Culvert on Cottonwood Wash following December 2010 flooding.
On Thursday, January 19, 2012 NRCS announced the receipt of a substantial amount of money that has finally been appropriated to the Southern Utah area for flood control measures largely due to the flooding event of December 2010. Enterprise City officials met with Lance Smith of NRCS (Natural Resources Conservation Service) on Friday to discuss plans to assist in the Enterprise area. It is expected the area on Spring Creek near the City well at 300 W. 200 S. where the flood waters breached the banks previously will be the primary area of repair. Some additional work will be done at the Cottonwood Wash crossing near 775 E and 150 N. These important repairs are expected to be completed in the next few months and will enhance our ability to deal with high stream flows like we have seen in the past few years. Our goal has been to protect the health and safety of our residents and we are excited to partner with both NRCS and Washington County to enhance our flood control measures.
The City had already expended a modest amount of money opening both of these channels from accumulated debris and sediment just within the past few weeks. The new project will expand and enhance the work already done.
In addition to other needed repairs in Washington County, a substantial amount of money has also been allocated to address the Holt Canyon drainage problem near Enterprise in Iron County.
January 22, 2012 at 6:13 am |
so glad to hear that you met with NRCS and they are considering our needs – was a little worried from the comments in the Spectrum that we were going to passed up on the division of funds. keep us posted as to the possible assistance on the repairs