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Resident urges Casper Council to commission independent Basin A detention study after stormwater modeling
Summary
A Palmer Drive resident told the council that Basin A lacks adequate detention and warned a 48-inch drain could be overwhelmed; he asked the city to hire an independent engineering firm to study Basin A to protect nearby neighborhoods from flooding.
Dave Riggers of 3005 Palmer Drive addressed the Casper City Council on Feb. 3 and urged the city to commission an independent study of stormwater detention needs in Basin A.
Riggers said his storm modeling, based on the July 3, 2009 thunderstorm (described in his remarks as a 10-year event), shows that the drainage north and south of 29th Street could receive more than 5.3 million gallons of runoff in 30 minutes and that Basin A alone would present roughly 3.4 million gallons to its drainage in the…
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