Strategies To Avoid Flooding

2/1/2022 (Permalink)

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Flood Prevention Techniques

Flood prevention in Whittier, CA, is a shared responsibility between the city and property owners. The city is responsible for ensuring that flooding does not wreak havoc upon the whole area, and you are responsible for taking care of your commercial building and the land it occupies. While many macro-level strategies may be out of your control, you can employ the following strategies to keep your building as safe as possible.

Keep It Clean

Even the best drainage system can be clogged by unnecessary debris. To do your part to take care of your city’s flood management system, you can:

• Clean up the litter on your property, particularly around storm drains.
  
• Trim trees and shrubberies on a regular basis so that weaker limbs are less likely to break and create debris during a storm.
  
• Educate employees about responsible disposal of trash.

It is also important to keep your building’s drains clear. Clean leaves and dirt out of gutters at least once every other month. Make sure that ditches around your property don’t become trash receptacles.

Keep It Green

Your landscaping can help with flood prevention. Adding plants around your building can slow the flow of floodwaters. Flower beds can be built with water reservoirs under them, giving excess rain a place to go, if necessary. Trees and other plants with extensive root systems can combat erosion, preventing mudslides and the subsequent damage to your foundation.

Keep It Routine

Flood cleaning experts recommend that you adhere to a consistent inspection schedule. Building codes are in place to protect both the city and the building owner from preventable damage. By noticing problems and repairing them quickly, you can protect both your building and the infrastructure that supports it.

Flood prevention works best when every entity at every level works together. If you do everything you can do to protect your building and the property on which it is built, you can help the city with its emergency flood plan as well.