Community Member

SRC Stormwater Runoff Mismanagement

Pace, Florida

Stormwater runoff is generated from rain or snowmelt that flows over land or paved streets, parking lots, and building rooftops, and does not soak into the ground. Development on wetlands and forests means that stormwater that would have be been absorbed by the land is displaced, flooding people’s property, often repetitively, and causing damage and trauma.

_{Land cleared of wetlands and forests for development in Santa Rosa County, Florida.}

SRC Stormwater Runoff Mismanagement in Santa Rosa County, Florida, seeks to hold Pace city officials responsible for constant flooding putting their homes at risk of loss. Deb is working closely with several other Anthropocene Alliance members in Santa Rosa County.

Written by Michele Gielis

Links

Hurricane Sally’s Major Flooding Exposes Flaws in FEMA Maps, Scientific American, September 18, 2020

Pace residents make plea to commissioners over flooding concerns, WEAR-TV, July 25, 2017

County vows to research flooding problems, Santa Rosa’s Press Gazette, June 23, 2017

Pace residents want solutions after heavy flooding damages homes, Pensacola News Journal, June, 19, 2017

Michele Gielis

Michele has spent the last decade helping nonprofits raise their voice for change. She looks to make action meaningful by connecting people to the technology and messages that bring resonance and resilience. Michele is proud to support the Anthropocene Alliance working to get communities to #HigherGround

Contact

Deb Bankes

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Climate Impacts

Flooding, Water Contamination

Strategies

Fighting Industrial Contamination, Halting Bad Development, Nature-Based Solutions