Flooding
Action Topic
Subtopic
Water Infrastructure
Action Topic
Subtopic
Sustainable Pennsylvania
Municipal Certification Project
Stormwater and Flooding
Effectively managing stormwater and preparing for flooding are some of the most important responsibilities of a municipality. A well managed stormwater systems can improve safety, prevent costly losses and beautify a community. But even well managed systems can fail and cause serious issues for a community, and climate change is making failures more frequent and costly, both in terms of damage and lives affected or lost. In this section you will learn best practices for sustainable stormwater infrastructure and how to reduce the negative impacts of flooding in a community.