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8/9/2019 Miami Conservancy District 2010 annual report
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Our Regions Water:
Protecting. Preserving. Promoting.
The Miami Conservancy
District protects
communities in
Southwest Ohio from
ooding, preserves the
quality and quantity of
water, and promotes
the enjoyment of our
waterways.
The Miami Conservancy Districts Annual Report to the Miami Valley 2010
Miami Conservancy District levees have
withstood every storm event since their
construction nearly 90 years ago. But an
extensive engineering analysis has revealed a
potential vulnerability with the oundation o
the levees.
MCD is doing the engineering analysis to
comply with the Federal Emergency Management
Agencys (FEMA) eort to update ood
insurance rate maps nationwide. For levees to
be shown on the new maps as oering protection,
the levees must protect to the 100-year ood
(a storm event that has a 1-percent chance o
occurring in any given year).
There are eight dierent requirements that each
levee section must pass, says Kurt Rinehart,
MCD chie engineer. Ater extensive studies in
Butler and Warren counties where FEMA began
the process locally, MCD levees have exceeded
most o the standards. One area o concern is
oundation stability or underseepage.
Underseepage is water that seeps through a
dam or levee oundation. Water owing under
pressure through the oundation soils can cause
soil particles to move, creating voids in the
oundation which in turn allow more water to
ow. This situation is called piping because the
ow creates a pipe in the oundation and can
lead to instability and potential levee ailure.
Science was not advanced enough to know
about the eects o underseepage when the
MCD dams and levees were built. MCD has
addressed underseepage at three o its fve dams
and expects to fnish capital improvements at
Englewood and Lockington dams by next year.
Were working to determine how many miles
o levee will need improvements, says Janet
Bly, MCD general manager. The analysis is
under way in Butler, Warren, and Miami counties
but hasnt yet begun in Montgomery County.
Since the oundations all have similar geology,
its likely there could be problem areas in
each county.
Unortunately, i a levee section doesnt meet
every single requirement, FEMA will deaccredit
that levee section. This means cities will have
to enorce oodplain regulations regarding
development, and many homeowners will be
required to purchase ood insurance. Flood
insurance is available to virtually everyone but
currently is optional. (More inormation on
ood insurance)
Its important to note that i a levee section is
deaccredited, that doesnt mean the levee will
ail, Bly says. The probability o a storm
large enough to put this kind o pressure on the
levees remains small, and the risk o piping is
even smaller. Plus, there are ood-fghting steps
that can be taken to urther reduce the risk o
levee ailure. And remember, these levees have
withstood every storm since 1922.
The process
More than 18 miles o levee have been evaluated
in Butler and Warren counties, and another
7.5 miles o levee in Miami County are under
review. FEMA provides only a two-year window
to complete the extensive review and submit
the report including detailed data, drawings and
analyses or each levee section.
Expensive x
Potential underseepage at levees
Underseepage story continued on page 8.
orkers drill deep into
e levee to retrieve soil
mples for analysis.
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Protecting
Dam Safety Initiative
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In 1999, MCD began a multi-year Dam Saety
Initiative (DSI) capital improvement plan to ensurethe integrity o the dams or uture generations.
The schedule was aggressive and the costs
were conservative.
The plans called or addressing underseepage
water that seeps through a dams oundation
and can lead to dam ailureat all fve dams by
constructing projects along the downstream toes
o the dams.
The plans also included modiying the crest at three
dams by constructing impermeable cut-o walls to
prevent stored ood waters rom seeping through
the embankments. In addition, major repairswould be made to concrete at the dams. Concrete
oodwalls and revetment would be replaced at
several locations.
By the end o 2009, MCD had:
nAddressed underseepage at three o the fve dams
(Germantown, Taylorsville and Human) using
combinations o relie wells, weighted toe berms
and toe drains.
nCompleted relie well projects at the other
two dams (Englewood and Lockington) along with
a weighted toe berm and toe drain project
at Lockington Dam.
nCompleted crest walls at Human, Taylorsville
and Englewood dams. MCD completed crest
remediation projects at Germantown and
Lockington dams beore the DSI in 1970 and 1993,
respectively.
nRepaired concrete revetment and oodwalls
in Troy, Dayton, and Hamilton.
nCompleted concrete inspection at Lockington
Dam.
