime employees not subcontractors, is one of the features that makes Re-Bath of Central Texas unique.

Army Corps came up with a plan and put it into motion in the nineteen-fifties in an effort to keep the Mississippi independent. To get the result they wanted in the future they knew they had to build a structure that would dam the river, so that the flow between the Atchafalaya and Mississippi would be under their control. To accomplish complete control they decided to build a Lock and Dam. This structure dubbed “Old River Control” spans over the Old River at a staggering five-hundred-and-sixty-feet. It consists of two sills - a high and low sill. The low sill is the most important of the two as it deals with the water which passes between the Atchafalaya and Mississippi daily. However, the high sill acts as the valve which relieves the Mississippi during times of flood. The engineers who took part in this feat knew that they could not just walk away when they were finished with the construction of the structure. The “Old River Control” project had to be vigilantly monitored indefinitely. It would have to be monitored in times of flood and drought. The Atchafalaya acted as a relief when the Mississippi took on too much water. Water would flow into the Atchafalaya in times of flooding, which in turn relieved some of the pressure put on the Mississippi and kept from washing away major cities like New Orleans. There are experts and professionals at Old River Control at all times because nature can counterattack at any time and the U.S. Army Corps knows that. If nature catches the Corps off guard they know that they will lose, therefore they keep a close eye on the inconspicuous Old River. Unfortunately for the U.S. Army Corps, it did not matter how close of an eye they kept on the structure because nature had a plan to regain control. In the year 1973, there were large amounts of precipitation, which in turn led to massive amounts of flood water bombarding the lock and dam. The water caused the rapid deterioration of the structure. The structure was deemed

Luxury and tranquility meet convenience at Marsh Creek. The apartments are well situated in a thriving North Dallas community near schools, shopping, dining, and entertainment.

The Mill Creek and Lee Sinks Dye study was also brought up as a point of opposition, yet Wal-Mart engineer Peter Sutch claims that the sloping landscape between Mill Creek Sink and the proposed supercenter would make it impossible for the development’s stormwater to have any negative impact on the sink and connected waterways. Wal-Mart engineers also argued that they had already planned for stormwater mitigation tactics and plan to implement skimmers, considered a Best Management Practice (BMP) for stormwater management. Wal-Mart engineer Peter Sutch during that same May 3rd meeting claimed that, “Once you get about fifteen to twenty feet below the proposed grade of development, the soil doesn’t feel the pressure of the development above it.” The claim Kutch made was not well received. QUOTE 4_05_03_2006 The general consensus from those opposing Wal-Mart was simply that we do not know if that is true. Surely stormwater will be able to seep down through the soil, directly to what we know is the cave system. At the time of this meeting the Florida Department of Transportation classified the current intersection as ‘failing’, which only bolstered further concerns for an apparent increase in traffic. According to Florida Department of Transportation the development will bring forth approximately 22,000 trips per day. On June 13, 2006 the Suwanee River Water Management District issued Wal-Mart a general permit in order to move forward with a stormwater system.

We firmly believe that our team’s experience and expertise in the fields of public engagement, sewer monitoring, field investiations are Wet Weather Flow (WWF) Reduction is an exceptional fit for the scope specified in the Request for Proposal (RFP) Wet Weather Flow Reduction in the Scott St. SPS Service Area