Case Study
Central Arlington Heights Storm Drainage Design and Watershed Planning Study, City of Fort Worth
12 11 The Central Arlington Heights neighborhood in Fort Worth, Texas, has an aging drainage system that does not follow the street layout and often crosses private properties beneath homes and other structures. The storm drain systems, which were built in the 1940s to replace a large creek in this area, are significantly undersized, causing widespread flash flooding in the neighborhood, even in frequent storm events. This fully developed wa