Final underseepage projectsThe geology at Lockington Dam is more complex
than at the other our dams. The dams oundation
sits on ractured limestone bedrock. The unique
geology required more testingand creativity
to determine a solution to control the underseepage.
While relie wells and weighted toe berms have
been installed to help address the problem, grouting
o our large areas in the oundation east and west
o the spillway also is necessary. Grouting is
expected to start in 2010.
At Englewood Dam, MCD installed additional
relie wells in 2009. A weighted toe berm and toedrains will complete the underseepage control.
Concrete repairs needed at the dams
As part o the DSI, MCD completed a thorough
inspection o the concrete at Lockington Dam. In
2009, MCD hired a contractor to dewater the dams
east conduit to inspect the concrete.
The dams concrete was visually inspected or
cracking and spalling (surace pieces alling o),
and the entire surace was mapped. In addition,
workers drilled into the concrete, taking samples tobe analyzed at a lab.
MCD last inspected the concrete in the 1970s and
subsequently perormed repairs to the concrete.
The 2009 inspection showed a good news/bad
news scenario.
The concrete below the waterline is in excellent
shape, says Kurt Rinehart, MCD chie engineer,
but there are problems above the waterlinea
result o reezing and thawing over the years.
Despite needing repair, there is no immediate
threat to the dam. The deterioration, however, will
continue i not repaired. Repairs to LockingtonDam concrete will be more extensive than in the
past, with some repair work as deep as 2 eet into
the spillway walls. The total estimated cost or
repairs to Lockington Dam concrete is about
$10 million.
Given that the concrete at the dams is about 90
years old, it has held up very well, Rinehart says,
but like bridges and roads and other concrete
structures, repairs are necessary and can be
expensive.
Although MCD hasnt inspected the concrete at the
other our dams, it anticipates similar fndings ateach. MCD will add the concrete repair projects at
the dams to its list o capital improvement projects
that will be needed in the coming years.
orkers inspect concrete ine dewatered stilling basin
Lockington Dam.
he concrete below the
waterline is in excellent
hape, says Kurt Rinehart,
MCD chief engineer, but
here are problems above
he waterlinea result of
reezing and thawing over
he years.
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Floodwall exercisePractice makes perfect
It would take a massive stormeven larger than
the 1913 oodor the river in downtown Dayton
to rise high enough to ow through the open
levee at RiverScape. Still, MCD prepares or
all possibilities.
Thats why sta members rom MCD, the City o
Dayton and Five Rivers MetroParks installed a
oodwall at the RiverScape plaza last all as part oa ood protection exercise.
When RiverScape was developed, a portion o the
levee was removed, says Kurt Rinehart, MCD chie
engineer. The oodwall provides protection or
that section o the levee should the water ever get
that high. Every ew years, we work with the City
o Dayton and MetroParks to practice installing
the oodwall to keep everyone current on the
procedure.
To install the oodwall, caps are removed rom the
plaza oor area and posts put into the openings.
A backhoe is used to install sections o aluminum
stoplogs. The main oodwall is about 3 or 4 eet
high and about 160 eet wide with another smaller
openingabout 30 eet widewest o the plaza.
The installation takes about three hours.
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2009 high water
eventsWhen it comes to high-water events, 2009 wassignifcant not because o the size o the events but
or the lack o it.
Consider this:
nFor the frst time in 16 years, there were no high
water events big enough to cause all fve dams to
store water simultaneously, according to MCD
records.
nIn all, there were 13 storage eventswhen the
pool elevation exceeds the top o the dam outlet
conduitsabout a third less than the 19 events we
average each year.
nNone o the 13 storage events had more than
two dams storing oodwaters at any one time.
nHuman Dam did not have any storage events
in 2009the frst time thats happened in 19 years.
The largest event o 2009 took place February 8-
12, resulting in total peak storage o 10,955 acre-
eet (3.6 billion gallons). The high water event was
triggered by melting snow on February 8 and 9,
ollowed by 0.7 to 1.2 inches o rain alling within
the Great Miami River Watershed on February 10,
11, and 12. The heaviest rainall occurred northo Dayton in Darke, Miami, Logan, and Shelby
counties.
