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Council adopts 2025 Wash Management Plan to guide next decade of flood-control work
Summary
The council unanimously adopted a 2025 Wash Management Plan covering prioritized wash reaches, alternatives and cost estimates. Staff told the council the plan lays out a five-year sustainable funding approach using Mohave County flood control allocations to mitigate scour, reduce maintenance costs and protect private property near washes.
Lake Havasu City Council on Oct. 28 adopted the 2025 Wash Management Plan, a multi-year engineering and implementation program that prioritizes drainage reaches for bank protection, drop structures and other flood-control improvements.
Public Works and consultant Kimley Horn presented the plan, describing a decade of work since the city's earlier drainage master plan. The plan revisits previously ranked reaches, uses updated drone imagery and hydraulic modeling, provides cost estimates for alternatives (for example, drop structures versus bank protection) and recommends a schedule that coordinates with Mohave County Flood Control funding. Staff said the city has invested substantial sums in wash stabilization over the past decade and presented a five-year implementation strategy that aims to preserve reserves while advancing prioritized projects.
Council adopted Resolution No. 205-3878 to accept the plan and authorized staff to align the city's CIP with the recommended schedule. The vote was unanimous.
Consultant Zach Schmidt said the plan emphasizes reducing long-term maintenance costs and minimizing risk to adjacent properties, with flexible alternatives that can be refined during final design.
