Channel Improvement

For Flood Mitigation

 are a series of large and empty
basins which let water flow in and
Flood out (except when a flood is actually
present) open-air channels that
Control extend below the street levels of
some larger cities, so that if and
Channe when a flood occurs, the flood will
ls run into the channels, and proceed
to be drained to the proper body of
water.
Flood
Control
Channe
ls
 Modifying the channel attempts to
Channel
provide a greater carrying capacity
Improvem for moving floodwaters away from
ents areas where damage occurs.
 Overflow channels
Channel straightening
Methods Restrictive Crossing Replacements
Rainfall/Runoff storage
 A spillway or overflow channel is a
structure used to provide the
controlled release of flows from a
dam or levee into a downstream
Overflow area, typically the riverbed of the
channels dammed river itself.

Spillways ensure that the water does

not overflow and damage or destroy
the dam.
Overflow
channels
 This technique kind of speaks for
Channel itself. By blocking off meanders and
Straighteni constructing alternate, straighter
ng routes across meanders, the river
starts to flow faster.
 This technique kind of speaks for
Channel itself. By blocking off meanders and
Straighteni constructing alternate, straighter
ng routes across meanders, the river
starts to flow faster.
Channel
Straighteni
ng
River A river crossing is a means to get
Crossings from one river bank to the other
River
Crossings
 A Detention Basin is used in this
technique. The detention basin is
an excavated area installed on, or
Rainfall/Run adjacent to, tributaries of rivers,
streams, lakes or bays to protect
off Storage against flooding and, in some
cases, downstream erosion by
storing water for a limited period of
time.
Rainfall/Run
off Storage
 1. Huge volume of water coming
Major from Sierra Madre
Flooding 2. Drainage capacity constraints in
Occurren core area of Metro Manila
3. Low-lying communities around
ces Manila Bay & Laguna Lake
 For instance, tropical storm
Ondoy caused large flooding over
a wide area of Metro Manila due to
Pasig the heavy rainfall at once-in-180-
Marikina year level, resulting in serious
Channel damages to the roads and traffic
Improvem network, lifelines, economic
activities and so forth. Risks of
ent flooding caused by typhoons have
been increased due to the climate
change.
Pasig
Marikina
Channel
Improvem
ent
Pasig
Marikina For the urgent flood control of the Pasig-Marikina River,
Channel it is proposed that the river channel is to be improved,
aiming to increase the flow capacity in order to cope
Improvemen with design discharges on the scale of a 30-year return
t period flood,
which are 550 m^3/s for
Lower Marikina River, 600 m^3/s
Design for Upper Pasig River and 1,200
Discharge m^3/s for Lower Pasig River.
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