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Creek Facility Inventory
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| Location Description | Santa Clara Valley. |
Inventory in GIS of all creeks and their facilities - such as levees, concrete-lined channels, natural channels, trails, riparian vegetation, etc. Provides a foundation for flood protection assessment and ecosystem health and restoration potential for all natural waterways. This project ties directly with the Statewide (DWR) & National (FEMA/ Corps of Engineers) Levee Inventory, which will establish ownership and maintenance responsibility for flood protection facilities.
Goal: To design and implement a standardized data mangement system for region-wide application that will allow for fast, efficient map-or coordinate-based queries and facility management for creek and flood protection systems region-wide. Example applications could include rapid deployment of critical assistance during flood emergencies as well as routine management of maintenance needs assessment and activities. Region-to-region consistency will lay a strong foundation for mutual aid as well as regional watershed management decisionmaking.
A detailed but consistent inventory of the presence and status of creek facilities -including bulit systems and natural systems - provides the necessary foundation for decisionmaking regarding the need for additional facilities, or a first assessment of the potential to restore natural functions and processes to any waterway.
Recreation,
Flood Protection,
Watershed Management,
Regional Goals,
Region Description,
Levees,
Creeks,
Water Quality,
Habitat Protection,
Funding/Financing,
Data Management
Ecosystem Restoration,
Environmental and habitat protection and improvement,
Flood management,
Recreation and public access,
Water quality protection and improvement,
Watershed planning
Flood Protection & Stormwater Management
