Flood management measure: Maintenance of hydraulic structures of the storm drainage system

Ring road, Volos, Greece
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Definition

Set up regulations on maintenance of the hydraulic structures and drainage network infrastructures so that their maximum conveyance capacity will be unlimited. Regular maintenance of hydraulic structures, is another crucial part of flood control. (Wikipedia, Flood control, accessed on Sept. 2016)

Co-benefits and impacts

Avoidance of the backflow event in the drainage network.

Definition (GR)

Η θέσπιση κανονισμών για την συντήρηση των υδροτεχνικών έργων και των υποδομών του δικτύου αποχέτευσης, έτσι ώστε να έχουν «απεριόριστη» μέγιστη μεταφορική ικανότητα. Η τακτική συντήρηση των υδροτεχνικών κατασκευών, αποτελεί ένα σημαντικό μέρος της αντιπλημμυρικής προστασίας. (Wikipedia, Flood control, accessed on Sept. 2016)

Co-benefits and impacts (GR)

Αποφυγή της επιστροφής της ροής όμβριων υδάτων στο δίκτυο αποστράγγισης.

Approach

Approaches which this measure follows.

Accommodation

Measure types

Type categories with which this measure is related.

Engineering
Operational

Problem types

Problem types for which this measure can be applied.

Coastal
Fluvial
Pluvial
Drain and Sewer

Scale

Scales to which this measure can be applied.

City

Time scale

The timescale with which this measure is related.

Short term

Land uses

Land uses in which this measure can be applied.

Urban
Suburban
Industrial

Case study

Maintenance of hydraulic structures of the storm drainage system, Les Boucholeurs

Last modified: Feb. 13, 2020, 8:20 a.m.

Name

Maintenance of hydraulic structures of the storm drainage system

Name (GR)

Συντήρηση των υδροτεχνικών έργων

Application target is mitigation

Conventional urban drainage

Conveyance & Storage Structure