Project Type: Surface Water Drainage
Prado Basin, Reach 9, and Norco Bluffs Final SEIS/EIR
Aspen prepared the Final Supplemental EIS and EIR for the Prado Basin, Reach 9,
and Norco Bluffs components of the Santa Ana River Mainstem Project in Orange,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties. This project was unique in that Aspen
conducted a GIS-based analysis of releases from Prado Dam under three different
flood event scenarios. In the analysis, water levels downstream of the dam were
delineated for different outflows from the dam outlet structure to indicate areas
where riparian vegetation in the river channel would be affected. Engineering
modeling of flow velocities in the downstream channel were also displayed to
indicate areas where high flow velocities could damage vegetation.
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