Study status: Final Reports complete.
Project Purpose
Pima County Regional Flood Control District has completed the Airport Wash South Basin Management Study to identify the drainage and flooding hazards within the Valencia, El Vado, Santa Clara, and Hughes watersheds and develop alternatives to address those hazards. These washes include the Elvira, Barrio Nepal and Sunnyside neighborhoods. A Basin Management Study is a comprehensive study that estimates flood and erosion potential for a watershed, maps watercourses, identifies existing and potential problems and develops preliminary solutions and standards for sound floodplain and stormwater management.
For more information contact:
Janice Hughes, PE, Civil Engineer
(520) 724-4600
The initial effort consisted of collecting data to identify known flooding hazards and map floodplains. This included researching historical flooding data, drainage complaints, existing studies and current land-use.
The team then formulated a floodplain management approach consisting of structural and non-structural alternative solutions to reduce or eliminate flooding hazards, which were further compared and evaluated to develop a set of preferred alternatives.
With alternatives identified, the District held a public meeting to bring this information to the affected neighborhoods.
A future phase of the project will include the Airport Wash watershed with the same scope of work.
Now that the study is complete, the District has a comprehensive assessment of flood and erosion hazards. The strategies in the plan should reduce damages to property or loss of life from drainage issues and stormwater flooding. Working with the City of Tucson, the District will need to locate funding sources to implement the selected alternatives.