FLOOD03506

• County: Jefferson
• Community: Lakewood
• Stream Name: South Lakewood Gulch
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Major Drainageway Planning
• Date: 8/1/1978
• Prepared For: Lakewood
• Prepared By: UDFCD
• Contract/PO #: &&
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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GENERAL PLANNING STRATEGY

There are many demands on the land and water resources of an urban region.

The demands are associated with efforts to achieve a variety of objectives

such as economic development, regional development, transport, social well-

being and environmental quality. Because these resources are limited, and

the demands are not limited, these objectives compete with one another.

In terms of drainage, competing objectives must be considered and recon-

ciled through a formal planning strategy. A planning strategy contains

goals and objectives and provides a policy.

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Within this context, demands for the land and water resources can be ordered

in terms of their ability to achieve desired goals and objectives. This is

a device that can be used in the decision-making process. Drainage must be

viewed as one of many issues affecting the use of land in the metropolitan

area. While floodplain areas can provide recreational opportunities, all

recreation areas should not be dependent on drainage considerations.

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Drainage basins are convenient units for water resources management purposes.

Within the boundary of each drainage basin, a system of watercourses has

evolved which is specifically related to the physical and hydrologic condi-

tions. The watercourses, and the floodplains developed through periodic

inundations, are the primary areas of consideration in drainage basin

management. However, to mitigate flood losses, control erosion, manage

sedimentation, and abate water pollution, it is necessary to formulate

management policies not only for the watercourses and floodplains, but also

for all parts of the drainage basin.

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