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Engineer proposes detention pond, backflow prevention and other measures for Edinburg North flood-prone campus
Summary
SDI Engineering recommended a multi-part plan—backflow preventers, elevated entrance thresholds, subsurface storage and a larger detention pond—for Edinburg North to reduce rapid flooding. The estimate presented to the committee was about $1.8 million, with an estimated $797,000 of in-kind city assistance possible.
Edinburg North High School's Facilities Committee presentation on March 27 storm damage focused on multi-level drainage interventions to reduce rapid campus flooding during heavy rains.
Isael Posadas of SDI Engineering described the campus as sitting in a low area relative to surrounding streets and noted multiple sources of inflow during storms: subsurface infiltration into the municipal sewer, pressurization of city lines, and surface runoff from neighboring streets and swales. "One of the things that we could do also is discharge directly from this detention area ... and connect to that 72 inches line that the city installed," Posadas said while outlining site-specific options.
Recommended measures: Posadas and district staff presented a layered…
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