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Description
Susan goes to the Water Treatment Plant to catch up with John Dunn on the flood mitigation study on the construction of the new water treatment plant.
A
B
B
The
the
whole
purpose
of
the
study,
of
course
it
stems
from
the
floods
of
2010,
and
it
was
driven
by
the
council's
desire
to
to
better
understand
what
the
causes
were
and
what
types
of
mitigation
actions
could
be
taken
to
minimize
the
impact
of
future
flooding.
Knowing
there's
nothing
that
we're
going
to
be
able
to
do
that
can
completely
eliminate
flooding.
But
what
can
we
do
to
minimize
the
frequency
anyone?
It
does
happen,
help
minimize
the
impact.
So
that's
really
what
the
study
was
going
after
and.
B
We
did
start
last
fall
and
they
started
initially
with
doing
updated,
modeling
doing
the
hydraulic
and
hydrologic
modeling
to
help
generate
the
maps
and
then
from
that,
then
most
of
this
late
winter
early
spring
was
spent
modeling,
different
alternatives,
mitigation,
alternatives
and
and
then
being
able
to
compare
one
not
alternative
to
another.
Both
in
terms
of
its
effectiveness
at
mitigating
the
impacts
of
flooding
and
also
looking
at
the
cost-benefit
analysis
is
where.
B
A
B
We
could
have
done
some
extrapolation
of
trend,
lines
or
assumptions
about
changes
in
dew
point,
but
it
really
felt
really
theoretical
and
hypothetical,
and
we
thought
it
was
going
to
make
it
difficult
for
people
to
really
grasp
it
and
feel
like
it
was
a
meaningful
conclusion,
so,
instead,
what
they
did
this
was
really
interesting.
Is
they
took
5
storm
events
that
have
happened
in
the
last
five
years
in
Iowa,
some
extreme
rainfall
events
and
they
took
them
and
through
their
modeling
they
superimposed
that
rainfall
event
on
our
basin
and
they
were
able
to
say
okay.
B
B
The
impact
vary
depending
on
where
you
were
in
the
basin.
There
were
some
areas
that
didn't
see
much
of
an
impact
at
all,
and
there
were
other
areas
that
saw
flood
depths
several
feet
deeper
than
what
we
saw.
For
example.
One
location
it
sticks,
in
my
mind,
is
in
South
on
the
South
tough
business
district.
That
area
could
have
seen.
Floodwaters
may
be
as
high
as
six
feet
higher
than
what
we
saw
in
2010.
It's.
A
B
B
A
A
B
In
April,
the
the
consulting
team
kind
of
presented,
their
final
evaluation
of
the
alternatives
to
the
City
Council.
What
they're
working
on
right
now
is
to
finalize
the
written
report
and
as
a
part
of
that
written
report,
there's
one
final:
alternative
combination
that
they're
going
to
look
at
for
the
City
Council
and
it's
blending
together.
B
We
haven't,
and
while
there
are
some
of
them
that
are
more
cost
effective
than
others,
they
are
all
expensive.
There
are
really
no
cheap
low
hanging
fruit
here.
Some
of
the
least
expensive
alternatives
were
in
the
range
of
6
to
10
million
dollars,
the
most
expensive
alternative
that
the
consulting
team
looked
at
actually
exceeded
1
billion
dollars.
So.
B
A
B
Are
yeah?
That's
that's!
Getting
really
exciting!
That's
been
a
busy
busy
activity
this
spring.
We
just
recently
had
our
forty
percent
design
workshop
with
the
consulting
team,
which
means
at
this
point
in
time.
The
walls
are
pretty
much
done.
Moving
in
the
floor
plan,
the
treatment
elements
are
all
fairly
well
established
and
now
we're
starting
to
transition
into
actually
preparing
the
construction
plans
that
all
the
construction
details,
and
so
that
that's
going
to
continue
through
the
rest
of
calendar,
2013,
probably
early
2014
we're
going
to
be
ready
for
notice
to
bidders
on
the
project
so.
A
B
There's
there
several
million
dollars
worth
of
infrastructure
at
the
site,
we're
at
right.
Now
that's
going
to
be
able
to
be
removed,
reused.
In
particular,
we've
got
to
ground
storage
reservoirs
that
combined
hold
about
seven
million
gallons
of
finished
water,
and
then
also
our
high
service
pump
station
at
this
facility
will
continue
to
operate
into
the
future.
So.
A
B
Yeah,
the
the
message
that
we
want
folks
to
think
about
is
spring
comes
and
then
turns
into
summer,
and
it
starts
getting.
Warm
is
to
just
be
smart
about
the
way
that
they're
irrigating,
you
know
we,
we
don't
tell
people
don't
irrigate,
but
we
ask
him
to
be
smart
about
that
and
and
by
smart
we
mean
you
know,
thinking
about
how
much
water
they're
putting
on
the
lawns.
B
One
good
measure
is
that
if
you
have
water,
ponding
and
running
down
your
driveway
or
your
sidewalk
you're
not
going
to
grow
any
more
concrete,
regardless
of
how
much
you
water
it,
but
generally
a
healthy,
well
established.
Lon
only
needs
an
inch
of
water
per
week
and
the
easiest
way
to
know
when
you've
done,
that
is
to
just
take
a
little
bathroom
cup
out,
set
it
in
your
yard.
When
you're
running
the
sprinkler
and
when
you
filled
the
bathroom
cup,
you've
put
enough
water
on
your
lawn
for
the
week.
Well,.
A
B
Actually,
it's
better
for
a
lawn
again
talking
about
a
healthy,
well
established,
lon
to
actually
allow
it
to
go
dormant
and
and
cut
begin
cutting
back
on
the
watering
as
the
weather
warms
up
that
actually
encourages
the
roots
to
go
deeper
as
the
as
the
lawn
searches
for
that
water
and
that
deeper
rooted
grass
is
much
more
able
to
withstand
a
drought
when
it
happens.
I.
A
B
A
A
As
we
get
into
the
month
of
may
remember
that
may
15th
is
the
last
day
to
get
those
discounted.
Furman
Aquatic
Center
season
passes.
You
can
get
those
by
going
to
the
community
center
or
by
calling
them
to
get
more
information.
As
we
get
closer
to
june,
the
ames
municipal
band
will
kick
off
their
series
of
free
municipal
band
concerts
on
thursdays
through
the
summer.
Those
start
at
seven
o'clock
with
the
pre-concert
empty
ames
municipal
band,
taking
the
stage
at
8pm.
Those
are
always
held
at
Ames
bandshell
park
and
go
on
rain
or
shine.