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2009 - Illinois DNR - State of Illinois

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FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION ALTERNATIVESConceptually, five flood damage reduction measures were considered:1) Additional flood water storage in the watershed to reduce flood flows entering theflood damage areas;2) Channel conveyance improvements on Farmers and Prairie Creek.3) Other improvements to protect flood damage prone areas;4) Combinations <strong>of</strong> additional flood storage and channel conveyance improvements onFarmers and Prairie Creek; and5) Non-structural mitigation measures through structure modificationsThe storage, conveyance, combination, and other structural concepts were furtherdeveloped into 34 potential flood damage reduction alternatives for further investigation.STORAGE IMPROVEMENTSAlternative S1: Dude Ranch Pond Expansion With Lake Mary Anne Pump StationAlternative S2: Good Avenue PondAlternative S3: Lutheran General Hospital PondAlternative S4: Lutheran General Hospital Pond and High School ReservoirAlternative S5: High School ReservoirAlternative S6: Belleau Lake ExpansionAlternative S7: Lake Mary Anne Pump StationAlternative S8: Belleau Lake LoweredAlternative S9: Dude Ranch Pond With Lake Mary Anne Pump Station, GoodAvenue Pond, Lutheran General Hospital Pond, High SchoolReservoir, and Belleau Lake LoweredAlternative S10: Good Avenue Pond, Lutheran General Hospital Pond, HighSchool Reservoir, and Belleau Lake LoweredAlternative S11: Dude Ranch Pond With Lake Mary Anne Pump Station, LutheranGeneral Hospital Pond, High School Reservoir, and BelleauLake LoweredAlternative S12: Dude Ranch Pond ExpansionCONVEYANCE IMPROVEMENTSEight conveyance improvements were investigated at part <strong>of</strong> the study and arelisted below. Each <strong>of</strong> these conveyance alternatives investigated, would provideflood damage reduction benefits along Prairie Creek and sometimes along Upper26

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