Drowning A County: A Well Researched And Documented Saga: Rural Drainage System

By Mariann Drinen

"Drowning a County" is a well-researched and documented saga of how neglect by the Virginia Department of Transportation prevented proper rainwater runoff in just one Virginia county. The Middle Peninsula Planning Commission was also demonstrated to be complicit by using faulty data, obsolete maps, and outdated pictures in its studies.
This book links myths created by the Virginia Department of Transportation with Mathews County highway drainage failures that are flooding private property, destroying timber crops, damaging roads, and endangering the health of residents and the Chesapeake Bay. Budget constraints decades ago led to reduced ditch maintenance, and VDOT-created myths perpetuated the inadequate attention to essential drainage features. Working from an urban stormwater management perspective, VDOT officials without an understanding of rural watersheds inside the Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater consistently failed to follow VDOT's maintenance manuals.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08Z2NTVBV
• ISBN13: 9798722449566
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"