Where Does The Water Go?

On today’s show we are talking about flooding. When it rains you have to think about where the water is going to go.

We’ve all heard the advice about how to always pitch your tent in a high location and to avoid the low spots where water will flow in the event of a rainstorm.

The same advice applies to construction. Except the construction itself can be a source of problems when it comes to storm water management.

Storm water management is governed by a set of principles, that is to say the laws of physics and often further constrained by regulations from multiple jurisdictions.

The basic principle behind most of the regulations is that Mother Nature was perfect in her design of our planet and that it is the alterations caused by humans that are responsible for messing things up.

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Host: Victor Menasce

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