Experience • Drainage/Flood Control

Project Highlights

• The City of Caliente received grant funding through the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA) for a linear parkway along Clover Creek and Meadow Valley Wash.

• Understanding the potential of flood damage to the parkway.

• The City and Sunrise Engineering determined that completion of a watershed study would be necessary prior to construction of the park.

• The study began with a data collection and review phase in which all available existing data was compiled and reviewed.

• From the gathered data, design concepts and design criteria were formulated.

• Gathered data and soil samples from various locations.

• Developed and calibrated a hydraulic and sedimentation model of the drainage system and modeled various design concepts to seek preferred channel cross-sections that would both convey various flood events and re-establish natural equilibrium in the channel.

• Produced an understanding of realistic circumstances that considerably influenced design of the parkway improvements.