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Canoe Brook Golf Course Flood Control 2021-2022
September 15th, 2021 - Site Visit
Creek Running Through Residential Area
Wet Roads 2 Weeks After Last Rainfall
The team's initial visit to the site provided a first hand understanding of the geometry for how the water flows through the properties. Various measurements were taken and recorded in order to start the process of developing the models in Streamstats to predict how 50 and 100 year rain events would impact the area. The team also observed how various pieces of key flood control methods, including the weir on one golf course and the pedestrian bridge where the water lows under through its watershed path, were damaged by long term exposure to repeated rain events. Various pieces of greenery around the area as well as left over sediment being strongly visible on the streets led the team to conclude that the initial suspicion proved correct; the area has a significant flooding issue.
Culverts Running Under Canoe Brook Parkway
September 29th, 2021 - Initial Watershed Analysis
After completing the initial site visit, the team was able to start preliminarily calculations utilizing both StreamStats and Web Soil Survey. The watershed area was delineated in order to determine the path in which the water flows during events of precipitation. Web Soil Survey was also used in order to determine the soil types that populate the area the watershed area occupies. For the next update, the team plans to revisit the site in order to obtain further accurate measurements and calculate the slope of the watershed area to continue with program designs.
Determination of Watershed Using Stream Stats
October 15th, 2021 - 2nd Site Visit (Golf Course Tour)
Outflow From Canoe Brook Golf Course
Culvert Bordering Wallace Rd and Canoe Brook Golf Course
The team's second site visit involved a much more in depth walkthrough along with an investigation of the watershed area and several locations of interest inside the area. The team met with the Head Groundskeeper of Canoe Brook Golf Course to tour the course. We collected necessary photos and measurements along the 8th hole on the south course. Potential alternative designs were contemplated and discussed while on site. However, it was determined the team needed to conduct more research and information gathering before any final decisions were made. The team discovered a dam on the Canoe Brook Country Club property previously unknown to them in the watershed area. In conversation with local residents and several officials of the Country Club, the team found that there was more flooding that took place in the golf course itself before eventually draining downstream further. The team found that the flooding issue was as severe as previously thought, maybe even more so.
Pond Along Hole #8 At Canoe Brook Golf Course
October 31th, 2021 - Further Analysis
After gathering further data from the second site visit, the group was able to perform an analysis of the area within the ARC-GIS software. The results produced from ARC-GIS for values such as the longest hydraulic length, average watershed slope, and average curve number all were consistent with those the group had found when first performing hand-calculations. These findings were helpful in aiding the group's direction when exploring possible alternative designs for the Alternative Design Presentation on October 20th, 2021. We decided the best possible solutions that promise the best results include a redesign of the weir spillway, a redesign of a basin on the Canoe Brook Golf Course, or a redesign of the culvert located under the Canoe Brook Parkway. The group looks to narrow down which one of these alternative designs, or a combination thereof, would best suit the project as progress continues to be made.
