City officials want to show Lincolnites what happens after they flush and the city system that turns wastewater into energy, fertilizer and natural gas.
The city of Lincoln has announced plans to update the water and flood quality protections plans. As 2022 comes to an end, they also reflect on another year of the Lincoln On the Move Project.
City leaders officially launched a project to find a second water source for Lincoln, naming an advisory council and contracting with Olsson to analyze the two options identified by the
Lincoln considers steps to avoid flooding
RILEY JOHNSON, Lincoln Journal Star
April 11, 2021
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Lincoln’s defenses against Salt Creek flooding will face a stiffer test against heavier rains in the future, a study commissioned by the city found.
The city installed the Salt Creek levee system in the 1960s to withstand a 50-year flood, or a flow that has a 2% annual chance of occurring, the study said.
Since then, the city has had three floods equal to or exceeding a 50-year flood level and one, in May 2015, that exceeded the 100-year flood level.
“It’s protected us pretty well so far,” Lincoln’s Assistant Director for Utilities Donna Garden told the Lincoln Journal Star in an interview last week.