As cities seek ways to prevent floods, a California town has a success story to share
The city of Roseville, 19 miles northeast of Sacramento, regularly sits at the top of California’s “best places to live” lists. … But there is another reason this railroad town now with some 160,000 residents gets such high accolades. After two decades of careful municipal planning, it has no problem with flooding. … Its approach is not flashy. Talk to Brian Walker, Roseville’s senior engineer and flood plain manager, and you’ll hear a lot about flood plain mapping and storm drainage, funding mechanisms and development ordinances. But this measured and deliberate approach has worked, he and others say.
Other flood news:
- Mohave Desert News (California City, Calif.): East Kern County hit with more heavy rainfall
- AccuWeather: Death Valley, one of the driest places in the US, just flooded
