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Innovating an Integrated Coastal
and Stormwater Model and
Flood Risk Solution
During Superstorm Sandy in October 2012, the Red Hook community of Brooklyn, New York, felt the impacts when severe
storm-surge flooding hit the low-lying areas in a disproportionate way. The neighborhood experienced unprecedented
flooding, and the economic and environmental losses were felt throughout the community. Many businesses and residents
were left without basic services-like water and electricity-for weeks and sometimes months.
A Multilayered Resilience Plan
flood risks, develops conceptual design alternatives,
Located along the New York Bay, the Red Hook
and ultimately produces a preferred alternative for an
community is vulnerable to the negative effects of future
storm surge and sea level rise events. As part of New York
City's multilayered $20 billion resilience plan, the Red
Hook Integrated Flood Protection System Feasibility Study
was a federally funded coastal protection initiative aimed
at reducing flood risks due to coastal storms and sea level
rise in the community. Dewberry worked with the New
York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC)
and the Mayor's Office of Recovery and Resiliency (ORR)
to conduct a study that evaluates existing and future
integrated flood protection system (IFPS) in Red Hook.
Based on feedback from agency stakeholders and the
community, the team developed a preferred conceptual
solution composed of a passive coastal flood protection
system, eliminating the need for deployable solutions-
technologies that may require human intervention-and
resulting in maximized system reliability. This method
integrates permanently within the existing infrastructure
of the community, allowing flexibility to adapt to future
design standards. Dewberry developed a first-of-its-kind,
integrated coastal and stormwater model to evaluate
the combined effects of rainfall and coastal storm surge
with and without the proposed IFPS. The model results
revealed flood risk reduction benefits to the community
in this combined storm scenario.
An Award-Winning Project
This project is expected to reduce community losses
and minimize recovery time from coastal storm surge
events. Following the completion of the study, the project
was awarded the 2018 Platinum Award for Studies
in Research and Consulting Engineering Services
by the New York chapter of the American Council of
Engineering Companies.
Alongside NYCEDC and ORR, Dewberry performed a flood risk
reduction study, which resulted in a preferred conceptual solution
to reduce flood risks and increase resilience in the Red Hook
community of Brooklyn, New York.
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