Cuyahoga Falls "Flood Prevention Initiative"

Engineering Times, August/September 2004

    "...When a "100-year storm" struck Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, in the summer of 2003, bringing with it extensive flooding, city officials and one local engineering firm took the opportunity to develop something good out of a terrible situation.".....

    "...The expertise of engineers with McCoy Associates, Inc. were key to making this initiative--the first of its kind in Northeast Ohio--work...."

    "..."The heavy flooding has been a struggle for many cities and towns in this part of Ohio [in] the past year, and it's great to see a city step up and take care of its residents," says Professional Engineer Mitchell McCoy, owner of the firm and an NSPE member...."

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Crain's Cleveland Business, April 5, 2004

    "..."Although the analysis is not complete", Mitchell A. McCoy, president of McCoy Associates, said "engineers are finding "all kinds of unique situations" as they visit properties, and most of them are unknown to the homeowners."..."

Water and Wastes Digest, August 2004

    "...The engineers went door-to-door to and made hundreds of calls to assess the damage and find a resolution. This was a first program of its kind in northeast Ohio; engineers going door-to-door, taking down information and surveying the problem...."

    "...The inspections resulted in a free recommendation specific to each property owner's situation. They also provided a more comprehensive look at the overall status of the sanitary sewer and clean water drainage system...."

Public Works, September 2004

    "...The engineering firm found that (statistically) if six homes' stormwater systems were improperly tied into the sanitary sewer pipes, more that 200 homes could end up flooded...."

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Phone: 330-564-9100 • Fax: 330-564-9101

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