Maintenance and improvements include repair to ditches, culverts and pipes in targeted areas.

Ranking of typical problems:

1. Major structure damage to dwelling and public facility, sinkhole in roadway, road, and dwelling flooding, etc. (Example: Road flooding)
2. Sinkhole on private property, major channel erosion/scour, minor flooding, and major pipe blockage (Example: Major channel erosion/scour)
3. Channel erosion/scour, re-cut ditch, major ditch blockage, and minor pipe blockage (Example: Channel erosion)
4. Minor channel erosion, debris removal, and ditch maintenance (Example: Minor ditch erosion)

Project Prioritization Criteria

• Imminent Danger to Life: Projects preventing major flooding to bridges, roadways, or flooding that causing home or business to be evacuated.
• Health Hazard: Projects preventing sewage infiltration, which may carry diseases, into creeks and streams caused by flooding.
• Infrastructure Damage: Projects correcting any damaged infrastructure related to storm water and drainage.
• Major Flooding: Projects preventing flooding that stands in streets or neighborhoods for a long period of time.
• Major Erosion: Projects correcting drainage problems causing major erosion to property.
• Exposure: Projects correcting flooding or drainage problems over a large number of acres or impacting a large number of structures or persons.
• Unique Case: Projects providing a solution to an unforeseen storm water problem arising unexpectedly.
• System-wide Projects: Projects improving problems system wide rather than a project affecting one specific property.