Once it's completed FEMA and the Corp will get involved. YOU know what that means. Cha-ching.
Read about it in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Then watch the Arlington flooding that happened Wednesday, though no one is sure the cause for the water main break. Those living near the waste water plant have been flooded many times in the past several years. Maybe they should study that, too. Check it out on Fox 4 news. What all runs downhill?
In September 2010, Tropical Storm Hermine sent several feet of floodwater raging through dozens of west Arlington homes and the Willows at Shady Valley condos. The city, saying that no amount of dredging would stop Rush Creek from flooding, bought 48 of the affected homes and the condominium complex as part of a $16 million program to address chronic flooding.
During Tuesday's City Council meeting, interim Public Works and Transportation Director Keith Melton outlined a planned Rush Creek watershed study that aims to identify its true 100-year flood plain, which hasn't been updated since the 1970s.
Many of the homes in the Shady Valley area were built before those flood maps were adopted. Over the years, development upstream has increased storm-water runoff flowing into the creek and through the downstream neighborhoods, causing millions of dollars in flood damage.
Arlington wants to determine how high Rush Creek storm water could rise once the watershed is fully developed. Rush Creek, which encompasses about one-third of the city, is the largest of the city's nine watersheds and has the most undeveloped land within it, Melton said.
The study, set to be presented to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers in 2013, will help the city identify possible drainage and storm-water-retention projects to protect structures, interim City Manager Bob Byrd said. The studies could help FEMA determine a new 100-year Rush Creek basin flood plain, which could affect homeowners' flood insurance premiums.
Some Arlington homeowners said they were shocked and completely helpless when a water treatment plant mishap sent water rushing through their homes.
“I’m a realtor and was working at my computer and happened to look out the door and saw water coming 90 miles an hour down the hill,” said Carol Cash.
She said this is not the first time water from the plant has flooded their home. And her family has been trying to negotiate a settlement deal with the city.
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