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Stormwater remediation and erosion control recommendations

Deenie

Student
Jan 26, 2025
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Hello all I am new to this site. I truly appreciate the opportunity to share my delemma and gain insight from your posts.

I have included a picture of our office park to get an idea of what I am talking about.

Project is an office park surrounded by culverts, where the office park is the lowest lying property of its 4 neighbors.
Office park has 4 nieghbors.

Property on the East side of the park is all conversation land with a large pond in the middle.
Property on the South side of the park is the main highway
Property on the West side is a large storage building.
Property on the North side is a parking lot with storage containers belonging to the same owners of the storage building West of park.

Trying to paint a picture, Office Park sorrounded by a moat on 3 sides when it rains. The South side of park has no culverts. The main Road has sewers that align the road.

During storm season Culverts are full of water due to the extrodinary amount of storm runoff from the hurricanes.

Our retention pond which is on our East side of the park has overflowed to the North Neighbors retention pond. Their pond has overflowed due to the excess storm water coming from us and conservation property to the East. It seems as though the water is flowing from south to north

The buildings in the park are eroding with the culverts being so high.

Looking for recommendations, comments, advice on the following:

Can dredging the culverts and ponds be a long term solution? What other ideas about water remediation is possible if you are limited with space.

A retaining wall can help with the building erosion, would concrete, wood, rubber or plastic bags with sand be a recommenation as to what the wall should be made, length and width?

Any other ideas. thoughts, comments are welcome I have read so much hoping to get clarifcation and an Education. Along with a solution.
 

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