Project
Stormwater System Condition Assessment
The Town of Apex has been a Phase II municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) permitted municipality since 2005. Part of permit obligations include inspecting and managing storm drainage system infrastructure. With a current population of 75,000 and encompassing approximately 26 square miles, the Town continues to grow at unprecedented levels. With this rapid growth, the Town desires to evaluate the condition of public stormwater assets as they are today, and help staff develop a proactive plan to repair and manage this infrastructure into the future.
- Location
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- Apex, NC
- Project Owner
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- Town of Apex
- Project Size
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- 2.5 square miles
- Services Leveraged
- Project Types
McAdams is leading this effort for the Town by providing a detailed asset inventory and inspection of the Town’s stormwater system, as well as creating an operation and maintenance plan for Public Works Staff and generating a prioritized ranking system to identify the Town’s most critical capital stormwater needs. The end result of this project will be a more robust database of the Town’s stormwater infrastructure conditions, as well as a thorough capital improvement projects (CIP) plan for the next five to 10 years for Apex to begin working through to improve their drainage assets. Phase I includes a Pilot Study of the most critical areas near downtown Apex and will continue into Phase II, which was started in January 2024. All Phases include a geographic information system (GIS) analysis of the areas of study, a field data collection effort via ArcGIS Field Maps and a GIS dashboard output of the priority areas. McAdams will be working with Vision NC to perform detailed pipe inspections, structural scans and assessments, as well as performing outfall inspections to develop and refine methodologies for data collection prior to moving forward with a plan to complete an inspection for the entire Town over the next five to 10 years.