White House officials review hydraulic study after repeated flooding in Covington Bend and Winchester Court

Residents of Covington Heights and Covington Bend urged White House city leaders on Monday to address recurring stormwater flooding that has sent water into basements and yards on Winchester Court and nearby streets.

At a public-comment segment that preceded a staff presentation, Dean Kegeles, a Covington Heights resident, told the council “we have some serious issues” at 108 Winchester Court and said his basement has filled “up to 12 inches of water” on multiple occasions this summer. “If we have more than 3 inches of rain, we get flooding,” he said.

The council then considered a hydraulic-analysis and cost-estimate report prepared for the neighborhood. Jason (city staff, stormwater) introduced the study and said the problem stems in part from past construction changes that rerouted runoff into a relatively small pipe and a flat ditch behind the homes. An engineer on the project, Nate Bull, said the drainage basin that…