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Many drainage problems are of a localized nature, involving the drainage of only a few residences. However, due to a growing number of citizen complaints the City Council authorized the development of a Drainage Basin Master Plan (DBMP) for two of the major watersheds - the North Fork Catfish Creek and Bee Branch drainage basins. The DBMP determined that approximately 1,150 homes and businesses were at risk of flood damage during heavy rains and it recommended a series of improvements in both watersheds. | Many drainage problems are of a localized nature, involving the drainage of only a few residences. However, due to a growing number of citizen complaints the City Council authorized the development of a Drainage Basin Master Plan (DBMP) for two of the major watersheds - the North Fork Catfish Creek and Bee Branch drainage basins. The DBMP determined that approximately 1,150 homes and businesses were at risk of flood damage during heavy rains and it recommended a series of improvements in both watersheds. | ||
The City of Dubuque adopted a storm water detention policy in the early 1990s to prevent developments from creating new flooding problems. | The City of Dubuque adopted a storm water detention policy in the early 1990s to prevent developments from creating new flooding problems. | ||
[[Image:banks.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Widening the stream bed included removing trees and other plants and tapering the banks during the winter and spring of 2010.]] | |||
[[Image:keyway.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Addressing the flooding of the North Fork of Catfish Creek, the culverts under Keyway Drive were reconstructed during the spring of 2010.]] | [[Image:keyway.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Addressing the flooding of the North Fork of Catfish Creek, the culverts under Keyway Drive were reconstructed during the spring of 2010.]] | ||
Revision as of 04:03, 7 May 2010
STORM WATER MANAGEMENT. The primary function of the City of Dubuque's stormwater management program is to manage storm water on its property. This includes passing storm water through the property or simply managing the storm water that originates on the property.
Annually storm water management projects and programs are identified in the five year Capital Improvement Program (CIP) budget to maintain and improve the City's existing drainage system. Projects range from the construction of new detention basins and the extension of storm sewer systems to the rehabilitation of existing storm sewer systems. Programs range from public ditch, storm sewer, and detention basin maintenance to a program to maintain and improve the water quality of storm water runoff. Although there are large diameter storm sewers, approximately 80 are only 15-inch in diameter.
Many drainage problems are of a localized nature, involving the drainage of only a few residences. However, due to a growing number of citizen complaints the City Council authorized the development of a Drainage Basin Master Plan (DBMP) for two of the major watersheds - the North Fork Catfish Creek and Bee Branch drainage basins. The DBMP determined that approximately 1,150 homes and businesses were at risk of flood damage during heavy rains and it recommended a series of improvements in both watersheds.
The City of Dubuque adopted a storm water detention policy in the early 1990s to prevent developments from creating new flooding problems.
