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Apr 26, 2012
KC-One: Comprehensive City-Wide Management Plan Creates Leading Stormwater Management Program
Publication: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009: Great Rivers
Abstract
Major floods have caused millions of dollars of damages, taken lives, and degraded Kansas City's streams. The City's Stormwater Management Program identified needed improvements over the last decade for the 320 square miles within the corporate boundaries. Approximately 1,000 projects were identified with estimated costs of about $1.8 billion to upgrade the drainage system and protect the residents, homes, and businesses in Kansas City.
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World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009: Great Rivers
Pages: 1 - 9
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© 2009 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Business management
- Drainage
- Drainage systems
- Environmental engineering
- Floods
- Infrastructure
- Irrigation engineering
- Municipal water
- Practice and Profession
- River engineering
- Rivers and streams
- Stormwater management
- Urban and regional development
- Urban areas
- Water (by type)
- Water and water resources
- Water management
- Water treatment
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Black & Veatch, 8400 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, MO 64114. E-mail: [email protected]
City of Kansas City, Missouri, 4800 E. 63rd Street, Kansas City, MO 64130:. E-mail: Richard [email protected]
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