The contract will help identify solutions to improve flood prevention and ditch erosion protection for Beavercreek residents and properties.
BEAVERCREEK, OH, Dec 5, 2024 – The city of Beavercreek, Ohio, has selected Woolpert to provide stormwater management analysis services under a drainage master planning contract to help improve flood prevention and ditch erosion protection. This will be the Dayton suburb’s first comprehensive stormwater management analysis in over 40 years.
“Like many communities, the city of Beavercreek is facing more frequent flood events affecting their open-channel drainage system,” Woolpert project manager David DiCesare said. “This project is critical in helping identify necessary and impactful maintenance and system improvements for the city to better protect residents and properties from the impacts of flooding and soil erosion.”
Under the contract, Woolpert will examine channels and ditches experiencing natural erosion, sediment deposition, and debris accumulation, as well as identify utility and other non-natural blockages, assess culverts for blockages, and conduct condition assessments to determine access, maintenance, and structural issues.
DiCesare said that using a hydrologically correct digital elevation model, Woolpert will then develop a model of the city using the Hydrologic Engineering Center’s River Analysis System (HEC-RAS). Developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, HEC-RAS is a simulation software used to model the hydraulics of water flow through natural rivers and other channels.
“In combination with information gathered during our field efforts, we will catalog channel maintenance and erosion points, often reported by residents, to inventory the city’s drainage network,” DiCesare said. “This information will then be utilized to develop a HEC-RAS model, enabling us to identify potential solutions to the city’s flooding and erosion problems by delivering a detailed, phased implementation plan.”
The contract is underway and is expected to be completed in May 2025.
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