Case Study
Creating A Comprehensive Stormwater Model In A Challenging Environment
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•Case Study: Creating A Comprehensive Stormwater Model In A Challenging Environment
By Matthew Luth, Civil Engineer, Burns & McDonnell
The City of Jefferson, Missouri is a town of nearly 40,000 people, situated in the heart of the Missouri River valley. The area's rocky terrain and steep hillsides have created a unique, albeit troublesome drainage environment.
The City's current drainage system is composed of a mixture of enclosed system, overland drainage swales, and concrete and natural channels. Most of the system is structurally in good shape, but not without its problems. Until now, drainage problems were always fixed only at the point where the problem occurred, without much thought given to how these "spot fixes" would affect other locations throughout the watershed.
After the stormwater models were developed and calibrated, City engineers wanted to start evaluating potential improvements to determine their impacts on stormwater drainage both locally and throughout the watershed. Several scenarios including detention basins, enclosed system enlargements, and channel modifications were modeled to help the City determine which capital improvement projects would yield the greatest overall benefit to the storm drainage system.
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