From a fnancial standpoint the lack o high-
water events was benefcial in that we didnt have
a lot o costs in overtime, says Janet Bly, MCD
general manager. In this economy, every little bit
o savings helps.
Flood ProtectionLike virtually everycommunity and organizatiin the watershed, MCD habeen looking carefully at ibudget and tightening its Some of the actions we hataken include:
nFreezing wages for 2010
nReducing health insuran
benets
nRestricting travel
nObtaining grants from stfederal sources
nRevising equipment
replacement schedules
delay equipment purcha
nUsing seasonal staff in p
of full-time staff when
possible
Flood Protection Revenu
(2009 Actual)
nAssessments ($4,422,3
nIntergovernmental ($13
nOther ($120,348)
nFees & Charges ($107,2
nInterest ($38,348)
For the rst time in 19 years, Huffman
Dam had no storage events.
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Preserving
The Miami Conservancy District worked with
DUMP campaign organizers to promote six DUMP
events in the last hal o 2009. Together, the events
collected nearly 120,400 pills, more than 7,850
inhalers and other materials. MCD also worked
with the City o Miamisburg on a prescription take-
back program that collected more than 22,600 pills.
The events were part o an overall eort by MCD to
raise awareness o pharmaceuticals in our streams
and aquiers, and the need to dispose o unwanted
medications without polluting our water supplies.
The United States Geological Survey says watersamples rom across the country and locally are
showing traces o drugs in our rivers, streams,
groundwater and untreated drinking water sources.
All o the prescriptions collected are disposed
o saely and responsibly without impact
to the environment. The DUMP events are
sponsored by MCD and Help Out Ohio, a
local non-proft organization. Check out upcoming
DUMP events in your area.
Water 21st century gold, some say. The Great
Miami River Watershed and its buried valley
aquier are rich with it, yet many people hardly
notice. But thats beginning to change.
In April o 2009, the Dayton Development
Coalition launched its H2Open or Business
campaign eaturing the abundance o good
quality water to attract new, conservation-minded
businesses to the region.
The campaign began with a news conerence hosted
at the Miami Conservancy District (MCD) and an
ad in the Wall Street Journal.
A group o local government, education and
business leadersincluding MCD sta
continues to meet to coordinate eorts that
promote the Dayton Region as water-rich both
in quantity and expertise.
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Take-back program keeps drugs out of water supply
DUMP unused medicationsOne in 10 high school seniors admits to abusing
prescription painkillers, oten ound in parents
or grandparents medicine cabinets. Properly
disposing o unwanted medications can be tricky.
They shouldnt be ushed because trace amounts
are being ound in our rivers and streams.
Throwing them in the trash isnt a good option
either. But there is another way. Residents can
take advantage o the Dispose o Unwanted
Medications Properly (DUMP) events.
Already the group has landed the 2010 national
conerence o the Water Innovations Alliance to be
held in Dayton in May. The Alliance is an industry
association ocused on developing and promoting
cutting-edge water technologies and the problems
they solve. The Alliances previous conerence
was held in Chicago in 2009 with more than
300 attendees.
While wein the Dayton Regionhave an
abundant water supply, we dont take it or granted,
says Jim Letwich, president and CEO o the
Dayton Development Coalition. Several local
counties partner with the Miami Conservancy
District to study and report on the sustainability
o this vital resource.
Learn more about theDayton Water Conerence.
H2Open for Business
Group highlights water to bring jobs to region
Water Resources Report
for the Great Miami RiverWatersheddocumentsthe overall state of waterresources in the watershedfor 2008. The reportfocuses on the buried valleyaquifer and water qualityand quantity. The report isavailable on the MCDweb site.
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In the uture when local decision makers need to
know how decisionssuch as a new pumping well
might aect the aquier, theyll have a new tool
to help them. MCD has completed contour maps
between Middletown and south o Miamisburg.
It gives us a snapshota picture in time o water
stored, the direction its moving and the speed or
ow, says Mike Ekberg, MCD water resources
manager. We can then compare these baseline
results to uture snapshots to see what changes
have occurred.
