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Virginia’s Road to Resiliency November 17th, 2017
Paul B. Olsen, P.E. Colonel, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(Retired)
National Director, Sea Wall Coalition
Director, Programs and Partnerships, Old
Dominion University
Ted Henifin, P.E.
HRSD General Manager
Get federal attention: ”The Pilot”
Hampton Roads Sea Level Rise
Preparedness and Resilience
Intergovernmental Pilot Project (IPP)
• Link military & civilian infrastructure
systems
• Create a integrated regional
monitoring network
• Incentivize “whole of government”
practices to expand funding
• Integrate emergency management
plans
• Improve scientific research methods
You can’t win if you don’t play:
Virginia’s $120 Million HUD Grant
Harness Universities: Commonwealth
Center for Recurring Flooding Resiliency
Use what you have: Willoughby Spit
Want solutions? Here’s one of our best!
Ted Henifin, P.E.
HRSD General Manager
757-460-4242
Current state of wastewater in
Hampton Roads
Eastern Virginia groundwater
management area
Cross section through Potomac Aquifer
Modeled Potomac aquifers with and
without SWIFT
Land subsidence: “We are sinking!”
Evidence of groundwater impacts on
subsidence
Aquifer compaction with and
without SWIFT
Extensometer
Media and public awareness
Media and public awareness
mutual interests and
Identify mutual interests & then
make a lot of noise
A nonpartisan coalition advocating for
solutions to sea level rise and flooding
www.seawallcoalition.org
Tell public what they need to know, not
everything you know!
www.SeaLevelRise.org
Why is sea level rise
an issue?
… and give them free stuff!
www.FloodiQ.com
What is Flood iQ?
Any questions?
www.FloodiQ.com
www.SeaLevelRise.org
Closing Thought
Holland Insulae, Tangier Insula est, Hampton Roads erit
Holland Island Tangier Island Hampton Roads
“Quidquid Latine
dictum altum videtur”