World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2019
Evaluating Low and High Frequency Design Stages for Multi-Use Riverfront Amenities
Publication: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2019: Watershed Management, Irrigation and Drainage, and Water Resources Planning and Management
ABSTRACT
Codorus Creek, which runs through the city of York, is the focus of an ongoing beautification initiative which is part of a program to revitalize the downtown corridor. Plans include restoring access to the creek shoreline and enhancing its amenity value by providing a compound cross section with a low flow channel, landscaped overbank areas, and side slopes, and retaining walls supporting linear park features, while maintaining adequate conveyance for design flood events. To support the conceptualization of the project and reconcile partially conflicting uses of the channel for low- and high-frequency flows, H&H calculations must be carried out to determine the appropriate stages and design elevations for each project element based on average daily flows for site amenity features, and annual peak discharges for flood control.
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World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2019: Watershed Management, Irrigation and Drainage, and Water Resources Planning and Management
Pages: 150 - 159
Editors: Gregory F. Scott and William Hamilton, Ph.D.
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8233-9
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© 2019 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: May 16, 2019
Published in print: May 16, 2019
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