The results also can be used as a model to show
eects o certain projects on the aquier.
Aquifer Preservation Rev(2009 Actual)
nAssessments ($912,370
nGrants ($42,685)
nInterest ($8,703)
MCD by the numbers
Sometimes the goal o cleaning up our waterways
can seem overwhelming. How can one person, one
event, one program really make a dierence?
You might be surprised.
MCD successes by the numbers in 2009
120,000 The number o pounds o nitrogen/phosphorus that will be removed over 15 years rom
our waterways through 45 new Water Quality CreditTrading projects unded in 2009.
30, 65, 6 The number o citizen, students andteachers trained as volunteer Miami Valley Stream
Team monitors in 2009. These volunteers monitor
the quality o area streams and waterways.
288 and 945 The number o private-wellowners who took advantage o ree nitrate testing
in the Test Your Well program in 2009, and the total
participants since Test Your Well began in 2007.
Project helps map aquifers futureLets say a business wants to drill three new
pumping wells, Ekberg says, using this baseline
inormation, we can model how it will aect
the aquier.
MCD previously completed map contouring
projects rom New Baltimore (south o Hamilton)
to Middletown. Over time, MCD plans to complete
map contouring along the Great Miami River
throughout the watershed. The next project will
ocus on the area between Miamisburg and Dayton.
$103,750Funds awarded to three communitiespartnering with MCD to implement projects that
protect the regions drinking water. The projects
include innovative practices that prevent runo
by allowing precipitation to infltrate, easing
ooding on streets and sidewalks, and removing
contaminants rom storm water. Another project
involves developing a model to determine the
source water protection area or a citys well feld.
$47,427 The grant amount given to MCDrom The Ohio Environmental Education Fund o
the Ohio EPA to train 50 storm water managers
and 200 municipal maintenance sta members
about storm water pollution prevention in the Great
Miami River Watershed.
640, 680 and 2,140 The number opounds o trash, recyclables and tires collected
by MCD employees during the July 17 Great Miami
River cleanup.
Stream Team Teaches
volunteers how to
test water quality
in local rivers and
streams.
During a training
event on preventing
pollution at municipal
facilities, stormwater
managers study a site
to determine what
practical changes
could reduce runoff
and potential spills.
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Promoting
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I you ride the Great Miami River Recreation Trail,you knowby seeing all the people you passthat
the trails are popular. But have you ever wondered
just how much use they really get? We have.
There can be a lot at stake with accurate trail
counts. Thats why MCD invested in three trail
counters in 2009 and will be adding two more
in 2010.
Trail counts:
nHelp identiy the months and days o theweek when trail use is highest, allowing MCDto increase trail maintenance during high-use
times and reduce maintenance during lower-useperiods.
nProvide statistics to ODOT to justiy detoursaround state construction projects rather than justclosing the trails or the duration o a project.nIdentiy where the highest and lowest use is,helping to determine i additional or improvedaccess is needed.
nAllow MCD to provide frm numbers abouttrail use to city councils and administrators,helping them understand the impact trails havein their community.
nHelp identiy hour-o-day use trends(commuter versus recreational use).
nHelp bolster grant applications when askingor unds to expand a trail.
Trail counters
Youre being watched well at least counted
Great Miami River Recreation TrailMCD recently provided trail count data to the
City o Dayton to strengthen its Bike Friendly
Community Application to the League o American
Bicyclists, says Hans Landeeld, Recreation
Trail Manager.
MCD installed three counters in May 2009two
in Montgomery County in Dayton and West
Carrollton and one in Warren County in Franklin.
From June through November 2009, more than
25,000 people were counted at the three locations.
The two remaining counters will be placed in
Moraine to provide additional data on trail usage.
Great Miami River Recreation Trail constructionMCD supports the eorts o communities and park
districts to construct and maintain recreation trails
on MCD property. MCD reviews the plans or each
project to ensure it doesnt aect the operation or
maintenance o the ood protection system.
Major gaps are closing rapidly, especially in the
north, on this 90-mile trail, Landeeld says.
