Could you explain a little bit about what you mean "makes no sense whatsoever"? :-)
If by "two bridges" you mean a main bridge and a relief bridge, that's similar to what I do - I cut off the section and run each bridge with its respective flow.
RAS is kind of funny about the parameters you...
I hear ya. I've been in business for 9 years now as a sole proprietor. I can't see going back to work for someone else, either - I think I'd go back to waiting tables first. We've also got a pond full of fish here and plenty of room for a garden. ;-)
RacingAZ, I also think that is excellent...
Are you doing a brand new study from scratch? What I mean is, often the floodway must stay the same as the previous study. If this is a FEMA mapped stream, then you probably can't increase the floodway elevations without submitting a request for Letter of Map Revision. In that case use Method 1...
Did your friend have flood insurance before the new FIRM became effective? Read this carefully (from the document cvg linked to):
If a policy is obtained before a new map becomes effective, policyholders can retain the rate associated with the
previous map’s flood zone and BFE, as long as...
I forgot to mention the capacity issue, which is what semo noted above.
The wastewater system's capacity is based on the predicted amount of graywater produced by the development. In other words, there is a certain amount of graywater which your home is expected to produce. If you add extra...
To expound on this, the municipality typically charges you for sanitary service. A simple way for them to do this is to charge you for the same amount of drinking water you used. You may notice this charge on your water bill.
If you are adding stormwater or groundwater to their system, they...
Quite so, either of my suggestion could get pricey.
I like Ron's suggestion of a deeper wet well with a higher 'trip' elevation.
I hope you mean storm sewer as opposed to sanitary. :p
Two options I can think of are 1) a deep french train or 2) a deep cutoff wall.
Either way, you'd need to dig a trench on the upstream side of the house. I'd dig it at least two feet below the grade beam. Offset it outside of the zone of influence from the house foundation (ten to 20 feet...
The reason for my many questions is that I like to look "behind" the regulations as well as at them.
That is an excellent philosopy, and I imagine that it has served you well.
I haven't ever worked at WES in Vicksburg, but I know a lot of folks there. I'm working over in Jackson.
The only...
'1. Where is that, please ?'
We are in Central Mississippi.
'2. Do you ever investigate storms of other durations ?'
Not usually - if you mean, to set the E/S or top-of-dam crest for a high hazard dam. Some smaller dams can be designed to some percentage of the PMP.
'3. Are you using the...
I'm a sole proprietor and I've decided that, as long as I can pay my bills I'm going to hang in there. My backlog has shrunk to almost nothing but the work is trickling in. I have one more expense I could cut, which is my office rent in town.
However, that's just me - my spouse is a City...
I'm a little late to the party RWF, but where I am, the PMP is a 24-hour storm. We are using a different distribution than the 'standard' SCS 24-hour storms.
What we generally do is set the E/S and top of dam using criteria found in the TR-60 documentation. For a high hazard dam here, that...
