Dam Emergency Action Plans

Project Highlight: Dam Emergency Action Plans

Location

Maricopa County, Arizona

Client

Flood Control District of Maricopa County

Project Leads

Ted Lehman

Problem

  • Analyze and quantify potentially impacted areas
  • Characterize flood hazard types, locations, and lead times
  • Develop emergency action plan documentation for Maricopa County

Approach

  • Collect and evaluate existing hydrologic and hydraulic data and studies
  • Perform new one- and two-dimensional hydrologic and hydraulic analyses to identify affected areas
  • Coordinate with agency personnel

Solution

  • Communicate results in formats conforming to regulatory requirements
  • Provide clear documentation of analyses and results
  • Complete within budgets and schedules