As a community continues to develop, additional demands are placed on its storm water conveyance systems because of increased runoff from impervious surfaces.
A storm water system usually has several components that can include catch basins, storm sewers, creeks, storm water detention ponds, lift stations, force mains, ditches, and drainage features to accommodate storm water runoff.
Consequently, improving storm water management is often one of the largest undertakings a community faces.
Jones & Henry can assist your community in improving all aspects of a storm water drainage system including:
Jones & Henry has assisted many communities with their storm water management programs, from the design of new conveyance and storage systems, to compliance with recent federal and state storm water quality standards and regulations.
We can help you develop and implement a storm water management program. Our capabilities include:
Jones & Henry is a leader in working with communities for their storm water initiatives and partner with communities of any size to develop and manage storm water utilities. A storm water utility is similar to a sewer or water utility, and it provides a service to the public and is financed through the regular billing of customers through user charges.
When a community is considering developing a storm water utility, we will first help you to:
Next, we will review the available options for your storm water utility (Flat Rate, Hydrologic Response Formula, and Equivalent Residential Unit, or ERU) to determine which option is best for your community.
Jones & Henry has performed large storm water storage studies which analyze the rainfall/runoff characteristics for watersheds up to 6,500 acres.
In order to alleviate downstream flooding, our firm makes various recommendations leading to the designs of retention/detention basins with overflow weirs, underground storage, existing weir structure modifications, and recommendations for the removal of repeatedly flooded structures.
Jones & Henry has considerable experience with these types of projects and has assisted clients with the development of:
Jones & Henry utilizes mathematical models to help communities like you to develop effective management strategies to reduce the impact of flooding.
Using solutions like the EPA’s Storm Water Management Model (SWMM), we can tailor the complexity of your model to obtain a comprehensive understanding of your storm system’s behavior and performance.
We can assist you in your storm water management strategies to achieve the most efficient expenditure of capital resources, improve urban drainage in your community, and ameliorate common flooding impacts.
Some specific activities we can help you with include: