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The Town of Canton, with the help of community stakeholders, identified inland flooding as its top priority climate hazard. Canton sits at the bottom of a valley surrounded by the Blue Hills and communities with higher watersheds.
To understand where and why flooding occurs in Town, a model was needed to predict the hydraulic and hydrologic conditions of the area.
Canton engaged Kleinfelder to develop the model, which can now be used as a tool to assist with planning adaptation projects to mitigate flood increases expected between now and 2070.
View Canton’s Flood Model Project at town.canton.ma.us/869/Flood-Mitigation
Questions? Please email NepRWA Managing Director for Community Resilience, Kerry Snyder, at snyder@neponset.org
This project is supported by a Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Program Action Grant awarded to the Town of Dedham, in partnership with the Neponset River Watershed Association, and Weston & Sampson.
