FLOOD01312

• County: Statewide
• Title: Multi-Objective Flood Mitigation Plan for Vermillion River Basin-South Dakota
• Date: 1/1/1994
• Prepared For: South Dakota
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

ISSUE 3

DAMAGE TO PUBLIC
INFRASTRUCTURE
FROM FLOODING

Public infrastructu~. especially roads and
bridges, has typically been subject to the
most significant immediate impact from

flooding. A great deal of public investment is
lost each lime flooding occurs in the
V('rmillion Basin.
The following potential solutions should
be considered on a case-by.ca.se basis. The
implementation infonnation is the same for
each solution. and is listed after Potential
Solution 3-G, below.

POTENTIAL SOI.UTION 3.A
Plan and impkment capital improvement pro-
grams for roads, bridges. utilities, other infra-
structurt, and future dn'f'lopment.

POTF.NTIAL SOI.UTION 3-H
ldentify and protect wellhead areas.

{This adion would also address Shallow
Aquifers need Protection; see Sofutum 4-A.
page 39.]

POTENTIA'- SOl.UTION 3-<;
Plug abandoned wells. [This action would
alS<J address Shalww Aquifers need Proteaion;
see Solution 4-8, page 40./

The lead should be taken by the County
Commissions and the Township Boards. with
help from the S.D. Department o(Transpor-
tation, county highway departments, water
resource management districts, S.D. Division
of Emergency Management, and the water
development districts.
Funding could be obtained from U.s.
and state highway funds, county revenues,
and the water development districts. Grants
for wellhead protection and plugging are
available from the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's 319 program through
the S.D. Department of Environment and
Natural Resources if non-point source pol-
lution is at issue. To lighten the financial

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burden, communities could share existing
staff among themselves.
Roads and bridges should be raised when
existing structures wear out. Infrastructure
maintenance should be improved during
1995 and included in out year budgets.
Planning for the future can be done with
help from the planning district staff.

I'OTENTIAI. SOl.UTION J-n
Implement or improve local road standards.
IThi5 action would also address Transportation!
Accessibility Problems due to Flooding; see
Solution 44A, page 19.}

POTENTIAL SOl.UTION 3-1'.
Raise and redesign roads that servt' critical
needs. [This action would also address
Transportation/Aa:essibility Problems due to
Flooding; 5<< Solution 4-B, page 19./

POTENTIAl. SOLUTION 3-1'
Improve maintenanct of roads. bridges.
and culverts. [This action would also
address Transportation/Accessibility Prob-