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Building a Stormwater Flood Resilience Plan - Mapping to Mitigation

  • Virginia Tech Executive Briefing Center (Second Floor) 900 North Glebe Road Arlington, VA, 22203 United States (map)

The ASCE-NCS and AWRA-NCRS are jointly hosting a presentation on “Building a Stormwater Flood Resilience Plan - Mapping to Mitigation” at the Virginia Tech Executive Briefing Center in Arlington. The presentation is given by Mr. Joel Kaatz, who is a National Technical Manager in Stormwater Resilience and co-lead of the Global Flood Risk and Stormwater Management Community of Practice for Arcadis. As a technical advisor and project manager, he specializes in stormwater resiliency assessments, using hydrologic and hydraulic models to adapt communities to increasing precipitation, both inland and as part of coastal flood protection.

Communities face stormwater flood risk driven by intensified precipitation, sea level rise, storm surge, urban development, and funding challenges. This presentation introduces a methodology for developing a Stormwater Flood Resilience Plan, providing a roadmap to assess this risk and implement optimal, equitable, and actionable flood mitigation solutions. There are seven phases described:

  1. Flood Mapping

  2. Layered Flood Exposure Analysis

  3. Defining Level-of-Service Criteria

  4. Gap Analysis and Prioritization of Project Areas

  5. Conceptualize Projects and Estimate Costs

  6. Benefit-Cost-Analysis and Project Selection

  7. Funding, Implementation, and Program Adaptation.

Each phase leverages innovative tools and methods to create actionable outcomes.

Registration required. Please register here.
ASCE Member $40
AWRA NCRS Member $40
Non-member $55
Life Member $25
Student $15

  • Registration and networking will be from 6:00 to 6:45 PM followed by dinner. The program will conclude by 8:30 PM.

  • One (1.0) Professional Development Hour (PDH) will be awarded for attendance.

  • 0.4 mile walk from the Ballston-MU Metro station on orange and silver lines.

  • A parking garage is located beneath the VTRC-A (900 N. Glebe Road). The garage entrance is off Ninth Street at the corner of Glebe Road and is managed by LAZ Parking.
    $5 - 1 hour
    $7 - Maximum After 5pm.

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