Flood Protection and Stormwater Management FAD

Abstract:

The need for flood protection is increasing as development and increasing property values create  ever-larger potential for flood damages. Higher sea levels and changing rainfall patterns portend  significantly greater exposure to flooding in the future. Existing flood protection infrastructure is  decaying, and maintenance is becoming more difficult. At the same time, there is more and more demand for trails and other recreational facilities, and  public opinion increasingly supports restoring habitats and assisting threatened and endangered  species to recover. In response, Bay Area flood protection agencies are applying stakeholder-based planning and  interagency cooperation to integrate recreational uses and habitat restoration into flood  protection projects.  

File: FPSM-19Mar06-final.pdf — PDF document, 2253Kb

Purpose: The purpose of the Flood Protection and Stormwater Management Service Function Area Component is to address the major flood protection and stormwater management objectives and issues for the watersheds in the region, including identifying opportunities and efficiencies possible by working collaboratively within the region towards a multi-benefit, multi-beneficiary management of resources. This is a planning document that builds upon individual participating agency and regional efforts to date to highlight common challenges and agency approaches to flood protection and stormwater management in the Bay Area. Although management of stormwater quality and flood protection have very different mandates and methodologies, each relates to the safe and effective draining of runoff to local creeks and San Francisco Bay. This document identifies some areas where they overlap.

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