Sea Level Rise Engineering Analysis
The City of Olympia is interested in better understanding the flood management implications and potential engineering responses for four feet of sea level rise within the downtown urban area. Strategically, the City intends to protect its downtown from the risk of inundation. The engineering analysis is expected to incorporate technical work completed
in 2008 - 2010 that defines downtown land elevations, stormwater infrastructure systems, and simulates downtown storm and stream systems under various sea rise and precipitation scenarios. The past work begins to evaluate flooding mechanisms, risks, and volumes of
flooding. The currently proposed engineering analysis will provide City staff, elected officials, and the community with conceptual engineering approaches for protecting downtown and associated areas from long-term sea level rise.
