Lackawanna River Watershed

 Conservation Plan

 

 

 

 

Stormwater and Flood Control 

Floodplain Management

  • âWhat is a floodplain?
  • âWhy are floodplains important to the community?
  • âWhat happens when floodplains are not properly managed and how that impacts habitat
  • âWhat is a comprehensive floodplain management program?
  • âFlooding and estimating future flood heights
  • âFlood-proofing and protection measures
  • âContrast between structural control vs. non-structural flood plain management

Flood of ‘96 

Levee Systems

  • âLackawanna River history of flooding and impacts
  • âLocation of levee systems on:

–Tributary Streams - $6.5 Million spent on:

nLindy Creek
nKeyser Creek
nLeggetts Creek
nMountain Lake Creek
nMeadow Brook
nBlakely Project - Wildcat and Tinklepaugh Creeks

–Lackawanna River

nOlyphant
nScranton
nMayfield
nDickson City
nMoosic and Duryea

Recreation, Trail and Habitat Needs

  • âDesign leeves for minimal impact to riparian corridor
  • âManage property acquisition and leeve design to include installation and management of recreational trail and recreational access to river
  • âIntegrate flood protection with Lackawanna River Heritage Trail
  • âMitigate for all loss of riparian habitat
  • âNeed for white-water releases from Stillwater Dam

Stream Corridor Restoration

  • âRestoration of flood plains and corridors
  • âUse of bio-engineering and natural stream morphology
  • âRetrofitting storm water systems to restore tributary stream flows

âEconomic Benefits

  • âProtection of property values
  • âConstruction impacts
  • âUtility upgrade and improvements
  • âImproved stream maintenance and better property maintenance
  • âJob preservation and protection
  • âDecrease in costs for government assistance

âEnvironmental Costs

  • âLoss of riparian corridor
  • âDamage to instream aquatic habitat
  • âLoss of astheitics
  • âIncreased potential for downstream flooding

     

     

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