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richlevy · 03-05-2006, 08:06 AM

In Upper Darby (Delaware County, Pennsylvania, adjacent to Philadelphia), there was major damage in a flood from a rainstorm a few years back. This flood was part of the Delaware River Basin. Part of this was due to the freak nature of the rainstorm which dumped 4-5 inches of rain in an hour. However, another component, if I remember correctly, had to do with the fact that the watershed in that area had been completely mismanaged. This caused the State to force the township to comply with the Watershed Act to fix the issue.

Watershed management and flood planning are very difficult for non-engineers to understand, which is why politicians never seem to have the will to address them until something goes wrong.

03-05-2006, 08:06 AM	#9
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	In Upper Darby (Delaware County, Pennsylvania, adjacent to Philadelphia), there was major damage in a flood from a rainstorm a few years back. This flood was part of the Delaware River Basin. Part of this was due to the freak nature of the rainstorm which dumped 4-5 inches of rain in an hour. However, another component, if I remember correctly, had to do with the fact that the watershed in that area had been completely mismanaged. This caused the State to force the township to comply with the Watershed Act to fix the issue. Watershed management and flood planning are very difficult for non-engineers to understand, which is why politicians never seem to have the will to address them until something goes wrong. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama