Landscaping to Prevent Flooding

The real key to prevent flooding on your commercial property is proper planning from the very beginning of the property design.  Many times flooding and run-off problems aren’t discovered until well after the property is built.

In some cases everything can be fine for years.  Then after a change in a local street or the building of another commercial property you suddenly find that the run-off patterns have changed and now you do have a flooding problem on your property or related to your property.

The other case is what are called unusual rain fall totals.  It is not so much the total quantity of rain that falls it is the delta of time during which the rainfall occurs.  While two or three inches of rain is a lot of rain fall it is not a problem if the rain occurs over several days the ground can absorb it with little flooding as a result.

When that same three inches of rain occurs in just a one hour time span you can have a full blown flash flood as a result.  The force and speed of the water can lead to property damage and flooding that will catch most people of guard.

The type of rain and wind as well as the total rain fall amount versus the time it takes for the storm to pass can be difficult to control.  Normal rainfall amounts that cause flooding are something that with proper planning and maintenance can be and should be controlled.

Local regulations have to be meet in terms of property run-off and parking lot peculation (the time it takes for a parking lot to have the water seep into and evaporate from that area).  Your property runoff should also be controlled so that your runoff doesn’t damage surrounding municipal or private property that is adjacent to your.

If the recent rains indicated run-off and flooding that needs to be looked at and controlled we would be glad to help.  Sometimes the fix can be a simple one.  We would be glad to look at your property and let you know.

It doesn’t matter to us whether you have lush lawns, desert landscaping or some type of landscaping in between, we can help.  To find out how give us a call at 623-848-8277.

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Greens Keeper Landscape Maintenance, LLC
623-848-8277
http://www.commerciallandscapecare.com
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