PiquaThe City o Piqua partnered with the Miami
County Park District to complete a 2.75-mile trail
extension. The new trail section travels south rom
Lock Nine Park. About 25 percent o the new trail
section is on land owned by MCD.
Concord Township (Miami County)The Miami County Park District completed a 1.8-
mile trail extension north rom Eldean Road. About
1 mile o this extension is on land owned by MCD.
MiddletownThe City o Middletown completed a new 1.9-mile
addition to the trail. Middletown has obtained a
$490,600 Energy Efciency & Conservation Block
Grant rom the Department o Energy to build an
additional 1.8 miles o trail.
Play It Safe!
You wouldnt ride yourbike without a helmet. Youwouldnt run through anintersection without look-ing both ways rst. So whywould you ever considerkayaking on a river without alife vest or a safety map? Wehope you wouldnt.
Thats why for the past sever-al years MCD has sponsored
the Play It Safe! campaignand free river safety maps.The maps are available forthe Great Miami, Mad andStillwater rivers. Each mapfeatures information aboutriver hazards, how to staysafe on the river, and accesspoints to the river.
Order yourfree maps.
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When people think o the Great Miami River
Recreation Trail, they oten associate it with ftness
and transportation. But as 160 participants in the
summer River Rides learned, the ride is only hal
the unexploring the charming cities along the
trail can be even better.
Our experience in Troy was eye opening, said Jim
Elking. The downtown area is very interesting,
architecturally and (has a) variety o businesses.
The materials we were given made us aware o so
many things in Troy that we did not know existed.
MCD sponsored the two River Ridesa south ride
eaturing the cities o Miamisburg and Franklin
and a north ride in Troy. The rides were part o theDrive Less, Live More campaign which encourages
drivers to take the bus, bike, walk or carpool
whenever possible.
Each ride was about 14 miles long. Besides
exploring the recreation trail, riders visited
historical landmarks and businesses in the cities.
Two o my riends joined me or this wet and
gloomy ride, said Andi Miner o the Troy ride
which eatured a ew summer downpours. We
had never ridden this path beore and enjoyed it so
much we returned several times over the summer.
MCDalong with the Miami Valley Regional
Planning Commission, the Greater Dayton RTA
and Five Rivers MetroParkssponsored the third
annualDrive Less, Live More campaign in 2009.
Go todrivelesslivemore.org or more inormation
on the River Ride and 2010 campaign.
Riders explore cities inRiver Rides
Recreation and paddlesports are among the
most popular and astest growing o all outdoor
activities. According to the Ohio Department oNatural Resources, Ohio saw a 43-percent increase
in canoe and kayak registration rom 2003 to 2009.
About 86,000 kayaks and canoes are now registered
in Ohio.
And MCDs latest hand-carried-boat ramp may help
those numbers climb even higher. MCD completed
construction o a hand-carried-boat ramp just above
the Ohio 73 bridge over the Great Miami River in
the summer o 2009. Previously, the closest hand-
carried-boat ramp was in Germantown.
We built the boat ramp downstream o the Armco
Low Dam so users wont have to portage around thedam, says Hans Landeeld, MCD trail manager.
And we picked a location adjacent to the parking
lot that serves the recreation trail. That parking
lot can now be used by cyclists, walkers, skaters,
kayakers and canoeists.
The boat ramp was built with a $50,000 grant rom
the Ohio Department o Natural Resources Division
o Watercrat and has been open since July.
Middletown
Boat ramp improves access toGreat Miami River
A great place to take a stroll in downtown Dayton is
the Dayton RiverWalka shaded gravel walkway
looking over the river rom the Main Street Bridge
to the Dayton View Bridge. It sits atop the oodwall
behind the Wine Gallery, First Baptist Church, the
Landing, YMCA and Code Credit Union.
A new handrail along the Dayton RiverWalk has
improved saety ater a badly deteriorated railing
was replaced. A wave design in the railing is
intended to mimic the ow o the river. Besides the
RiverWalk, MCD replaced handrailing at our other
locations Helena Street at Riverside Drive, Robert
Boulevard at Third Street, Edwin Moses Boulevardjust downstream o US 35 and at the Tait Station
Low Dam parking lot. In all, about 2,850 eet o
railing was replaced.
