FLOOD04857

• County: Adams
• Community: Adams County
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Hydrology Addendum Adams County And Incorporated Areas
• Date: 9/1/2000
• Prepared For: Adams County
• Prepared By: CWCB
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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Floodplain Management Alternatives
Besides floodplain regulations and flood insurance, there are many actions that can reduce the
risk of flood damage in a community. Generally these actions fall into two classes, structural
actions and non-structural actions. Structural actions involve the construction of facilities to
separate floodwaters from property that is at risk. They include construction of improved
channels, enlargement of crossing structures (bridges and culverts), levees and floodwalls,
reservoirs and ponds to detain floodwaters and diversion channels and pipes to direct waters
elsewhere. Non-structural actions usually involve removing people and/or structures from the
risk area without physically altering the floodplain. Actions include regulation of new
development, the adoption and enforcement of specific building code requirements,
floodproofing of existing buildings, relocation of structures to safer sites, acquisition of
floodplain (including buildings) for open space or other appropriate land uses, public education,
flood warning systems and emergency response programs.

Colorado communities interested in examining or pursuing possible floodplain management
alternati ves should contact the Colorado Water Conservation Board. Knowing the full range of
alternatives can allow a community to develop a program that best addresses its particular flood
and storm drainage situation.

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