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1、3500 单词， 18500 英文字符 ,5800 汉字 出处： Roman M E, Bender T W. Upper Potomac Industrial Park Flood Control SystemC/World Water & Environmental Resources Congress 2003. 2003: 1-8. 附录一 UPPER POTOMAC INDUSTRIAL PARK FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM Mary E. Roman, PE 1 and Thomas W. Bender, PE 2 1 McCrone Inc., 20 Ridgely

2、 Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21401; PH (410) 267-8621;FAX (410) 237-9932; email: mromanmccrone- 2 Allegany County, Department of Public Works, 701 Kelly Road, Suite 300, Cumberland, MD21502; PH (301) 777-5933; FAX (301) 777-2001; email: tbenderallconet.org 1 BACKGROUND During Hurricane Fran, which occurre

3、d in September 1996, three buildings in the Upper Potomac Industrial Park (UPIP) located near Cumberland in Allegany County, Maryland experienced flooding to depths of approximately eight inches to one foot. The flooding was caused by overtopping of the banks of the North Branch of the Potomac River

4、 to an approximate elevation of 630.5. This level exceeds the predicted Federal Emergency Management Agencys (FEMAs) 100-year floodplain elevation of 629.2. The flooding caused damages of nearly $500,000 a clothing manufacturer which employs over 500 people. The majority of the damages consisted of

5、fabrics used to construct clothing. Allegany County was also hit by a major flooding event in January. Both Hurricane Fran and the January flooding event received federal disaster designation. As a result, the Governor of Maryland formed the Western Maryland Flood Mitigation Task Force. The goal of

6、the task force was to provide immediate and long-range improvements for floodprone areas in western Maryland. The engineering design and construction of improvements at UPIP is one of several projects that Allegany County is proceeding with as part of this task force effort. The challenge presented at UPIP is the fact that the buildings were built higher than the FEMA floodplain to prevent flooding, and yet, Hurricane Fran which was not even at a 100- year event, flood