Handrailaccentsriver ow
River CorridorImprovement Revenues(2009 Actual)
nAssessments ($249,223
nIntergovernmental ($21
nGrants ($101,508)
nInterest ($13,124)
The new hand-carried-boat ramp just above the Ohio 73 bridge over the Great Miami River
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A message from the general managerLevee accreditation process creates challenges
Conservancy Court
MCD is governed by a
Conservancy Court comprised
o one common pleas court judge
rom each o the counties within
the Conservancy District bound-
aries. The Conservancy Court
appoints MCDs Board o
Directors and Board o Appraisers,and approves their plans.
Butler CountyHonorable Keith M. Spaeth
Clark CountyHonorable Richard J. ONeill
Greene CountyHonorable J. Timothy Campbell
Hamilton CountyHonorable Robert P. Ruehlman
Miami CountyHonorable Jeffrey M. Welbaum
Montgomery CountyHonorable Barbara P. Gorman
Preble CountyHonorable David N. Abruzzo
Shelby CountyHonorable James F. Stevenson
Warren CountyHonorable Neal Bronson
Gayle B. Price, Jr.President
William E. LukensVice President
Thomas B. Rentschler
Member
Board of Appraisers
David K. Galbreath, Jr.Realtor, Troy, OH
Robert HarrisAppraiser, Dayton, OH
James E. SherronAttorney, Middletown, OH
Board of Directors
To contact us
By phone: (937) 223-1271
By fax: (937) 223-4730
By e-mail:[email protected]
Internet: www.miamiconservancy.org
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Underseepage story continued from page 1
Levee accreditation does not guarantee the levee
or its perormance, it simply is an indicator o
compliance with certain FEMA requirements.
Addressing underseepage to meet FEMA
standards could require millions or tens o
millions o dollars in capital improvements.
Even more extensive improvements could be
necessary to meet MCDs Ofcial Plan Flood
standards, which are higher than a 100-year
ood. MCD will calculate the cost o improving
levees once all o the levee systems have
been through the levee accreditation process.
These costs would be added to MCDs capital
improvement needs.
The Miami Conservancy District (MCD) has
been a longtime advocate o robust ood
protection inrastructure to ensure public saety
and economic prosperity. MCD supports the
FEMA Map Modernization program to update
ood maps and accurately identiy ooding risks
across the country. However, MCDlike many
communities nationwideaces challenges in
dealing with the levee accreditation process o
Map Modernization. The process requires that
levees meet rigorous compliance standards to be
accredited by FEMA. New FEMA maps will
show accredited levees as providing protection.
I levees are not accredited the maps will be
published as though the levees did not exist.
Some o the challenges include:
nTight deadlines and unexpected costs to
evaluate the levees and certiy that compliance
standards are met.
nInadequate time and unds to complete
repairs to levees beore the ood insurance
maps are fnalized.
nPotential economic impacts new ood maps
could have on the communities MCD protects.
Levee owners have been given only a two-year
window to complete the extensive evaluation o
their levees. Miami Conservancy District sta
is working hard to assure we meet the two-year
deadline or levee evaluation submittals. FEMA
has not allowed any time or levee repair.
Reducing the risk o ooding is our primary
goal. Preventing oodingby allowing time
or levee repairsseems a better approach
than simply requiring that property owners
purchase insurance.
Some Congressmen agree. Proposed legislation
in both the House o Representatives and
Senate would suspend ood insurance rate
map updates in areas where levees are being
repaired. Another bill in the House would allow
FEMA to temporarily extend the deadline or
reaccreditation i a good aith eort to upgrade
a levee to the accredited level is being made.
Levee Accreditation Process
To even begin the Levee Accreditation process,
levee owners must provide FEMA inormation
(including a Maintenance, Operations and
Inspection manual; maintenance records; and
levee height estimates) that would lead FEMA
ofcials to expect the levee can be accredited.
Below is a brie diagram o the process and
potential outcomes.
nNo changes
nCities must enorce
oodplain regulations
nFlood insurance required
Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL)
2 years to submit more in-depth
inormation plus geotechnical borings
and analysis to FEMA.
YesNo
FEMA Accreditation Decision
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