Solutions for Learning to Live with the Water on the Middle Peninsula
Living on the Middle Peninsula of Virginia, a rural coastal community, means learning to live with the water and the single largest problem facing the coastal world – sea level rise and coastal flooding.
Today, there’s more water getting introduced into communities from all different directions – down from the sky, up from the groundwater, in from the rivers and the oceans, and across from stormwater moving. As a result, water challenges manifest themselves across vast areas, not just waterfront properties. But just as water poses an ever-present challenge, there are also solutions to help mitigate it. Fight the Flood program solutions help ensure consumers have choices, cost affordable choices, for water mitigation. Explore these flooding solutions here.
Dredging
Fight the Flood companies are finding uses for dredge material, turning it into shoreline protection structures, concrete products and more to help homeowners.
Structural
So you’ve seen water close to your home time and time again. Or, perhaps you’ve flooded more than once. Now you wonder: do you raise your house? Do you move your house?
Water Monitoring
Want to know at any given time what level the water is near your home, on your dock or at a certain point of your property? There apps for that, and technology to help.
Shoreline
Shoreline = the space most under attack from erosion. Grain by grain. Wave by wave. While water chews up soil on a shoreline, Fight the Flood businesses have developed protection.
Stormwater
Rising sea level (salt water) combined with storms that bring rain (fresh water) now work together to compound coastal flooding problems. Here’s how to better understand it.
Insurance
Water doesn’t just pose a threat to a physical house. It can damage all the pieces that make up a home property, from piers to septic systems. How do you ensure it all?
Property Owners
Many homes and families on the Middle Peninsula have never experienced the devastation that comes with flooding. But the times are changing. Start thinking about protecting your property now, and how Fight the Flood can help. Start by submitting your information so that Fight the Flood staff can evaluate your needs and potentially respond with funding opportunities.
Contractors or Consultants
Does your business provide services to property owners to help them mitigate rising sea water, rain-induced flooding and more? Fight the Flood would like to hear from you, and potentially connect you to property owners who could use your help.
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