PPT-Paying for Water: Floods

CEAC Flood Control amp Water Resource Policy Committee Caitrin Chappelle Supported by the SD Bechtel Jr Foundation September 16 2015 Floods are common throughout California 25 of Californians live in floodplains 4 at extreme risk. ! roads and bridges ! basements or underground buildings ! utilities ! fields and orchards ! confined livestock Here are some things that can be done to protect homes and communities from the dam Roads for Water and Resilience. Roads and floods. Floods have . costs. and . benefits. . Costs:. . damage to . infrastructure and houses, . lost lives and . crops . Benefits. : sedimentation. . provides . Aims. To know and understand how flood plains are formed. To know and understand the causes, effects and solutions of a flooding event. Floodplains. Floodplains and levees are formed by deposition in times of river flood. The river’s load is composed of different sized particles. When a river floods it deposits the heaviest of these particles first. The larger particles, often pebble-sized, form the . IN MUNICIPALITY OF AMADORA. Emanuel Crucho | Geographic Information Division. Luís Carvalho | Civil Protection Municipal Service. Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Lisbon, January 21th | 2014. FLOOD CBA SEMINAR | LISBON, JANUARY 21th | 2014. National . Authority for Civil Protection . Luis Sá. Concepts. 1.By popular demand we know that a flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land.. 2. EU Floods directive defines a flood as a “. By Hillary Parrish. Scenario: . In April 2013, Buenos Aires was hit with a flash flood. In three days, the city received more rain than they typically receive in a month. People resorted to standing on their roofs and some were wading through water waist deep. It was estimated that 3,000 people were evacuated and up to 600,000 were without power, telephones, or potable water. The oil refinery had to be shut down due to a fire as result of rainwater accumulation. Cars were underwater. . Catastrophic events. Before we can see how they affect ecosystems we need to understand how they form. HURRICANES. How do Hurricanes Form? . Stage 1: A Tropical Disturbance Forms. Most Atlantic hurricanes begin life as organized clusters of thunderstorms off the west coast of Africa. These thunderstorms form along waves in the prevailing trade winds. The waves, called easterly waves, can be more than 2500 km (1550 mi) long. The cluster of thunderstorms is called a tropical disturbance.. GIS In Water Resources C E 394K Impact of Floods to the Bridge Deterioration Process – The case of Onion Creek Oscar Galvis Nov 22 th 2016 Problem: Floods Impact Bridge “Natural” Deterioration Surpluses in the hydrological cycle Today we are learning this content: 5.5 (a and b) Prepare for learning Complete the key terms Flooding the occurs when intense rainfall has insufficient time to infiltrate the soil, so flows overland Elements of the physical environment, harmful to man and caused by forces extraneous to him or,. All atmospheric, hydrologic, geologic, and wildfire phenomena that have potential to affect humans, their structures, or their activities adversely. Sheet FLOODS January 2012 Page 1 of 23 Document objective This disaster summary sheet (DSS) provides a general profi le of the potential impact of a flood . The DS S helps understanding what the Flood The flood lesson plan provides teachers and students with an opportunity to investigate how floods occur and how to stay safe during a flood through individual or classroom activities. ITEMS In natural catastrophes such as floods, cyclones, earthquakes, droughts, Tsunami, volcanic eruptions happen from time to time causing damage to the life and property.. Some disasters are caused by human activities such as fires industrial accidents, forest fires, epidemics are equally devastating.. . University. Laboratory. of Science and . Technology. of Water and . Environment. Presented. by :. AKA Kouadio Prudence. Aka.strm@gmail.com. Research. . local . Director. . : Dr KOFFI . Yao . Blaise (.