West Washington Street Drainage Improvements, Phase 1 Champaign, IL Clark Dietz provided professional engineering services for drainage improvements to the West Washington Street drainage basin. The Washington Street Watershed had a long history of flooding problems, which affected hundreds of residents along the watershed. The flooding was primarily attributed to an undersized storm sewer [...]

John Street Drainage Improvements Champaign, IL Challenge Severe flooding and sewer overflows posed an annual threat to the safety of residents along the John Street watershed in Champaign, Illinois. The watershed’s history of flooding dated back to the early 1900s, since then severe flooding was an annual event but the record rainfalls of 2008 [...]

Farm Trace Storm Sewer Bypass and Detention Basin Richton Park, IL The Farm Trace subdivision experienced significant flooding in 2008 due to inadequately sized storm sewers and detention ponds. Not only was there damage to nearly 130 residential properties, but public health and safety also became a serious concern. The Village of Richton Park [...]

Harrison Street Detention Improvement Elmhurst, IL Clark Dietz provided Phase II engineering services for design of the Harrison Street Detention Basin and associated stormwater work. This area, south of Butterfield Road and east of York Street, had flooded during various rainfalls, with some homes experiencing flooding in addition to street and area flooding. Additionally, our [...]

Fairmount Avenue Relief Sanitary Sewer Whitefish Bay, WI For several decades, the sanitary sewer system in the Woodruff area of the Village of Whitefish Bay had a history of creating basement backups during heavy rains. Under pressure, the Village turned to Clark Dietz to come up with viable alternatives to prevent these backups. Clark [...]