Accession Number:

AD1064139

Title:

Levee Setback Utility for Mission Integration in the Sangamon River Floodplain: Illinois Waterway

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

ERDC VICKSBURG

Personal Author(s):

• Theiling,Charles H.
• Kirkeeng,Thomas A.
• Haring,Christopher P.
• Dahl,Travis A.

Report Date:

2018-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

50.0

Abstract:

This document presents a levee setback case study on the Sangamon River near Beardstown, IL. Five potential setback scenarios were tested using a Hydrologic Engineering Center-River Analysis System HEC-RAS hydraulic and sediment model. HEC-RAS results demonstrated differences in flood reduction and sediment trapping opportunities among gate opening and levee-removal scenarios. Levee removal upstream of a bridge and causeway provided the greatest sediment reduction potential. Increasing flow into connected floodplain areas offered intermediate flood and sediment reduction benefits but did not improve natural resource benefits. Levee removal and land conversion provided the greatest natural resources benefit, but substantial economic loss. This study demonstrates the potential benefits of levee setbacks across the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers navigation, ecosystem restoration, and flood management mission areas.

Descriptors:

• environmental management
• Flood control
• Illinois
• rivers
• sedimentation
• Levees
• case studies
• scenarios
• models
• navigation
• ecosystems
• hydrology

Subject Categories:

• Civil Engineering
• Hydrology, Limnology and Potamology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE